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https://www.railfuture.org.uk/Severnside+BranchRailfuture Severnside is planning a get-together for its members. The meeting will be held at 2pm on Saturday 18th October at The Railway Inn which is right next to Yatton station. Guest speaker, TBC, will be a BBC» presenter who has been working on a rail documentary.".
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« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2025, 14:16:31 » |
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No wheelchair accessible entrance Ho hum  |
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grahame
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« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2025, 21:46:48 » |
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https://www.railfuture.org.uk/Severnside+BranchRailfuture Severnside is planning a get-together for its members. The meeting will be held at 2pm on Saturday 18th October at The Railway Inn which is right next to Yatton station. Guest speaker, TBC, will be a BBC» presenter who has been working on a rail documentary.". I note " for its members". I am no longer an individual member - although the West Wiltshire Rail User Group has joined as a corporate / affiliated group member, and at last night's committee meeting of WWRUG» I was nominated to attend. I have been searching online for more details ... failed to find anything. Are there any individual members on here - or officers of the branch - who can point me to a URL or data to confirm the invite scope? |
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« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2025, 22:06:26 » |
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Railfuture Severnside have an e-mail address: Contact Railfuture Severnside Email: severnside@railfuture.org.uk You could try a direct approach to ask them. CfN. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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grahame
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« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2025, 22:15:25 » |
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Railfuture Severnside have an e-mail address: Contact Railfuture Severnside Email: severnside@railfuture.org.uk You could try a direct approach to ask them. CfN. I hate troubling them when the answer's probably online and I'm just overlooking it |
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« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2025, 22:33:10 » |
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I don't think the answer is online: I couldn't find anything, either. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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grahame
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« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2025, 07:03:47 » |
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A new morning ... and from https://www.railfuture.org.uk/Events I read my answer: 18 October 2025. Saturday. Railfuture Severnside members' meeting - non-members welcome. Venue: The Railway Inn (next to Yatton station), 6 Station Road, Yatton, Bristol BS49 4AJ. 14.00. Knew it had to be there somewhere  |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2025, 18:38:28 » |
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My daughter has alerted me to this, from a sign on the railings at Nailsea & Backwell station: Engineering Works
Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 October 2025
Buses Replace Trains between Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare
No trains from Nailsea & Backwell Station
Rail replacement buses depart from the bus stop on Station Road
Valid rail tickets also accepted on the followingbus routes: X1, X1S, X5, X7, X7A, X8, X9, M2
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2025, 18:54:53 » |
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Quick run down the A370 for me then
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grahame
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« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2025, 18:56:34 » |
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Saturday and Sunday - All weekend, trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads (and beyond) will be revised. Some trains will not run at all. Trains that would normally run beyond Bristol Temple Meads to / from Weston-super-Mare and Taunton (or beyond) will only run between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads. Replacement buses will run between Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare. and Track renewal work will affect all train services via Bedminster.
Replacement buses are planned between Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare.
These rail replacement services will not stop at Bedminster or Parson Street – valid rail tickets will be accepted on local bus services instead.
GWR▸ trains will still run between London Paddington and the south west via Taunton, plus between Weston-super-Mare and Exeter St Davids.
CrossCountry trains will use an alternative route between Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton – extending journey times by up to an hour. |
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« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2025, 09:18:48 » |
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Ah well .. planned to take the cycle down (arrive 09:20), morning on the Strawberry Line, lunch at the cafe; here is the normal Saturday timetable:  As I won't be able to take the bike on the rail replacement bus, will probably time my journey to leave Melksham 2 hours later and arrive Yatton 3 hours later. Pity; interesting date and venue combination choice, but it does make a point  |
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« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2025, 03:13:39 » |
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As engineering works are planned weeks in advance,I think the onus is on the organiser to check that there are train services running.
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grahame
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« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2025, 05:30:34 » |
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As engineering works are planned weeks in advance,I think the onus is on the organiser to check that there are train services running.
yes ... and no ... Firstly, meeting dates are often planned very well in advance. I can tell you of West Wiltshire Transport User Group meetings next (2026) autumn - 16th September and 25th November - and I have not checked for engineering works. They are Wednesday evenings so it's unlikely there will be be a problem, but engineering *could* be planned in the normal time frame - closer to the meeting. The hall is booked in a pattern every 2nd Wednesday so a switch is not always easy. Secondly, I have been involved with travel meetings where the very issues of getting to them are intentionally part of the experience. This very group's AGM▸ was held at Dilton Marsh as part of a campaign for better services there a number of year ago, and it's possible (though pure speculation on my part) that there is a campaign element on the accessibility front - setting it up to be difficult. Thirdly, trains are not the only way to get to meetings, and it could be that they're running or not a ruling element in the organiser's decisions. The Melksham Transport User Group meetings, for example, go ahead irrespective of all but the most dramatic of schedule changes. Even though they are timed for any member who have arrived into town at 18:00, if that doesn't run there is no switch; it is more important to avoid clashes that would happen if they moved from 2nd to 3rd Thursdays. |
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« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2025, 03:48:49 » |
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From a very personal point of view,and drifting off topic.
I presume most contributors on this forum are in the mature age group.
Not sure how many of them on here are in full time employment
I think that rail type meetings and rail talks should be held during day time hours.
Who wants to wait around on bus stops for a bus that may never arrive
on a wet cold winter dark day in December.
The car is an option for SOME of us,
but stories I hear that so many mature drivers don't drive night any more,
as they are unable to make out land marks even in their own area.
Not to mention if they have driven long distance,
as well as trying shield your eyes from the sun as it starts to set on the horizon.
Lets not even go down the brightness of the LED lights on modern day cars
Thankfully TWSW» meetings are day events
Maybe a poll could be conducted to see how many would like have day time meetings.
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grahame
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« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2025, 09:27:02 » |
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From a very personal point of view,and drifting off topic. A very useful drift ... I have split the topic to highlight the questions which are far more of general interest than personally just to you - new topic with much fuller answer at https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=30902.0As a "spoiler" ... Addressing next Saturday's Railfuture meeting in Yatton, I simply don't know if the time, date and venue is planned to make a point of how difficult it can be during engineering works and with lack of wheelchair access, or whether these elements of challenge were not key considered factors in placing the meeting in time and place |
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