Great Western Coffee Shop

Dated 2013 - Project Mapping's forecast of what the rail network would look like in 2018.

http://www.projectmapping.co.uk/Resources/TOCs%20AS%20v5.5c%202018b.pdf

Fascinating ... what do you notice?

I notice that there is no acknowledgement of the Portishead Branch Line, for a start.  In 2013, it was generally predicted to have been re-opened by 2018?  ::)

Hmmm ... I noted the presence of Oxford to Bedford, and the absence of Stockport to Stalybridge.

Well, of course I noted them too. :P ;D

Melksham based issue?

From a quick look:

New Cranbrook station near Exeter missing
Still says First Great Western
Chiltern running Oxford to Reading via Didcot
No line from Yeovil Pen Mill to the Junction
No Worcestershire Parkway
Cross rail only runs to Maidenhead (though that may be right for 2018)
Todmorden Curve missing

Don't think so. 

To be fair, when that map was drawn in 2013, the TOC was First Great Western.  The map-makers could not know of any future change of name (or, indeed, take into account any possible change of franchise) between 2013 and 2018.

It was right; the extension was announced in 2014. But in 2018 Crossrail (its only name then) will only go to Heathrow, the service to Maidenhead (and now Reading) is (and was) to start in 2019.