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23rd Nov (1964)
Closure of line from Pilning to Severn Beach to passenger services (link)
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07:40 Penzance to Plymouth
08:15 Penzance to London Paddington
09:22 London Paddington to Oxford
09:24 Reading to Gatwick Airport
09:25 Okehampton to Exeter Central
09:34 Exeter Central to Okehampton
09:54 Reading to Gatwick Airport
10:12 Bristol Temple Meads to Avonmouth
10:25 Okehampton to Exeter Central
10:32 Exeter Central to Okehampton
10:59 Gatwick Airport to Reading
11:00 Oxford to London Paddington
11:27 Okehampton to Exeter Central
11:31 Exeter Central to Okehampton
12:24 Reading to Gatwick Airport
12:27 Okehampton to Exeter Central
12:33 Exeter Central to Okehampton
12:54 Reading to Gatwick Airport
13:12 Bristol Temple Meads to Avonmouth
13:26 Okehampton to Exeter Central
13:29 Gatwick Airport to Reading
13:30 Exeter Central to Okehampton
13:59 Gatwick Airport to Reading
14:12 Bristol Temple Meads to Avonmouth
14:26 Okehampton to Exeter Central
14:33 Exeter Central to Okehampton
14:37 Reading to Basingstoke
15:12 Bristol Temple Meads to Severn Beach
15:24 Basingstoke to Reading
15:25 Okehampton to Exeter Central
15:30 Exeter Central to Okehampton
15:37 Reading to Basingstoke
15:54 Reading to Gatwick Airport
16:01 Severn Beach to Bristol Temple Meads
16:04 Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood
16:23 Basingstoke to Reading
16:25 Okehampton to Exeter Central
16:32 Exeter Central to Okehampton
16:32 London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa
16:51 Filton Abbey Wood to Bristol Temple Meads
16:54 Reading to Gatwick Airport
17:04 Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood
17:07 Reading to Basingstoke
17:25 Okehampton to Exeter Central
17:29 Gatwick Airport to Reading
17:32 Exeter Central to Okehampton
17:51 Filton Abbey Wood to Bristol Temple Meads
17:53 Basingstoke to Reading
18:29 Gatwick Airport to Reading
18:37 Reading to Basingstoke
18:45 Exeter St Davids to Okehampton
18:54 Reading to Gatwick Airport
18:59 Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington
19:24 Basingstoke to Reading
19:31 Okehampton to Exeter Central
19:33 Exeter St Davids to Okehampton
20:08 Westbury to Swindon
20:29 Gatwick Airport to Reading
21:10 Exeter St Davids to Okehampton
21:10 Swindon to Westbury
21:35 Reading to Basingstoke
22:23 Basingstoke to Reading
23:10 Reading to Newbury
23:44 Newbury to Reading
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07:40 Worcester Foregate Street to Bristol Temple Meads
07:59 Gatwick Airport to Reading
08:20 London Paddington to Oxford
09:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
10:13 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
10:46 Avonmouth to Weston-Super-Mare
11:59 Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington
12:59 Gatwick Airport to Reading
13:46 Avonmouth to Weston-Super-Mare
14:46 Avonmouth to Weston-Super-Mare
15:42 Bristol Temple Meads to Salisbury
17:06 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
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