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The old Swansea railway that was the world's first passenger line - March 1807 | v or ^ |
The Peterborough Arms, Dauntsey Lock | v or ^ |
Where were Marion and I walking our dog today? | v or ^ |
City of London to examine tougher cycling fines | v or ^ |
Can someone explain "Cancelled" please? | v or ^ |
South Wessex CRP (Heart of Wessex Line) seeks new chair | v or ^ |
UK comparison / "How do buses and trains keep running in Scandinavia" | v or ^ |
Last 7 days | |
What is/was this? | v or ^ |
London train passengers shell-shocked after live crab found - on own seat | v or ^ |
Where were Finn and I, getting drenched, today 20/09/2025? | v or ^ |
Dorset, Thousands of proposed extra homes, some near stations | v or ^ |
First South West bus workers to be balloted on strike action - Sep 2025 | v or ^ |
Cyber-attack causes delays at Heathrow and other European airports - 20 Sep 2025 | v or ^ |
Loos for bus drivers | v or ^ |
60 years ago - and a thought of what might have been. | v or ^ |
Bristol Airport: new topic posted here - subject to merging with existing topics | v or ^ |
Man dies after falling from hot air balloon - West Sussex, 19 Sep 2025 | v or ^ |
Timetables, booking procedure and travelling - Indian style | v or ^ |
Two South Western Ambulance workers arrested after six people die in Wiltshire | v or ^ |
Where's Finn, 19/09/2025? | v or ^ |
Nailsea & Backwell station closed temporarily due to road traffic collision | v or ^ |
Manchester bus services 'badly affected' as strike begins - September 2025 | v or ^ |
London Transport Museum Depot - Acton Town | v or ^ |
Best places to live - by county - in the South West | v or ^ |
SailRail - Transport for Wales suspends ticket sales | v or ^ |
Public name for a rail cleaning train | v or ^ |
Checkpoint September 2025 - looking back 20 years, and forward 10. | v or ^ |
Royal Mail locomotive stamps | v or ^ |
Train with catering from Bradford on Avon today | v or ^ |
Couldn't upload a pic | v or ^ |
Where was PhilW - 17/09/25 | v or ^ |
Axminster to Lyme Regis with narrow gauge - 1974 | v or ^ |
Single bought, return journey made. | v or ^ |
You don't relieve road congestion in cities by building more roads | v or ^ |
More and more driving tests are on automatic cars. | v or ^ |
Acting legend Robert Redford dies aged 89 | v or ^ |
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, architect of railway stations, has died aged 85 | v or ^ |
TravelWatch SouthWest General Meeting, 7th March 2026 (or 6th) | v or ^ |
5th December 2025 - TravelWatch SouthWest AGM | v or ^ |
Ravensthorpe railway station to close in December 2025 for three-year rebuild | v or ^ |
Castle Cary station may soon actually be in Castle Cary! | v or ^ |
A year later - my (Graham Ellis) Social Media presence | v or ^ |
Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness train hits van on level crossing - 13 Sep 2025 | v or ^ |
Britain’s 20 biggest rail operators, ranked from worst to best | v or ^ |
East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform | v or ^ |
Reminder - the Melksham service IS used | v or ^ |
Christian transport walk | v or ^ |
Up to a month ago | |
Portion for Weston super Mare today | v or ^ |
Part 2 of "On the rails. off the rails" | v or ^ |
On the rails to off the rails - part 1 | v or ^ |
What Happens When.............? | v or ^ |
'Huge amount' of silt keeps Gloucester Lock shut after summer dry weather - 2025 | v or ^ |
Unease after village crowned world's most beautiful - Bibury, Gloucestershire | v or ^ |
Good service? Say it officially and disjoint managers may believe it? | v or ^ |
Hitchhiking | v or ^ |
A new class of refund needed ...... | v or ^ |
Steam engine Newstead on the Blaenavon Heritage Railway | v or ^ |
Bristol - Prince Street bridge to be closed to all cars | v or ^ |
Murder accused boy appears in court after stabbing at Seaford station, 10 Sep 25 | v or ^ |
