This month so far ...
| Introductions and chat | Personal Plans for 2025 | 31 Dec 2024 |
| - | Looking forward for the Coffee Shop into 2025 | 31 Dec 2024 |
| - | Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our members and readers | 24 Dec 2024 |
| - | An invitation to all new members of the Coffee Shop forum to introduce yourself | 20 Dec 2024 |
| - | Image hosting for images for the forum: Postimages | 6 Dec 2024 |
| - | Swansea day return from Bath | 5 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Where would you recommend for an Easter Escape? | 13 Dec 2024 |
| Who's who on Western railways | Re: Louise Haigh, Transport Secretary until 28 Nov 2024 | 1 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Dr David Randles | 13 Dec 2024 |
| - | Sir Andrew Haines, CEO of Network Rail | 31 Dec 2024 |
| Fare's Fair | GWR Advance Purchase sale - January 2025 | 30 Dec 2024 |
| - | Westbury blockade: easements? | 23 Dec 2024 |
| - | BTH - Bristol Parkway - Swindon - BTH day return - best ticketing option | 11 Dec 2024 |
| - | GWR fares 2.5 times than EU average | 9 Dec 2024 |
| - | Cost of travel - how much is in the fare? | 2 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Black Friday Interrail sale | 10 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: BBC Breakfast news feature credit card size train tickets | 7 Dec 2024 |
| Buses and other ways to travel | Not sure if this is an unwanted Chritmas present (being a bit of a grinch) | 27 Dec 2024 |
| - | Pensioners bus pass not being scrapped | 21 Dec 2024 |
| - | New foot passenger facilities at Plymouth for 2025 | 20 Dec 2024 |
| - | Eight hurt after double decker bus roof torn off - Kilmarnock, 19 Dec 2024 | 20 Dec 2024 |
| - | First Bus app December 2024 | 18 Dec 2024 |
| - | Fishguard - Dublin ferry route | 15 Dec 2024 |
| - | Eight injured after bus roof torn off in railway bridge crash: Glasgow, Dec 2024 | 14 Dec 2024 |
| - | ‘HIF1’ relief road to Culham | 11 Dec 2024 |
| - | First re-enter the London bus market | 10 Dec 2024 |
| - | Bath Bus Station christmas 2024 | 1 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Set down only / pick up only stops | 1 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: The Magic Roundabout | 3 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Isles of Scilly sea ferry and air services - merged posts | 6 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Ferries across waterways - whether by vehicle, foot or both (merged posts) | 30 Dec 2024 |
| London to Kennet Valley | Lights-controlled pedestrian crossing near Calcot | 5 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Small railway footbridge takes longer to build than Empire State Building | 18 Dec 2024 |
| London to Didcot, Oxford and Banbury | Shortage of 165 stock - 5/12/2024 | 5 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Oxford station - facilities, improvements, parking, incidents and events - merged posts | 14 Dec 2024 |
| London to South Wales | Train passengers to London from Cardiff and Bristol 'face slower services' | 18 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Hunting Dogs on the line | 26 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Open Access Application - London to Cardiff (28/03/2019) | 5 Dec 2024 |
| Thames Valley Branches | A trip on GWR's Battery Electric Train - 17/12/2024 | 18 Dec 2024 |
| London to the Cotswolds | North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 | 1 Jan 2025 |
| - | Re: North Cotswold Line delays and cancellations - 2024 | 1 Dec 2024 |
| TransWilts line | Rail replacement advise - Melksham - until 23rd January 2025 | 27 Dec 2024 |
| - | In answer to questions on the current Melksham Train Service | 18 Dec 2024 |
| - | Melksham's Train services until end of January 2025 | 16 Dec 2024 |
| - | Reply about the state of the train service at Melksham from a passenger | 9 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Melksham Transport User Group - Committee Plus - 19th December 2024 | 23 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Christmas Light Switch on and Bus Stop Stall - Melksham, 7th December | 7 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: 2024 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury | 1 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Westbury to Swindon video, 1988 | 14 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: March 2020 statistics - calls at Melksham station | 4 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Go-Op Cooperative - proposals for additional rail services (merged posts) | 10 Dec 2024 |
