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Monthly Magazine
As at 22nd March 2025 10:16 GMT
This month so far ...
New and continued public topics from 1 Mar 2025 to 1 Apr 2025 inclusive
Introductions and chatBath to Ciren and back: 8/3/2517 Mar 2025
-Canal waterways experience - split topic 6 Mar 2025
-The LNER Azuma experience 6 Mar 2025
-Travelogue by an observing passenger - Melksham to quite far away. 3 Mar 2025
-Re: How many countries have you visited? Used a train in? 3 Mar 2025
-Re: Personal Plans for 202513 Mar 2025
-Re: Travelogue observations - 26th September 2019 - painting 42,000 words15 Mar 2025
Who's who on Western railwaysCampaign for Better Transport - new chief executive 8 Mar 2025
-Re: Dr Simon Norton 8 Mar 2025
Fare's FairTrain fare dodger told to pay nearly £1,000 9 Mar 2025
-Re: Ticket offices - changes afoot? 1 Mar 2025
-Re: Here we go again - can we overcome this sort of issue?10 Mar 2025
Buses and other ways to travelHeathrow Airport closed all day Friday 21 March 2025 21 Mar 2025
-Friday 21st March 2025 - still happy to chat about buses in Taunton 19 Mar 2025
-Re: Caledonian MacBrayne ferries in Scotland - split topic, merged posts15 Mar 2025
-Work starts to remove sunken boats from River Avon - Bath, March 202515 Mar 2025
-First Bus cuts through buses from Falmouth to Newquay13 Mar 2025
-Daffodils10 Mar 2025
-Drivers carrying passengers who are travelling when they should not10 Mar 2025
-Taxi access to stations 9 Mar 2025
-Buses (and trains) in the Wessex - looking forward 2 Mar 2025
-Re: Fishguard - Dublin ferry route 8 Mar 2025
-Re: A36 Closed Limpley Stoke August to Spring 2025 2 Mar 2025
-Re: Open top bus service 300 Lands End St Ives12 Mar 2025
-Re: FGW announce link with Singapore Airlines12 Mar 2025
Your rights and redress"Worst railway stations named and shamed for first time" 6 Mar 2025
London to Kennet ValleySad death of Shirley Pope, 82, and her dog, hit by train on foot crossing at Pewsey, Feb 202516 Mar 2025
London to Swindon and BristolEngineering Work Swindon area weekends of 22/23 and 29/30 March12 Mar 2025
-Why no London trains from Bath Spa 2/3? 2 Mar 2025
London to South WalesExtra trains for the six Nations, 15.3.202514 Mar 2025
London to the WestRe: Berks & Hants Cancellations, Delays & Alterations 202510 Mar 2025
-Re: Night Riviera - merged posts, ongoing discussion12 Mar 2025
London to the CotswoldsRe: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 3 Mar 2025
-Re: Worcestershire Parkway Station project - ongoing discussion18 Mar 2025
TransWilts line20th March 2025 - Melksham Transport User Group / new Committee17 Mar 2025
-Small rise in crime at Melksham Station12 Mar 2025
-Re: Melksham Transport User Group for 202521 Mar 2025
-Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury 1 Mar 2025
Heart of Wessex Celebrating 30 years of Wessex Wanderers Railway Walks20 Mar 2025
-Line reopens between Castle Cary and Yeovil - 17th March 202518 Mar 2025
Portsmouth to CardiffSummer Sunday 2025 service reductions - Bristol to Salisbury 9 Mar 2025
-Re: More 4 car 158s for Portsmouth services11 Mar 2025
Bristol (WECA) CommutersSuitable train sets20 Mar 2025
-March 27th 2pm - Better Rail for Less Congestion and New Housing: MetroWest 15 Mar 2025
-Re: New station at North Filton/Brabazon, Bristol17 Mar 2025
Oxford, Didcot and Reading from the WestRe: New Oxford - Bristol direct service, ongoing developments and discussion13 Mar 2025
Shorter journeys in South and West WalesWales and Borders on the up18 Mar 2025
-Images show £140m revamp plan for Cardiff Central13 Mar 2025
-Connectivity - north to south Wales 3 Mar 2025
-Re: Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway 1 Mar 2025
Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and SouthGWR responds to concerns over rising rail fares in North Devon14 Mar 2025
-Re: Delays on Devon services - merged posts, ongoing discussion 2 Mar 2025
Shorter journeys in Plymouth and CornwallRe: Cornish delays 2 Mar 2025
-Re: Mid Cornwall Metro - Newquay, St Austell, Truro & Falmouth 2 Mar 2025
-Re: Looe timetable changes this Summer 2 Mar 2025
Across the WestRe: RMT balloting for Industrial action on GWR16 Mar 2025
-Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 1 Mar 2025
-Re: Bad weather warning, from the BBC, for this weekend18 Mar 2025
-Re: 175s to GWR 1 Mar 2025
-Re: Problems with IET trains from April 2021 6 Mar 2025
-Re: When will all stations be "fully accessible"?16 Mar 2025
-Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion 2 Mar 2025
Campaigns for new and improved servicesRe: Finland and Estonia ponder undersea railway tunnel10 Mar 2025
-Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion 9 Mar 2025
