The Lighter Side

Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 07:15 17 Jan 2025

* Fed up villagers turn pot holes into attraction
- Avanti train strikes in January cancelled to allow talks
- Town counts cost as ferries resume after storm

Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]

[whole diary]

tomorrow - TLRS AGM, Taunton
24/01/25 - Westbury Station reopens
24/01/25 - LTP4 Wilts / Consultation end
24/01/25 - Bristol Rail Campaign AGM 2025

On this day
17th Jan (2018)

~ Byron Bay Railroad Company launched its solar train (link)

• • • • • • Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street

January 17, 2025, 07:18:34

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Most recently liked subjects
[127] Yellow card system for first offence unticketed passengers/
[109] England's Best Loved Lost Railway: The Somerset & Dorset Joint...
[90] Newcomers start here ... and a reference for older hands
[86] Train departed 3 minutes earlier than scheduled
[72] Eastern Airways to start Southend - Newquay service
[30] MOVED: The Wider Picture - making it wider, but also clearer, ...

News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too

Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
Where were we on 3 November?	eightonedee	5	1075	November 08, 2022, 09:00:05 by rogerpatenall
Searching for the perfect sign, the perfect place	grahame	3	1143	November 02, 2022, 06:13:35 by grahame
International "Where is this" quiz.	grahame	8	1488	October 18, 2022, 09:09:53 by Bob_Blakey
Where Was I On 14th September 2022? « 1 2 »	Bob_Blakey	16	2350	October 17, 2022, 06:59:14 by grahame
You will have to hurry...	bobm	4	1300	October 05, 2022, 22:10:04 by DaveHarries
Where was Finn today, 5th October 2022?	JayMac	5	1115	October 05, 2022, 18:50:29 by bradshaw
Birds or Unions	grahame	0	688	September 25, 2022, 16:16:36 by grahame
Odd one out - which and why? « 1 2 »	grahame	28	4151	August 30, 2022, 08:46:11 by grahame
Article on Bath station's clock, which started to keel over.	Mark A	5	1407	August 20, 2022, 15:54:15 by Mark A
Brunel statue, Broad Quay, Bristol?	Bmblbzzz	3	1231	July 26, 2022, 10:27:59 by chuffed
Spot the mistakes	oldshire	3	1204	July 25, 2022, 22:13:30 by oldshire
Random questions - 24 July 2022	grahame	5	1276	July 25, 2022, 10:51:11 by stuving
The art of perfect timing - or simply sheer luck ?	PhilWakely	0	1012	July 09, 2022, 20:19:46 by PhilWakely
This amused me	patch38	2	1248	July 04, 2022, 13:33:19 by grahame
Where was I today? - 2 July 2022	grahame	5	1550	July 03, 2022, 19:27:21 by grahame
[First] Great Western Railway - an agent in China??	grahame	2	1323	June 12, 2022, 19:23:31 by grahame
Silly things said in transport marketing	grahame	4	1539	June 07, 2022, 06:42:22 by GBM
Where was I today? - 23 May 2022 « 1 2 »	grahame	20	3984	May 27, 2022, 07:14:48 by grahame
Eurotram 2022!	Bmblbzzz	3	1552	May 23, 2022, 09:27:23 by Bmblbzzz
Sleeper in daylight	bobm	7	1868	May 16, 2022, 06:44:47 by Electric train

Topic you have posted in

Normal Topic

Hot Topic (More than 15 replies)

Very Hot Topic (More than 25 replies)

Locked Topic

Sticky Topic

Poll

Jump to: