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12th Jan (2009)

A quiet day in previous years (link)

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Can you identify the livery? « 1 2 »	grahame	16	6206	February 06, 2015, 09:42:06 by thetrout
Rail companies in search for new ways to show contempt for customers (satire)	JayMac	1	2140	February 02, 2015, 18:10:58 by Rhydgaled
How many stations have you used in the past 2 months? « 1 2 »	grahame	29	9158	February 02, 2015, 10:35:15 by grahame
Crossrail to Travel Faster than the Speed of Light	eightf48544	4	1792	February 01, 2015, 11:44:42 by Electric train
Train 'Audible Warning Devices' « 1 2 »	Cynthia	28	13147	January 31, 2015, 09:05:26 by TonyK
18 months on....has anything really changed, apart from the Quiet Coach demise ?	chuffed	0	1433	January 28, 2015, 20:11:22 by chuffed
Most convoluted journey? « 1 2 »	grahame	18	8307	January 23, 2015, 14:45:40 by Andrew1939 from West Oxon
Warrington No Kissing Zone « 1 2 »	eightf48544	20	7773	January 20, 2015, 12:42:59 by Super Guard
Customer Information Screens from the Department of the b****ing obvious	rower40	2	1547	January 18, 2015, 17:38:16 by JayMac
We've all had this problem with a train toilet...	thetrout	3	2031	January 18, 2015, 00:14:41 by TonyK
Did she have a 'Rover' ticket?	JayMac	7	2211	January 17, 2015, 23:56:19 by TonyK
Going off at a tangent - a play on words and typos	TonyK	6	2953	January 17, 2015, 23:54:32 by TonyK
'Great Western awash after two-day deluge' - news report, 13 January 2015	Chris from Nailsea	0	1581	January 13, 2015, 19:58:29 by Chris from Nailsea
New year, new quiz pictures. « 1 2 »	grahame	15	5747	January 07, 2015, 15:30:26 by grahame
For some travellers the signalling delays have got too much	BerkshireBugsy	0	923	January 05, 2015, 16:11:19 by BerkshireBugsy
How to cause travel chaos 'in the west'...(not the fault of First this time!)	chuffed	0	961	January 04, 2015, 08:55:30 by chuffed
Can you help identify the places / events from the last year? « 1 2 »	grahame	28	8239	December 31, 2014, 18:20:18 by grahame
12 Rail coaches started moving automatically, travelled 800 metres	Chris from Nailsea	2	1436	December 31, 2014, 17:40:23 by Alan Pettitt
Destination Dover?	grahame	0	882	December 31, 2014, 10:32:11 by grahame
What's the problem here?	JayMac	4	1594	December 29, 2014, 21:40:48 by PhilWakely