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Monthly Magazine
As at 10th March 2025 10:56 GMT
This month so far ...
New and continued public topics from 1 Mar 2025 to date
Introductions and chatCanal 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
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
Buses and other ways to travelTaxi 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
Your rights and redress"Worst railway stations named and shamed for first time" 6 Mar 2025
London to Swindon and BristolWhy no London trains from Bath Spa 2/3? 2 Mar 2025
London to the CotswoldsRe: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 3 Mar 2025
TransWilts lineRe: 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury 1 Mar 2025
Portsmouth to CardiffSummer Sunday 2025 service reductions - Bristol to Salisbury 9 Mar 2025
Shorter journeys in South and West WalesConnectivity - north to south Wales 3 Mar 2025
-Re: Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway 1 Mar 2025
Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and SouthRe: 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 - APPROVED 2 Mar 2025
-Re: Looe timetable changes this Summer 2 Mar 2025
Across the WestRe: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 1 Mar 2025
-Re: 175s to GWR 1 Mar 2025
-Re: Problems with IET trains from April 2021 6 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: Inline expansion of abbreviations and acronyms 2 Mar 2025
-Re: Some Site Statistics 1 Mar 2025
The Lighter SideGrotty Scotty Piccies 9 Mar 2025
-Over the country towards Skye 6 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?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 yearsRe: 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 services25th 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
Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractionsRe: 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
The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom'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
The Wider Picture OverseasWatch: 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
Railway History and related topicsCirencester 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

 
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