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| Re: Weston-super-Mare - Birnbeck Pier restoration: ongoing developments and discussion In "The West - but NOT trains in the West" [372604/16547/31] Posted by johnneyw at 10:56, 20th February 2026 |      |
Worth popping down to have a peer at what's going on though?
Weather permitting, this might be the sort of project that, once it gets going, can show visible progress over relatively short periods and along with the Tropicana restructure, might be worth the occasional short train journey for me to keep up with developments.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2026 In "London to the Cotswolds" [372603/31371/14] Posted by charles_uk at 10:44, 20th February 2026 | |
And it gets worse:
10:53 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill due 13:01 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
13:16 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 15:22 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
13:16 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 15:22 will be cancelled.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
And the cherry on the cake, the next Cotswold bound service after the cancelled 10:53, the 11:52 Paddington to Hereford train, is a five car short-formation (but not mentioned on JourneyCheck).
| Re: The Coffee Shop, online safety and the Online Safety Act In "News, Help and Assistance" [372602/29759/29] Posted by johnneyw at 10:44, 20th February 2026 | |
Personally I enjoy I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, including its high threshold for what is allowed on the radio.
I'm still waited for them to do a game of "Train Carriage or Bedroom".
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2026 In "London to the Cotswolds" [372601/31371/14] Posted by Witham Bobby at 10:35, 20th February 2026 | |
07:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 10:14 will be terminated at Oxford.
It will no longer call at Hanborough, Charlbury, Kingham, Moreton-In-Marsh, Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore, Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link and Great Malvern.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
10:59 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 13:25 will be started from Oxford.
It will no longer call at Great Malvern, Malvern Link, Worcester Foregate Street, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury and Hanborough.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:15 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
It will no longer call at Hanborough, Charlbury, Kingham, Moreton-In-Marsh, Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore, Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link and Great Malvern.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
10:59 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 13:25 will be started from Oxford.
It will no longer call at Great Malvern, Malvern Link, Worcester Foregate Street, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury and Hanborough.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:15 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Just as I got confident enough to book tickets to Paddington from Honeybourne and back next Friday, the uncertainty returns
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2026 In "London to the Cotswolds" [372600/31371/14] Posted by charles_uk at 10:22, 20th February 2026 | |
07:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 10:14 will be terminated at Oxford.
It will no longer call at Hanborough, Charlbury, Kingham, Moreton-In-Marsh, Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore, Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link and Great Malvern.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
10:59 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 13:25 will be started from Oxford.
It will no longer call at Great Malvern, Malvern Link, Worcester Foregate Street, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury and Hanborough.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:15 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
It will no longer call at Hanborough, Charlbury, Kingham, Moreton-In-Marsh, Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore, Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link and Great Malvern.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
10:59 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 13:25 will be started from Oxford.
It will no longer call at Great Malvern, Malvern Link, Worcester Foregate Street, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcestershire Parkway Hl, Pershore, Evesham, Honeybourne, Moreton-In-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury and Hanborough.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:15 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 19:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
| Re: New Oxford - Bristol direct service, ongoing developments and discussion In "Oxford, Didcot and Reading from the West" [372599/28355/22] Posted by IndustryInsider at 10:22, 20th February 2026 Already liked by Witham Bobby | |
Given some of the five car London Paddington-Oxford services have a lengthy layover at Oxford I was wondering if there is some scope for inter-working.
It's possible, but largely depends on the timings. If, for example, they stick with an xx:03 departure time from Oxford (as per the Saturday trials) then that wouldn't work as it stands, but if they went with an xx:33 it might. However, the negatives to doing that are that not all of them are 5-cars (especially at weekends) and they arrive from London as DOO whereas the Bristol services will need a TM, so you start to create problems getting staff in position.
I assume it’s not possible to arrive and go back from Oxford without the time consuming trip to the sidings and return.
As Chris says, no need to go to the sidings, though until Platform 5 opens (a couple of years away still, even if being optimistic), there's very little time before the next service is due into either of the through platforms. I would images, as per the current Saturday trial services, most will arrive on Platform 4, shunt to Down Carriage Siding 3, and then return to depart from Platform 4. A late arrival might mean that the train can be kept in the platform.
| Re: Weston-super-Mare - Birnbeck Pier restoration: ongoing developments and discussion In "The West - but NOT trains in the West" [372596/16547/31] Posted by IndustryInsider at 10:09, 20th February 2026 Already liked by Phantom | |
As a local who has heard broken promise after broken promise for decades, it will take much more than a crane turning up to clear a few planks of wood from around the entrance area to get me excited
Worth popping down to have a peer at what's going on though?
