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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
Food free carriage as well as quiet carriage? Thoughts? « 1 2 »	Mookiemoo	18	4878	November 10, 2009, 23:08:09 by matt473
'Level crossing deaths on rise', from the BBC (12/10/2009) « 1 2 3 »	Chris from Nailsea	31	12879	November 10, 2009, 15:21:50 by Tim
Problems between Westbury & Castle Cary « 1 2 3 »	Super Guard	30	9529	November 10, 2009, 12:41:17 by TheLastMinute
Remove First Class? « 1 2 ... 6 7 »	Ollie	90	26535	November 05, 2009, 19:54:16 by Btline
'FirstGroup admits ^140m taxpayer subsidy', from the Guardian (04/11/2009)	Chris from Nailsea	2	2353	November 04, 2009, 19:11:34 by devon_metro
Dec 09 All Routes Timetable news	TheLastMinute	7	2583	November 04, 2009, 10:55:38 by Ollie
Request Stops « 1 2 3 »	Chris2	43	17016	November 03, 2009, 22:42:51 by devon_metro
How to recreate a national rail network	woody	5	2415	November 02, 2009, 21:03:07 by RailCornwall
Happening Now!	eightf48544	7	2256	October 30, 2009, 15:02:42 by tramway
Which station did they choose today? « 1 2 »	Mookiemoo	21	6765	October 27, 2009, 15:07:49 by IndustryInsider
American football on sunday « 1 2 »	Mookiemoo	21	5292	October 26, 2009, 22:54:06 by Mookiemoo
Park and Ride For LONDON	DevonTrains2008	7	9203	October 25, 2009, 20:46:28 by moonrakerz
Map shows Oxford electrification scrapped, but it's a mistake!	Btline	10	3333	October 21, 2009, 21:43:00 by Electric train
Peak restrictions over the festive period.	JayMac	2	1361	October 19, 2009, 18:44:41 by Ollie
Weekend Engineering Works Newbury - Westbury Higher fares/Melksham	amiddl	3	2005	October 18, 2009, 12:10:24 by paul7575
First New Buffet in Service	John R	14	4680	October 17, 2009, 11:31:14 by caliwag
Exeter Depot loses one of its own « 1 2 3 »	Super Guard	37	17345	October 14, 2009, 19:17:07 by Ollie
Another call for Pacers to be scrapped « 1 2 »	northwesterntrains	16	6582	October 14, 2009, 12:05:32 by northwesterntrains
How do the heating systems work on HSTs and Turbos.......	Mookiemoo	3	1681	October 13, 2009, 21:36:00 by JayMac
Slough commuters « 1 2 »	Mookiemoo	18	5829	October 12, 2009, 10:10:23 by eightf48544