Melksham trains - "useless" has improved, but only to thin and unreliable | v or ^ |
Gloucester closure at end of September 2025 - effect on TransWilts | v or ^ |
Colne Valley Viaduct - Britain's longest railway bridge completed | v or ^ |
Melksham Transport User Group / Committee Level / 25th September 2025 | v or ^ |
Merchant Navy loco coming to Yeovil | v or ^ |
Very unusual aircraft | v or ^ |
Promoting cycling to less frequent users | v or ^ |
OpenRailwayMap | v or ^ |
Westbury White Horse - historic Wiltshire landmark | v or ^ |
Northern Powerhouse Rail - plans for east to west high speed rail links | v or ^ |
Reversals mid-line. Watch Battersby for Combe and Bere Alston? | v or ^ |
Yet another Rail Minister - Had a YP Railcard last year! | v or ^ |
High rail fares - limited to the UK? | v or ^ |
No trains will call Gloucester 27 September- 5th October 2025 | v or ^ |
Unused equipment to be donated to Kent heritage railway - Sep 2025 | v or ^ |
Abbey Wood station | v or ^ |
Surrey rail closures prompt travel warning for passengers - 25 Oct to 2 Nov 2025 | v or ^ |
WWRUG, 17th September 2025, Trowbridge. All welcome | v or ^ |
When is the emergency alert test on mobile phones and can you opt out? | v or ^ |
We may grumble at time - but a lot is right. Day trip to Weymouth. | v or ^ |
A fear of driving / on the rise | v or ^ |
9.08 Bristol to Weymouth 7/9/25 | v or ^ |
Somerset and Dorset remembered | v or ^ |
Almost lost - the railway to Barnstaple - from the archives | v or ^ |
OCC Rail Plan | v or ^ |
OCC Consultation on Rail in Oxfordshire - Closes Oct 1st | v or ^ |
Not all heroes wear capes | v or ^ |
To Lubeck and back - with a trip on the Molli Bahn as a bonus | v or ^ |
Pedestrians injured after bus mounts pavement near Victoria station - 4 Sep 2025 | v or ^ |
Where do I post this ... ? | v or ^ |
16 dead after historic funicular railway derails in Lisbon - 3 September 2025 | v or ^ |
Boats stranded in Aylesbury after Grand Union Canal dries up during drought | v or ^ |
New TFW Cardiff and West Wales to Bristol Temple Meads service | v or ^ |
LNER: further fare simplification | v or ^ |
Interrail pass - flash sale until 9th September 2025 | v or ^ |
First passenger call of an Intercity Express Train at Melksham | v or ^ |
Farm railway turns 100 but faces uncertain future / Dodding's Farm | v or ^ |
TravelWatch SouthWest - October 24th 2025 - Taunton | v or ^ |
£100m tender forTVMs, ticket machines, Accessible Rail Information etc | v or ^ |
A look around Frome with bias toward the station - 11/9/2025 | v or ^ |
Closure - Bexley, permanent from Saturday 6th September 2025 | v or ^ |
Scotland scraps peak rail fares - will the rest of the UK follow? (Sep 2025) | v or ^ |
Camilla fought off attacker with shoe as teenager, book says - Paddington train | v or ^ |
ALERT - 1.9.2025 - Unplanned temporary closure of service | v or ^ |
Seasonal update - Coffee Shop and other activities - 1st September 2025 | v or ^ |
Swindon's new bus interchange opens - 31 Aug 25 | v or ^ |
Belmond Britannic Explorer | v or ^ |
Train passengers to be tracked to stop ticket fraud | v or ^ |
Finn the crossing keeper. | v or ^ |
Jersey train company hoping to bring services back to island - August 2025 | v or ^ |
Solent Tunnel, between the mainland and the Isle of Wight | v or ^ |
Railway disaster remembered after being lost in time - Witham, 1 September 1905 | v or ^ |
Quality control - train staff checking the food and drink offering | v or ^ |
Felletin - the bullet once avoided, and to be avoided again, at Melksham | v or ^ |
Crusing on the Exe - getting refreshed right through | v or ^ |
GWR Pembroke Dock Services Summer 2025 | v or ^ |
Server problems from around 22:30 on 29th August 2025 | v or ^ |
New bench and planters at bus stop outside railway station in Cornwall: Aug 2025 | v or ^ |
"Passenger fined €85 after cat ‘miaows too loudly’ on train" - The Independent | v or ^ |