| Heart of Wessex | Re: Heart of Wessex Line - service issues (merged posts) | 27 Dec 2024 |
| Portsmouth to Cardiff | Re: Westbury - engineering works from 24th December 2024 for 30 days | 10 Dec 2024 |
| - | Dilton Marsh - platform problem | 2 Dec 2024 |
| Bristol (WECA) Commuters | (Lord) Marvin Rees | 20 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Extra trains between Bristol and Bath for Bath Christmas Market this year? | 1 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Bristol to Birmingham Corridor Strategic Rail Study - June 21 | 20 Dec 2024 |
| Oxford, Didcot and Reading from the West | Re: New Oxford - Bristol Service Starting Sept 14th 2024 | 28 Dec 2024 |
| Shorter journeys in South and West Wales | Mind the gap - Ludlow | 20 Dec 2024 |
| - | Train named "Gavin and Stacey" | 5 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: New timetables - Transport for Wales - from 15th December 2024 | 3 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway | 4 Dec 2024 |
| Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall | Re: Cornish delays | 12 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: St Erth station - facilities, footbridge, improvements, incidents and awards (merged posts) | 16 Dec 2024 |
| Across the West | Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 | 19 Dec 2024 |
| - | Trains delayed across Britain due to "nationwide fault" on communication system | 6 Dec 2024 |
| - | Storm Darragh to batter UK amid weather warnings for rain and 80mph winds | 5 Dec 2024 |
| - | First Group has acquired Union Trains GWML Holdings Ltd. | 5 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Long Marston and IEPs | 1 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Winter timetable starts on 15th December 2024, summer on 17th May 2025 | 15 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2024 | 3 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: 175s to GWR | 5 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Closures of loops and through services - on this day, 10th December | 10 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Live trackers | 2 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Vivarail chosen for fast charging trial on the Greenford branch | 5 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Aberthaw Power Station and Decarbonisation | 20 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion | 1 Dec 2024 |
| Campaigns for new and improved services | AQ19 - Greatest Losses | 19 Dec 2024 |
| - | Northumberland Line to open on Sun 15 December | 2 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: East - West Rail update (Oxford to Bedford) - ongoing discussion | 27 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion | 22 Dec 2024 |
| News, Help and Assistance | A Beginner's Guide to the Great Western "Coffee Shop" Passenger forum | 1 Jan 2025 |
| - | The Coffee Shop in 2024 - review | 1 Jan 2025 |
| - | Server Map (mark 2) - as from January 2025 - a technical introduction | 30 Dec 2024 |
| - | Also available on the Coffee Shop secure (https) server | 30 Dec 2024 |
| - | Browsers - what are you running? Are you seeing this? | 29 Dec 2024 |
| - | An update on this weekend's work (28 & 29 December 2025) | 28 Dec 2024 |
| - | Weekend of 28th/29th December - Coffee Shop offline for engineering works | 22 Dec 2024 |
| - | Tiger has indigestion - use lion, puma or cheetah instead! | 1 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Some Site Statistics | 1 Dec 2024 |
| The Lighter Side | Terrible signalling error! | 26 Dec 2024 |
| - | Places to go - rail interest in 2025 - AQ24 | 24 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ23 - No rails to take them anywhere | 23 Dec 2024 |
| - | It's a (GWR) Bullseye! | 22 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ22 - Research needed? | 22 Dec 2024 |
| - | It'll be messy if it doesn't stop! | 21 Dec 2024 |
| - | Model railways | 18 Dec 2024 |
