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today - Melksham TUG / AGM
tomorrow - West Wiltshire RUG
17/05/25 - Summer Timetable Starts
18/05/25 - Portishead RNLI 10 anniversary

On this day
13th May (1985)

Melksham Station reopened (link)

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London Paddington to Didcot and Oxford - General Information	Phil	0	21484	February 06, 2008, 15:56:00 by Phil
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Re-opening the Cowley branch to passenger traffic	eightonedee	12	8278	March 27, 2025, 21:23:01 by Mark A
The Lost Stations of..........Oxford	ChrisB	2	919	February 17, 2025, 16:38:08 by Chris from Nailsea
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Reduction in Oxford<>Banbury local services at commuter times	IndustryInsider	9	11166	October 27, 2023, 17:54:49 by Electric train
Didcot Parkway - station, facilities, services, improvements, events and incidents (merged posts) « 1 2 ... 11 12 »	Lee	168	149205	September 18, 2023, 13:17:43 by IndustryInsider
Botley Road Rail Bridge works: brick arch discovery	Mark A	1	4290	August 17, 2023, 19:13:32 by paul7575
curious ticket options, Tilehurst to Didcot	Marlburian	1	3617	August 04, 2023, 19:15:44 by didcotdean
15/7 Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Oxford	Timmer	7	5337	July 17, 2023, 06:42:02 by Electric train
Black Bridge, Nuneham: southern abutment failure « 1 2 ... 17 18 »	ray951	257	63500	July 15, 2023, 18:34:32 by stuving
Trimode cl 769 to operate Reading to Oxford and Gatwick. « 1 2 ... 19 20 »	bradshaw	285	159056	June 06, 2023, 22:54:36 by stuving
Disruption this morning	Marlburian	4	3717	April 25, 2023, 16:11:31 by stuving
Restoration of Rewley Road swing bridge, Oxford	eightonedee	1	3379	December 28, 2022, 12:05:49 by IndustryInsider