Cycling race website censors name of small Welsh village - Powys, August 2025 | v or ^ |
Train delayed 'due to people trying to hang flags' - Market Harborough, Aug 2025 | v or ^ |
Incorrect SWR Train Cancellation Information From GWR! | v or ^ |
Bath Spa - Bristol Temple Meads Oct 27-30 replacement buses only | v or ^ |
Heart of Wessex Day Ranger - 2025 update, anyone | v or ^ |
Responsible travel - the countries that are "doing better" than the UK | v or ^ |
Access to Nailsea & Backwell station | v or ^ |
Where am I going (27 August) | v or ^ |
Northern Ireland town 'bemused and confused' as big yellow box disappears | v or ^ |
Scottish castle with miniature railway on the market for £3.25m | v or ^ |
China: World's tallest bridge completes key load-bearing test - August 2025 | v or ^ |
Gwynedd heritage trains used as 'fire engines on rails' in hot weather: Aug 2025 | v or ^ |
Campaign calls for free public transport in London - August 2025 | v or ^ |
Transport for London asks 'nuisance' mobile users to wear headphones - Aug 2025 | v or ^ |
A most unhappy fan ! | v or ^ |
Early Southampton train running late this week? | v or ^ |
What would you gamble on. Horses, Cards, lottery, getting home at night? | v or ^ |
Ancillary increases - Car Parking charges going up! | v or ^ |
Three killed in Isle of Wight helicopter crash during flying lesson: 25 Aug 2025 | v or ^ |
Job losses in hotels - all to do with Ms R Reeves?? | v or ^ |
"The Ski Jump" and other shared nicknames | v or ^ |
Stewartby, Bedfordshire - August 2025 | v or ^ |
Court punishments short of prison to include driving bans | v or ^ |
When, where, what can you share. | v or ^ |
Balloon pilot praised for landing safely in street - Bedford, 23 August 2025 | v or ^ |
Paignton | v or ^ |
You don't bring me flowers, Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand | v or ^ |
Visit Cornwall web site | v or ^ |
Heritage railways and how they connect with the larger infrastructure | v or ^ |
Finally, a train journey that I could enjoy | v or ^ |
Railfuture - the only remaining national independent passenger commentator? | v or ^ |
No trains to Marlow expected until 25 August | v or ^ |
Twenty thousand - and counting ... Chris from Nailsea | v or ^ |
Group in bid to improve accessibility at airport - Newquay, Cornwall - Aug 2025 | v or ^ |
British Airways attendant found naked and on drugs in onboard toilet | v or ^ |
Double-decker bus gets wedged under railway bridge - Chelmsford, 20 August 2025 | v or ^ |
London Underground - industrial action by RMT, early September 2025 | v or ^ |
Over a month old | |
River Thames - ongoing discussion as to its source | v or ^ |
Coffee shop - which search engines find us, and which do you use? | v or ^ |
Park Lane rough sleepers move to Oxford Street - BBC News item, August 2025 | v or ^ |
Love the extra data ... | v or ^ |
Learning from overseas | v or ^ |
Travellers warned of bank holiday road and rail delays - August 2025 | v or ^ |
Catch the bus month - September 2025 | v or ^ |
World Cup of Stations, 2025 | v or ^ |
Rail fares in England could rise by ‘outrageous’ 5.6% next year | v or ^ |
TfW £1 offer 10 days South East Wales pay as you go | v or ^ |
Great Western Railway battery-powered train achieves distance record - August 2025 | v or ^ |
20 tips for leisure travel | v or ^ |
Short formation | v or ^ |
Forest of Dean - historic footbridge in Lydney | v or ^ |
'Cheese grater bridge' near Bristol Temple Meads | v or ^ |
Couple stranded on Lincolnshire canal as heat closes railway bridge: August 2025 | v or ^ |
M5 Avonmouth Bridge. Structural issue, severe delays 17/08/2025 | v or ^ |
One dead and several injured as Danish train hits tanker and derails - Aug 2025 | v or ^ |
Doggone ! | v or ^ |
"What ever happened to Bristol's trams?" BBC video news article, 15 August 2025 | v or ^ |
GWR Local Railcard Price Increases | v or ^ |
Cancellations 14/08/25 | v or ^ |
Back from hollybobs - what was so good you bought one for home? | v or ^ |