News, Help and Assistance30,000 threads - the Coffee Shop 9 Mar 2025
-Coffee Shop offline early on 19th March 2025 6 Mar 2025
-Re: Outstanding server / web site issues18 Mar 2025
-Re: Inline expansion of abbreviations and acronyms 2 Mar 2025
-Re: Our contributor base and membership base.14 Mar 2025
-Re: Some Site Statistics 1 Mar 2025
The Lighter SideWhere would be on your GWR Monopoly board?14 Mar 2025
-Grotty Scotty Piccies 9 Mar 2025
-Over the country towards Skye 6 Mar 2025
-Re: Out and about in the South West - regional and local trains15 Mar 2025
-Re: Tracks of a different kind. Where was bignosemac late June 202116 Mar 2025
-Re: Most remote stations.... 6 Mar 2025
The West - but NOT trains in the WestPaddington bear stolen,now recovered 3 Mar 2025
Diary - what's happening when?13th March 2025 - Community Rail Awards, Newcastle14 Mar 2025
-Re: 21st March 2025 - TravelWatch SouthWest General meeting 9 Mar 2025
-Re: any one attending this event in Manchester? 9 Mar 2025
-Re: Charfield train station plans, drop in event. 9 Mar 2025
Looking forward - the next 5, 10 and 20 yearsEverything Electric London, 15 to 17 April 202520 Mar 2025
-Great British Railways16 Mar 2025
-A move to longer trains?11 Mar 2025
-Re: Rolling stock projections- ongoing discussion 9 Mar 2025
-Re: Looking forward - another year, and not just operations but a wider picture 4 Mar 2025
South Western services"Mysterious" tunnels at Salisbury Station10 Mar 2025
-25th May 2025 - SWR Franchise expires and services Nationalised 9 Mar 2025
-Wheelchair users / Southern / SWR now taxied as standard from smaller stations? 1 Mar 2025
Cross Country servicesCheck ahead to see if your trains is cancelled - official11 Mar 2025
Chiltern Railways servicesUpcoming closure consultation - Bordesley Station14 Mar 2025
Transport for LondonDangers of the underground12 Mar 2025
Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractionsWW2 steam train built by women takes to the tracks again after restoration19 Mar 2025
-Evening Star - named 65 years ago today - 18.3.196018 Mar 2025
-Re: 10 years of the Two Tunnels cycleway11 Mar 2025
-Re: Plym Valley Railway - Marsh Mills to Plym Bridge - merged posts 9 Mar 2025
-Re: Avon Valley Railway - heritage line, Bristol towards Bath - merged posts 4 Mar 2025
Media about railways, and other means of transportRe: First Bus driver saves passenger's life: Bristol - Yate, 201915 Mar 2025
The Wider Picture in the United KingdomASLEF call strikes for April and May (Hull Trains)18 Mar 2025
-Callers queue to save under-threat red phone box - Sharrington, Norfolk15 Mar 2025
-Transport focus passenger survey vs train operating company14 Mar 2025
-Met PC sacked for avoiding train fares11 Mar 2025
-'Not all train drivers are blokes with big beards' 8 Mar 2025
-When is a window seat not a window seat? 8 Mar 2025
-The importance of a RELIABLE service 7 Mar 2025
-Road closure as new speed limit signs introduced - A46, Cold Ashton, Bristol 6 Mar 2025
-UK's deepest canal lock gets spring clean - West Yorkshire, March 2025 4 Mar 2025
-Rail service resumes after borehole discovery at Grange-over-Sands, 1 March 2025 3 Mar 2025
-Re: Train performance data to be displayed at stations17 Mar 2025
-Re: Belfast's Grand Central station, opening on Sunday 8th September 202415 Mar 2025
-Plan for M4 to south coast corridor to avoid Bath, through West Wiltshire14 Mar 2025
-Re: Staff Fatality at Tyseley Depot 15/12/201916 Mar 2025
-Re: HS2 - Government proposals, alternative routes and general discussion10 Mar 2025
The Wider Picture OverseasFatal collision at a level crossing near Arras 17 March 202517 Mar 2025
-It goes wrong on Decent railways as well. 15 Mar 2025
-Pakistan army says 300 hostages freed from train - 11 March 202512 Mar 2025
-Watch: Man survives being run over by train 9 Mar 2025
-Rail Fares - some bargains (and one free) across Europe 9 Mar 2025
-all Paris to London eurostar trains suspended 7 Mar 2025
-Australia: Teen armed with gun overpowered by passengers onboard plane; Mar 2025 6 Mar 2025
-Re: This surely has to be a case for 'delay, repay' compensation?15 Mar 2025
Railway History and related topicsBristol and north Somerset Railway remains from the bus...21 Mar 2025
-Kerne Bridge Station on TV17 Mar 2025
-Photo enquiry: Abingdon Branch: pannier tank engine + canvas kayak.17 Mar 2025
-"Bath Abbey" loco nameplate14 Mar 2025
-Cirencester branch: Thames bridge question 9 Mar 2025
-Did Melksham have trams? 9 Mar 2025
-Study of disused railways in England and Wales 5 Mar 2025
-Re: Nightstar 5 Mar 2025
-Re: Passing of Kerr's Miniature Railway 8 Mar 2025
-Re: The Cheddar Valley Lost Railway - the 'Strawberry Line' from Yatton17 Mar 2025

 
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