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On this day
12th Jan (2009)

A quiet day in previous years (link)

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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
New style window destination labels « 1 2 »	IndustryInsider	17	5874	January 19, 2010, 15:35:10 by ChrisB
Could the train manager please ask people to close the doors AND windows? « 1 2 »	mukaumedia	23	6078	January 19, 2010, 09:11:16 by Tim
Thanks from FGW for your patience during the bad weather. Plus prize draw.	JayMac	0	1186	January 15, 2010, 13:58:18 by JayMac
National Rail iPhone app	mukaumedia	5	2340	January 10, 2010, 22:16:24 by mukaumedia
How to do it - Properly !	moonrakerz	7	2041	January 10, 2010, 21:06:45 by moonrakerz
Was this normal...?!	thetrout	5	2422	January 09, 2010, 22:58:55 by amiddl
Just a quickky... How can a single carriage service be a 'short train'?	RailCornwall	4	2185	January 03, 2010, 10:09:41 by old original
Richard Burningham gets an MBE « 1 2 »	RailCornwall	17	6930	January 02, 2010, 21:01:42 by marky7890
Mk4 Coaches	FlyingDutchman	2	2309	December 31, 2009, 19:27:11 by 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01
Network Rail Station Improvement Survey	matt473	12	6720	December 30, 2009, 17:30:35 by JayMac
Man jailed after brandishing knife at railway staff (at Taunton, on 18 Nov 2009)	Chris from Nailsea	2	1741	December 28, 2009, 21:16:43 by caliwag
Police release film of suspects' 'terror targets' (15 December 2009)	Chris from Nailsea	7	4614	December 28, 2009, 13:22:21 by ChrisB
SLC requirements between Christmas and the new year.	grahame	4	1877	December 27, 2009, 08:53:30 by grahame
Never in my lifetime!!!	old original	9	3132	December 24, 2009, 18:45:25 by Branch Line Connor
Good show in the snow	Boppy	7	2972	December 23, 2009, 18:17:06 by matt473
Is there an amended weekend service being operated today?	Branch Line Connor	3	1873	December 23, 2009, 17:55:25 by Branch Line Connor
Thunderbirds are go!! or 'the bodysnatchers have arrived' (merged topic) « 1 2 3 4 »	JayMac	45	16019	December 22, 2009, 02:37:48 by Super Guard
14:42 from Filton Abbey Wood to Taunton 13th Nov 2009 « 1 2 3 »	Phil	31	9690	December 14, 2009, 09:24:19 by The SprinterMeister
'Sell you a sandwich? Sorry, you might choke, says train steward' « 1 2 »	Chris from Nailsea	17	6823	December 13, 2009, 15:33:46 by ChrisB
'FGW train drivers balloted for strike action', from the London Evening Standard « 1 2 »	Chris from Nailsea	20	11311	December 12, 2009, 22:14:45 by vacman