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« on: October 05, 2024, 12:12:21 »
From the Independent.............

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trains-rail-network-portishead-bristol-b2610712.html
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« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2024, 16:16:28 »
Namecheck for our Richard Fairhurst - anyone spot them? Cheesy Grin
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« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2024, 16:51:46 »

North Somerset MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context) Sadik Al-Hassan attends Portishead Railway Rally at Bristol Temple Meads station

At least two of our 'usual suspects' feature there.  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2024, 07:55:00 »
Cancelled or deferred?  That is the question
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2024, 14:29:47 »
It’s not really new news, the current government had cancelled the highly optimistic ‘restoring your railway’ long list quite a few weeks ago.

ISTM the “I” are just catching up.  Huh

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