| Re: WOMAD comes to Wiltshire - nearest station, Melksham, July 2026 In "TransWilts line" [372595/31642/18] Posted by matth1j at 10:08, 20th February 2026 Already liked by grahame | |
The description/pictures/video on the WOMAD website
https://womad.co.uk/new-2026-site/
appear to imply it's based around the mansion, just outside Atworth as per Graham's original post:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/mg31mKiGK52kf62W7
| 2026 National Rail Awards In "Diary - what's happening when?" [372594/31650/34] Posted by grahame at 09:41, 20th February 2026 | |
https://nationalrailawards.com/nationalrailawards2026/en/page/home
Hi {First name},
We’re delighted to announce that entries for the 2026 National Rail Awards are now officially open!
The NRAs are the rail industry’s flagship celebration - recognising the projects, people, and innovations that keep our railway moving forward. This year’s ceremony will take place on 17 September 2026, bringing the industry together for an evening of achievement, inspiration, and pride.
New for 2026: Railway 200 Event of the Year
To mark last year’s milestone anniversary - 200 years of the railway - we’re introducing a one‑off special category: Railway 200 Event of the Year.
This award will celebrate three standout events delivered in 2025 that supported, promoted, and commemorated two centuries of rail. It’s a unique opportunity to recognise the creativity, collaboration, and passion that made Railway 200 such a landmark moment for our industry.
Get your entries in!
Entries are open now and will close on 27 March 2026. We encourage organisations of all sizes and sectors across the railway to submit their achievements and help us shine a spotlight on the very best in rail.
We’re delighted to announce that entries for the 2026 National Rail Awards are now officially open!
The NRAs are the rail industry’s flagship celebration - recognising the projects, people, and innovations that keep our railway moving forward. This year’s ceremony will take place on 17 September 2026, bringing the industry together for an evening of achievement, inspiration, and pride.
New for 2026: Railway 200 Event of the Year
To mark last year’s milestone anniversary - 200 years of the railway - we’re introducing a one‑off special category: Railway 200 Event of the Year.
This award will celebrate three standout events delivered in 2025 that supported, promoted, and commemorated two centuries of rail. It’s a unique opportunity to recognise the creativity, collaboration, and passion that made Railway 200 such a landmark moment for our industry.
Get your entries in!
Entries are open now and will close on 27 March 2026. We encourage organisations of all sizes and sectors across the railway to submit their achievements and help us shine a spotlight on the very best in rail.
| Re: Inspiration train, winter of 2026 - first South West venue announced In "Portsmouth to Cardiff" [372593/31448/20] Posted by grahame at 09:32, 20th February 2026 | |
I'm headed for the 14:30, tomorrow (21st), family health issues permitting. Wondering as to whether to do Romsey in the morning.
| Re: Things you have NOT done in your use of public transport In "Introductions and chat" [372592/31633/1] Posted by grahame at 09:15, 20th February 2026 | |
Also of interest (to me, anyway 
) is that, of the 31 members who have cast their votes so far, only 22 have apparently never used Melksham station.
I may even have bumped into some of you there, without knowing, over the years.
) is that, of the 31 members who have cast their votes so far, only 22 have apparently never used Melksham station.I may even have bumped into some of you there, without knowing, over the years.
Yes - that means that 9 out of 31 (as it was when you wrote that) have used Melksham Station. And they will be a mix of regulars / residents, occasional visitors, and one-off travellers.
But only 31 have voted - remember that's out of, perhaps, 120 Coffee Shop members who have been logged in since the poll was opened.
| Re: WOMAD comes to Wiltshire - nearest station, Melksham, July 2026 In "TransWilts line" [372591/31642/18] Posted by grahame at 09:06, 20th February 2026 | |
Does anyone know where Womad will actually be at Neston Park, there is the bit nearer the house, but the whole estate goes lot further south.
It describes Atworth as the nearest village ... I am in "learning" mode at the moment, though, as regards the travel and transport ...
| Re: The Coffee Shop, online safety and the Online Safety Act In "News, Help and Assistance" [372590/29759/29] Posted by Oxonhutch at 08:41, 20th February 2026 Already liked by Mark A, GBM, johnneyw | |
Personally I loved the Goon Show and all its ilk, supported by a cast of wartime squaddies that used squaddy humour well known to their listener peers, but totally over the heads of the wartime officer corps that ran the BBC, and policed its content. No wonder they were wildly popular.
| Re: [OTD] 19th Feb (2011) - Welsh Highland reopens throughout In "Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions" [372589/31644/47] Posted by Oxonhutch at 08:28, 20th February 2026 | |
Ah. WHR trackbed in the cutting by Nantmor, September 2005.
Mark
Mark
That cutting illustrates my final point perfectly. Thank you Mark !
| Re: Tarka Line - Exeter to Barnstaple: services, facilities, incidents and events In "Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and South" [372588/15711/24] Posted by bradshaw at 08:22, 20th February 2026 | |
Updated on Journey Check at 08.07
Following flooding between Crediton and Barnstaple the line has now reopened. Disruption is expected until 11:00 20/02.
Train services between Exeter St Davids and Barnstaple are returning to normal.
Train services between Exeter St Davids and Barnstaple are returning to normal.
| Re: The Coffee Shop, online safety and the Online Safety Act In "News, Help and Assistance" [372587/29759/29] Posted by PrestburyRoad at 08:18, 20th February 2026 Already liked by johnneyw | |
Personally I enjoy I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, including its high threshold for what is allowed on the radio. Whereas for this more sober forum and its written format I would prefer a considerably lower threshold - I have a mental image of my former maiden aunts.
| Re: WOMAD comes to Wiltshire - nearest station, Melksham, July 2026 In "TransWilts line" [372586/31642/18] Posted by John D at 08:12, 20th February 2026 | |
Does anyone know where Womad will actually be at Neston Park, there is the bit nearer the house, but the whole estate goes lot further south.
There has been a military vehicles show at Neston Park, but it is actually in fields nearer South Wraxall (and Bradford on Avon station is nearer that site).
Does seem to mention various camping fields, so presumably is grassed pasture and not fields with crops that would be used
| Re: WOMAD comes to Wiltshire - nearest station, Melksham, July 2026 In "TransWilts line" [372585/31642/18] Posted by grahame at 08:04, 20th February 2026 | |
To help me with local planning stuff, does anyone have any data about what proportion of people headed for a festival go by train (and by bus, by car, by other means) ... if the 15,000 adult tickets on sale are all sold, how many rail passengers into the area should be planned for? 1,000, 10,000, or somewhere between??
| Re: Tarka Line - Exeter to Barnstaple: services, facilities, incidents and events In "Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and South" [372584/15711/24] Posted by Bob_Blakey at 08:02, 20th February 2026 | |
RTT indicates that the situation has not changed; trains are running between EXC / EXD & CDI with an RRB service over the rest of the route.
The GWR website says that the line will not fully reopen until 24/02 at the earliest.
However RTT has https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:55889/2026-02-20/detailed indicating that a test train has run - very slowly! - all the way to BNP. I'm not sure I believe this.
| Re: The Coffee Shop, online safety and the Online Safety Act In "News, Help and Assistance" [372583/29759/29] Posted by grahame at 07:49, 20th February 2026 Already liked by PrestburyRoad | |
It is part of my - role - to be the ultimate arbiter, though I can't recall ever having done so without support from the team.
Yes, there ARE legal limits and we "must" not allow anything beyond that limit to stay beyond a reasonable time after it's posted; call that a red zone post. There are also very, very occasional posts which I describe as "yellow" zone - legally allowed but outside the terms of the forum agreement, or common decency and politeness, and we get those changed too. Then there's the green zone for all the other posts.
The yellow zone is hugely useful as it means we can ask for (or in extreme cases force) removal of dubious content without having to be legal gurus to know if things are actually legal.
Edit - spelling correction and colouring.
| Re: Tarka Line - Exeter to Barnstaple: services, facilities, incidents and events In "Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and South" [372576/15711/24] Posted by grahame at 03:09, 20th February 2026 Already liked by Mark A | |
On X last night at 21:57
@networkrailwest
Trains between Exeter-Barnstaple will resume tomorrow after a three-week closure owing to the impact of Storm Chandra and ongoing adverse weather.
We would like to thank passengers and our partners at
@GWR
for their patience as our teams worked tirelessly to reopen the railway.
Trains between Exeter-Barnstaple will resume tomorrow after a three-week closure owing to the impact of Storm Chandra and ongoing adverse weather.
We would like to thank passengers and our partners at
@GWR
for their patience as our teams worked tirelessly to reopen the railway.
And on Journey Check at 02:15 this morning
Due to flooding between Crediton and Barnstaple the line is closed. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Train services between Exeter St Davids and Barnstaple have been suspended.
Train services between Exeter St Davids and Barnstaple have been suspended.
I am left guessing as to whether buses or trains are running today
