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Coffee Shop - railway news
Public topics from 1 Jun to 1 Jul 2025
Public topics from 1 Jun to 1 Jul 2025
Introductions and chatPlan C - Makov25 Jun 2025
-Meeting people on trains 23 Jun 2025
-A summer Saturday in Poland22 Jun 2025
-Split topic re Melksham20 Jun 2025
-Melksham to ... where? ....18 Jun 2025
-HMS Bristol: Last Falklands warship given send-off by veterans - 11 June 202511 Jun 2025
-Melksham (Wiltshire) and Nailsea (North Somerset) - a comparison 9 Jun 2025
-Railway Mission - Chaplains to the rail industry 7 Jun 2025
-Re: Interrail, summer 2025 - daily diary thread of our travels 6 Jun 2025
-Re: Broadgage unwell. 8 Jun 2025
Who's who on Western railwaysRe: Brunel & Betjeman, and Eric Ravilious - merged topics13 Jun 2025
Fare's FairHow do the costs of delay/repay compare to the cost of reducing delays?28 Jun 2025
-GWR PAYG Accounts Deleted - Compensation being paid 26 Jun 2025
-Tech arms race erupts in bid to beat fare-dodgers13 Jun 2025
-Re: Last minute at "fill my seat" prices on Eurostar14 Jun 2025
-Re: Senior Railcard - some issues, developments and ongoing discussion22 Jun 2025
-Re: Rail firms accused of misusing courts for ticket errors / fare evasion (merged posts) 4 Jun 2025
Buses and other ways to travelTidal public transport30 Jun 2025
-Parking a bus on your driveway29 Jun 2025
-'Smoke' smell on plane from Cyprus to Bristol forces emergency landing in Turkey16 Jun 2025
-Edinburgh Airport fined after man, 81, dies following fall from lift - Nov 202311 Jun 2025
-Uber brings forward trialling driverless taxis in UK - June 202510 Jun 2025
-My new car, as yet unbuilt, is already in love with me 6 Jun 2025
-Re: Bus fare cap - ongoing developments and discussion10 Jun 2025
Your rights and redressDelay repay question17 Jun 2025
London to ReadingPaddington to Reading line shut, 9 June 2025 9 Jun 2025
London to Didcot, Oxford and BanburyRe: Oxford station - facilities, improvements, parking, incidents and events - merged posts13 Jun 2025
London to Swindon and Bristoltrespassers on line near Bath this morning16 Jun 2025
-Re: Swindon's Mechanics' Institute saga drags on23 Jun 2025
London to South WalesRe: Severn Tunnel - engineering improvements, events, incidents and history - merged posts 8 Jun 2025
London to the WestRe: Night Riviera Sleeper train - between Paddington and Penzance - ongoing discussion 5 Jun 2025
-Person found dead on the tracks at Highbridge and Burnham station - 23 June 202523 Jun 2025
-Penleigh Park Level Crossing (Westbury Avoiding Line) Closure Application. 6 Jun 2025
London to the CotswoldsFirst Group announce new open access service to Hereford 6 Jun 2025
-Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 1 Jun 2025
North Downs Line30 cancellations on the North Downs this morning 6 Jun 2025
TransWilts line - Swindon, Chippenham, WestburyMelk to Melksham - 1000 miles (mostly) by train29 Jun 2025
-Re: Melksham's rail service - where are we, on the anniversary of being Beechinged? 3 Jun 2025
-Re: Swindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 2025 1 Jun 2025
-Melksham station - facilities, services, improvements and incidents - merged posts19 Jun 2025
Heart of WessexExcursions in the other direction ...29 Jun 2025
-9.08 Bristol to Weymouth 29/06 Fresh Air Express29 Jun 2025
-Weymouth - Westbury cancellations, 14 and 15 June 202514 Jun 2025
Portsmouth to CardiffFreshford vehicle collides with bridge Monday 30 June 30 Jun 2025
-Cancellations between Westbury and Portsmouth 29/0629 Jun 2025
-Fallen tree on tracks at Portchester halts trains - 23 June 202523 Jun 2025
-Re: More 4 car 158s for Portsmouth services 1 Jul 2025
Bristol and Bath (WECA, now WEMCA)Glastonbury exodus30 Jun 2025
-Car crashes through railings at Keynsham station - 29 June 202529 Jun 2025
-The Wave - inland surfing facility near Pilning Station27 Jun 2025
-Bridgwater Train Station: Bus issues to be resolved - June 202524 Jun 2025