| - | Where was I today? (17.12.2024) | 17 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ17 - Correcting the subtitling, GWR | 17 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ15 - Shredded timetables | 15 Dec 2024 |
| - | On the buses (Advent Quiz - day 14) | 14 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ13 - On Track | 13 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ12 - Station Search | 12 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ11 - trivia questions in our region | 11 Dec 2024 |
| - | David Clarke's Amazing 1930s GWR Model Railway, 38ft,16ft 6in | 10 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ10 - Where are these and what is the connection / Theme? | 10 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ09 - 52 places you may have visited - how many? | 9 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ08 - Thank you Scotrail | 8 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ07 - One for the anoraks! | 7 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ06 - Not where, but when? | 6 Dec 2024 |
| - | Exasperation at misspelt road repainting - Cirencester, Dec 2024 | 5 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ05 - Going out for the day? | 5 Dec 2024 |
| - | Where was JayMac today, 4th December 2024? | 4 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ04 - Three Letter Code grid | 4 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ03 - what do these groups have in common | 3 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? | 2 Dec 2024 |
| - | AQ01 - Multiple vehicles, mass transit | 1 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Cycle jam in China, breakfast dumplings, wild haggis shooting, a scarlet tanager & fake zebras ( | 11 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Bus or train? | 14 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: RAF Lancaster bombers - merged posts | 2 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Annoying / amusing use of completely irrelevant stock photos to illustrate press articles | 10 Dec 2024 |
| Diary - what's happening when? | 'Railway 200' events and commemorations 2025 | 28 Dec 2024 |
| - | 5th July 2025 - RailFuture AGM | 22 Dec 2024 |
| - | Strategic Investment Plan consultation - Western Gateway - 20.12.24 to 2.2.2025 | 19 Dec 2024 |
| - | 18th December, Swindon 11:30 - Go-op Share Offer Launch | 13 Dec 2024 |
| - | West Wiltshire Rail User Group - provisional meetings for 2025 | 8 Dec 2024 |
| The Wider Picture - related rail and other transport issues | Re: The Wider Picture - making it wider, but also clearer, hopefully | 22 Dec 2024 |
| Looking forward - the next 5, 10 and 20 years | Call for Evidence - National Integrated Transport Strategy - by 30th Jan 2025 | 6 Dec 2024 |
| South Western services | MOVED: South Western Railway to be renationalised - report | 4 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Even more woes | 12 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Cranbrook station - opening, events and anniversaries (merged posts) | 13 Dec 2024 |
| Cross Country services | Re: CrossCountry upgrade will see 25% more rail seats | 2 Dec 2024 |
| Chiltern Railways services | Boxing Day service on Chiltern 2024 | 15 Dec 2024 |
| Transport for London | Elizabeth line staff member dies following assault - Wednesday 4 Dec 2024 | 7 Dec 2024 |
| Heritage railway lines, Railtours, other rail based attractions | Several steam engines at Eastleigh - Clan Line, Britannia and Braunton | 27 Dec 2024 |
| - | Steam engine 6024 'King Edward I' at Keynsham, Somerset | 27 Dec 2024 |
| - | Souvenir hunter returns loco part nicked in 1980s - Nene Valley Railway, 2024 | 24 Dec 2024 |
| - | Trains on Salisbury Plain with nowhere to go | 23 Dec 2024 |
| - | RCTS - Railway Correspondence and Travel Society | 22 Dec 2024 |
| - | Bath Railway Society - 2025 program | 22 Dec 2024 |
| - | Pathfinder Tours 2025 - Wessex and Worcestershire to Heart of Wales | 8 Dec 2024 |
| - | The annual Sherborne Christmas Carols railtour - 04/12/2024 | 4 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Bath Spa to Broadway and back | 1 Dec 2024 |
| - | NOT.......Britannia !! | 9 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: steam engine 5552 | 28 Dec 2024 |
| - | Britannia..............again ! | 4 Dec 2024 |
| - | Steam engine 7029 'Clun Castle' | 26 Dec 2024 |
