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Monthly Magazine
10.4.2025 (Thursday) 16:40 - All running AOK
This month so far ...
New and continued public topics from 1 Apr 2025 to date
Introductions and chatSpreading wings for a few days10 Apr 2025
-Modern English Usage, but not as Fowler might think 5 Apr 2025
Fare's FairFOSS and FOSW validity - some quirks 9 Apr 2025
-[OTD] Senior Railcard launched 1st April 1975 1 Apr 2025
-Re: Ticket offices - changes afoot? 7 Apr 2025
Buses and other ways to travel4,800 miles for a kebab? 6 Apr 2025
-Bath's three park and ride services 4 Apr 2025
-[OTD] 2nd April 1962 - First Panda Crossing 2 Apr 2025
-Re: Easyjet (re)opens Southend Airport operation 1 Apr 2025
-Re: Extreme Day Trips 1 Apr 2025
-Government approves Luton Airport expansion 3 Apr 2025
London to ReadingHappy 185th birthday, Reading Station! 2 Apr 2025
London to Swindon and BristolShortage of Stock 2nd April 2025 ? 2 Apr 2025
Thames Valley BranchesMaidenhead to Marlow line to close!!! 8 Apr 2025
-Re: A trip on GWR's Battery Electric Train - 17/12/2024 8 Apr 2025
London to the CotswoldsRe: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 1 Apr 2025
TransWilts lineThe importance of reasonable connections 9 Apr 2025
-Re: It's not the train that's the problem... 2 Apr 2025
-Re: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury 1 Apr 2025
Heart of WessexMOVED: Fratton to Bristol Temple Meads 3 Apr 2025
-Re: Celebrating 30 years of Wessex Wanderers Railway Walks 5 Apr 2025
Portsmouth to CardiffFratton to Bristol Temple Meads 3 Apr 2025
-Re: Melksham to Salisbury via Devizes - moved topic, now the original quiz has been solved 9 Apr 2025
Bristol (WECA) CommutersHeadline - help is always available, 24 x 7 ... 10 Apr 2025
-First Bus announces 'phenomenal' new fleet around Bristol - April 2025 8 Apr 2025
-Thoughts on person being taken ill near (Trowbridge) Station 8 Apr 2025
-Transport in the West of England - Hustings for the next WECA Mayor 3 Apr 2025
-Re: Press release from Pilning 1 Apr 2025
-Re: Nailsea & Backwell station - stairway to platform 2 4 Apr 2025
-Re: March 27th 2pm - Better Rail for Less Congestion and New Housing: MetroWest 2 Apr 2025
-Re: New station at North Filton/Brabazon, Bristol 4 Apr 2025
-Re: Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts) 9 Apr 2025
Shorter journeys in South and West Walesdid any one attend this rail event in Cardiff 3 Apr 2025
-Re: South East Wales Transport Commission 4 Apr 2025
Across the WestNottingham to Bristol TM open access service proposed 2 Apr 2025
-Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 1 Apr 2025
Campaigns for new and improved servicesIdea(s) for 1st April ... 1 Apr 2025
-Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion 9 Apr 2025
The Lighter SideWhat an odd time. 6 Apr 2025
-Re: Emma Joan and the light at the end of the Box tunnel 9 Apr 2025
-Re: Annoying / amusing use of completely irrelevant stock photos to illustrate press articles 9 Apr 2025
-Re: Most remote stations.... 3 Apr 2025
The West - but NOT trains in the WestWhat do people think about Grand Pier price rise? Weston-super-Mare, April 2025 6 Apr 2025
-Re: Paddington bear stolen from Newbury in Berkshire, now recovered - March 2025 7 Apr 2025
-Re: Golfing by Train10 Apr 2025
Diary - what's happening when?Heritage railway exhibition visits Bristol Temple Meads 9 Apr 2025
-MOVED: did any one attend the Metro west event in Chippenham 2 Apr 2025
-Re: West Wiltshire Rail User Group - provisional meetings for 2025 9 Apr 2025
South Western servicesRe: South Western Railways Waterloo - Bristol services axed 8 Apr 2025
Cross Country servicesCrosscountry axe UK's longest direct rail route10 Apr 2025
-How do I reserve a seat on a Cross Country train with an Interrail pass? 6 Apr 2025
Transport for LondonWoman punched on Tube 'failed by emergency system' - Victoria Line, 27 Mar 2025 3 Apr 2025
Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractionsRe: 10 years of the Two Tunnels cycleway 6 Apr 2025
Media about railways, and other means of transportRe: Rail programmes, Sunday 3 May 2020 9 Apr 2025
Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with themRe: Daily Mile - coming to Melksham for April 3 Apr 2025
-Re: Changes to the Highway Code 1 Apr 2025
The Wider Picture in the United KingdomLake District plan for small waters motorboat ban - April 2025 9 Apr 2025
-London Liverpool Street Station revised planning application 8 Apr 2025
-Mum run over trying to get on bus that left early - Nottingham, 22 October 2024 7 Apr 2025
-Gordon Pettitt 12/04/34 - 31/03/25 3 Apr 2025
-Train missed staff by seconds after location mix-up - Alfreton, 27 Nov 2024 3 Apr 2025
-Man shot dead by police at Milton Keynes Railway Station - 1 April 2025 1 Apr 2025
-Three die in west London crash between car and bus - Feltham, 31 March 2025 1 Apr 2025
-Re: Spare parts issue stops trains 1 Apr 2025
-Re: 3 people, including a child, die in house fire at converted rail station, Rushton, Kettering - March 2025 1 Apr 2025
-Re: Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal - water shortage, March 2025 5 Apr 2025
-Re: Project/Operation Churchward (Replacement Of GWR Regional Rolling Stock) 1 Apr 2025
The Wider Picture OverseasTitanic scan reveals ground-breaking details of ship's final hours 8 Apr 2025
-[otd] 8th April 1982 - High Speed Train enters traffic in Australia 8 Apr 2025
-things that annoy passengers in Queensland,Australia 5 Apr 2025
Railway History and related topicsBoxford station/bus shelter - Lambourn Vally Railway 5 Apr 2025
-Blue plaque for GWR's first locomotive driver. 4 Apr 2025
-185 years of Reading Station 3 Apr 2025
-On this day. South Australia's triple decker train experiment. 1 Apr 2025

 
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