-Children get concessionary bus travel in Bristol10 Jun 2025
-wide spread disruption at Bristol Temple Meads Sunday 8th June 2025 8 Jun 2025
-Re: Pilning Station - services, footbridge, issues and campaigns: ongoing discussion 1 Jun 2025
-Re: Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts) 2 Jun 2025
Shorter journeys in South and West WalesRe: Global Centre of Rail Excellence26 Jun 2025
Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and SouthRe: Okehampton 1 Jun 2025
Shorter journeys in Plymouth and CornwallRe: Looe Branch Line - timetables, cancellations, engineering work, closures and incidents15 Jun 2025
-Re: Falmouth Branch Line - stations, facilities, services and improvements14 Jun 2025
Across the WestWelfare Reform bill protest at Liverpool Lime Street - July 2025 1 Jul 2025
-RMT to ballot GWR Gateline staff over lone staffing plans - June 202512 Jun 2025
-Skip-stopping to catch up 9 Jun 2025
-Bath events: Friday 13th & Saturday 14th June 8 Jun 2025
-Re: GWR Community Rail Conference - 24th June 202524 Jun 2025
-Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 4 Jun 2025
-Re: Class 175s to Great Western Railway (GWR)24 Jun 2025
-Re: Automated information defects on the railways - merged topics, ongoing discussion18 Jun 2025
-Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion 1 Jun 2025
Campaigns for new and improved servicesRe: Coventry - Very Light Railway - merged posts 4 Jun 2025
-Re: Six new stations between Cardiff and Severn Tunnel - proposal11 Jun 2025
-Re: Minehead Rail Link Group22 Jun 2025
-Re: Go-Op Cooperative - proposals for additional rail services13 Jun 2025
-Re: East - West Rail update (Oxford to Bedford) - ongoing discussion 3 Jun 2025
-Re: Campaign for Tavistock reopening10 Jun 2025
-Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion11 Jun 2025
News, Help and AssistanceA.I. vs single interest communities25 Jun 2025
-Secure Connection17 Jun 2025
The Lighter SideWhere was I yesterday, 27 June 2025?28 Jun 2025
-Animals on Railway Tracks28 Jun 2025
-Modern Day Problems23 Jun 2025
-Somebody has probably been here before21 Jun 2025
-Where were JayMac & Finn today, 21st June 202521 Jun 2025
-Where's GrahamE today - 17th June 202517 Jun 2025
-Bed and Breakfast with public transport from bed to breakfast15 Jun 2025
-Where was Finn today, 15th June 2025.15 Jun 2025
-Daredevils to 'fly' over Bristol harbour in new contest - Sunday 15 June 202511 Jun 2025
-Flight replacement buses. 8 Jun 2025
-Re: Annoying / amusing use of completely irrelevant stock photos to illustrate press articles10 Jun 2025
The West - but NOT trains in the WestRe: Seagulls: particularly in Bath, Bristol, Cornwall and Minehead - ongoing discussion14 Jun 2025
-Re: Weston-super-Mare - Birnbeck Pier restoration: ongoing developments and discussion28 Jun 2025
-Body found in river after search for swimmer: Bradford-on-Avon, 27 June 202528 Jun 2025
Diary - what's happening when?GWR Community Rail Conference, 24 June 202523 Jun 2025
-Bristol Rail Campign - to Lydney on 21st June15 Jun 2025
-TransWilts CRP Annual meeting - 16th July 202513 Jun 2025
-Re: 15th June 2018 - GWR Community Rail Conference15 Jun 2025
Swindon to Gloucester / CheltenhamSwindon-Gloucester closed 26-30 August 2025 1 Jul 2025
Looking forward - the next 2, 5, 10 and 20 yearsAnnouncement - Billions of investment on tram, train and bus projects. 4 Jun 2025
-Sodium-ion batteries and battery swapping stations 3 Jun 2025
South Western servicesWeymouth SWR services 23/6/2523 Jun 2025
-Day trip to Southampton 23/06/2523 Jun 2025
-Basingstoke this morning18 Jun 2025
-Re: 25th May 2025 - SWR Franchise expires and services Nationalised 1 Jun 2025
-Re: South Western Railways Waterloo - Bristol services axed 2 Jun 2025
Cross Country servicesCross Country Voyager refurbs / the cycle view10 Jun 2025
Transport for LondonThousands of pieces of Tube graffiti removed daily - June 202518 Jun 2025
-Bus Service 20514 Jun 2025
-Grenfell Tower to be demolished14 Jun 2025
Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractionsOver a mile of countryside set on fire by historic steam locomotive - Chinnor30 Jun 2025
-Inspector rules in favour of heritage railway (Ffestiniog / Beddgelert)26 Jun 2025
-Lappa Valley railway, Cornwall24 Jun 2025
-Spa Valley Railway - Royal Tunbridge Wells to High Rocks, Groombridge, and Eridge13 Jun 2025
-Guest locomotive / running on the wrong lines 9 Jun 2025
-Railway Benefit Fund - auction of experiences (now until 7 July 2025) 2 Jun 2025
-Paddle Steamer Waverley - merged posts 6 Jun 2025
-Re: Cholsey and Wallingford Railway - between Didcot Parkway and Reading16 Jun 2025
-Re: West Somerset Railway - Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton, to Minehead 2 Jun 2025
Media about railways, and other means of transportSwans versus Avocet 25 Jun 2025
-Paddington Station13 Jun 2025
-Coldstream Guards making their way to Berwick from Kings Cross train station10 Jun 2025
-Britain's Five Best Slow Train Journeys 9 Jun 2025
-Re: Darwin Award Hopeful?11 Jun 2025
Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with themRail trail proposals in Gloucestershire11 Jun 2025
-Tywi Valley Path 9 Jun 2025
-Re: Longer distance canal walks - public transport for one way section returns 9 Jun 2025
The Wider Picture in the United KingdomRe: Weather updates from across the UK, with implications for infrastructure - ongoing discussion, 202516 Jun 2025
-Royal train to be cut in Palace cost-saving measure - June 202530 Jun 2025
-London to Brighton line faces delays in heatwave - 30 June 202530 Jun 2025
-Hawk used to deter pigeons at Euston Station29 Jun 2025
-Major fire sees buildings evacuated and trains halted - Manchester, 23 June 202523 Jun 2025
-Thameslink train passengers evacuated as temperatures soar - 21 June 202522 Jun 2025
-Donated Pacer train 'valuable resource' to SEN school in Blyth, Northumberland16 Jun 2025
-Northamptonshire passengers urged to plan ahead for railway works - June 202516 Jun 2025
-Lower Thames Crossing, between Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent16 Jun 2025
-Liverpool estate where 'some kids have never been on a train' - June 202515 Jun 2025
-Tube driver knitting and watching TV 15 Jun 2025
-Uber plan trains through The Chunnel 3 Jun 2025
-Re: Train hits tractor and trailer on level crossing, Leominster, 22 May 2025 5 Jun 2025
-Re: "Long Products"... Steel Rail.17 Jun 2025
-London to Frankfurt and Geneva - direct trains from Eurostar?11 Jun 2025
-Re: A bear may go where a dog may not?24 Jun 2025
-Re: Storing petrol14 Jun 2025
-Re: Driving licences and tests - ongoing discussion 1 Jun 2025
-Re: Diary Of A Reasonably Frequent Rail User 2 Jun 2025
-ITV: ten years of the Scottish Borders Railway17 Jun 2025
-Re: HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) - Government proposals, alternative routes, discussion14 Jun 2025
The Wider Picture OverseasFrance, out-of-use route back in service: Montréjeau–Luchon27 Jun 2025
-Connections, engineering works, delays and substitution - Slovak style24 Jun 2025
-Brazil - At least eight dead in hot air balloon accident - 21 June 202521 Jun 2025
-Main line steam in Poland - anyone have a status?18 Jun 2025
-Air India flight to London Gatwick crashed in Ahmedabad - 12 June 202512 Jun 2025
-To Ukraine by plane and train 5 Jun 2025
-To Aachen and back- by train 4 Jun 2025
-German experience - not quite as punctual as its old reputation would suggest 2 Jun 2025
-Re: Spain / Portugal power outage - 28 April 202519 Jun 2025
-Re: European Passengers Federation - 13th and 14th June 2025 4 Jun 2025
-Re: Eurostar - merged posts, ongoing discussion topic25 Jun 2025
Railway History and related topicsHow long does it take to nationalise a railway (and other public transport)?30 Jun 2025
-Re: Telegraph wires 8 Jun 2025
-Re: 52 ghost railway stations across Wiltshire21 Jun 2025
Topic count 159 of which 114 are new
 
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