| - | Blackpool Transport have announced that the heritage tram service suspended | 7 Dec 2024 |
| Meet the Manager | Meet the Manager, Westbury Station, 12th December 2024 | 5 Dec 2024 |
| Media about railways, and other means of transport | GNER 'Flying Scotsman' Driver's Eye View: York to Edinburgh | 29 Dec 2024 |
| - | I Spent Over 12 Hours on an Amtrak Train (on purpose) | 16 Dec 2024 |
| Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them | The Velorail Project | 4 Dec 2024 |
| - | New £15m regional cycle hub could open near M5, Bristol | 4 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Problems on Bristol & Bath Railway Path | 18 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Cyclists - death toll on our roads | 1 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: GWR bike reservation changes? | 13 Dec 2024 |
| The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom | Working from roam: more people logging on from UK airports and railway stations | 30 Dec 2024 |
| - | Warnings of snow, wind and rain across the UK for New Year | 29 Dec 2024 |
| - | Why you stand behind the yellow line!! | 23 Dec 2024 |
| - | Transport Focus to relaunch their updated full Passenger survey in 2025 | 23 Dec 2024 |
| - | More UK buses to run on Christmas Day than at any time in last five years | 23 Dec 2024 |
| - | Male and female ports, and cowcatchers on ferries. | 23 Dec 2024 |
| - | Campaign for North East Rail video | 22 Dec 2024 |
| - | Tyne and Wear Metro Closure due to Flyover Problem | 20 Dec 2024 |
| - | Edinburgh to London flights 'cheaper than train to Glasgow' | 20 Dec 2024 |
| - | Worst major train stations for cancellations named - Dec 2024 | 20 Dec 2024 |
| - | Risk of Christmas travel disruption as UK weather warnings issued - 20 Dec 2024 | 20 Dec 2024 |
| - | Rail unions industrial and strike action 2025 | 18 Dec 2024 |
| - | Network Rail - Register for Engineering Work digital notifications | 18 Dec 2024 |
| - | Lorry firm founder Eddie Stobart dies aged 95 | 18 Dec 2024 |
| - | Man arrested after London train hits buffers - London Bridge, 13 Dec 2024 | 16 Dec 2024 |
| - | Metro mayors to control rail services under England devolution plans | 15 Dec 2024 |
| - | Mind the Gap. Europe's Rail Operators: A comparative ranking. | 14 Dec 2024 |
| - | 'Congested' UK railway to get huge £1.5bn facelift as crucial station revamped | 12 Dec 2024 |
| - | First Class Confusion courtesy of Thameslink | 10 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Sink holes - a wider problem? | 5 Dec 2024 |
| - | Taking Train Operation into public ownership - Govt planning from 4.12.2024 | 3 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Global Warming - how are we doing on call for urgent action 18 years ago? | 13 Dec 2024 |
| - | Northern Rail enhanced Sunday pay offer rejected | 2 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update | 29 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Online mapping of current and historic lines. | 20 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: {yawn} same old, same old... | 24 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Planned flashmob for Paddington on Friday at 2pm? | 25 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Network Rail uses sheep to save money in Cambridgeshire | 25 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Bridge strike Epsom | 25 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: Southern Railway to axe toilets from new train (BBC News 19/09/2010) | 26 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: HS2 - Government proposals, alternative routes and general discussion | 18 Dec 2024 |
| The Wider Picture Overseas | Dozens survive Kazakhstan passenger plane crash - Dec 2024 | 25 Dec 2024 |
| - | European Passengers Federation - 13th and 14th June 2025 | 22 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: This surely has to be a case for 'delay, repay' compensation? | 18 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: I Wonder What Brunel Would Have Thought Of This? | 10 Dec 2024 |
| - | TGV driver's suicide in France | 25 Dec 2024 |
| - | Re: China claims new world record for fastest train | 26 Dec 2024 |
| Railway History and related topics | Ghost Train: Broadstone Junction to Bath Green Park, S&DJR | 29 Dec 2024 |
