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Coffee Shop - railway news
Public topics from 1 Oct to date
Public topics from 1 Oct to date
Introductions and chatA Quick Guide to the Railways 3 Oct 2026
Fare's FairRe: Rail fare action against inflated fares runs out of "steam" - or electricity 1 Oct 2026
Buses and other ways to travelCelebrating 125 years of Reading Buses 4 Oct 2026
-Re: Loganair to axe Isle of Man-London City route 1 Oct 2026
-Re: Stagecoach, Exeter - The good, the bad …… 1 Oct 2026
London to Kennet ValleyRe: Engineering works 10 - 16 October 2026 2 Oct 2026
London to Swindon and Bristol50th anniversary of the introduction of HST's on the route 4 Oct 2026
London to the CotswoldsRe: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2026 1 Oct 2026
TransWilts line - Swindon, Chippenham, WestburyMelksham Transport User Group - Information at the Station - meeting 8.10.2026 3 Oct 2026
-Re: Wiltshire Strategic Freight Strategy consultation closes 23.9.2026 3 Oct 2026
-Re: Swindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 2026 1 Oct 2026
Heart of WessexNew Dorset transport vision for roads, rail and buses (3.10.2026) 4 Oct 2026
Portsmouth to CardiffRe: Disruption and cancellations Cardiff-Portsmouth 2 Oct 2026
Bristol and Bath (WECA, now WEMCA)Re: Passenger Assist to Stapleton Road 1 Oct 2026
-Re: Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts) 1 Oct 2026
Oxford, Didcot and Reading from the WestRe: New Oxford - Bristol direct service, ongoing developments and discussion 1 Oct 2026
Shorter journeys in South and West WalesRe: New TfW services to Bristol in December timetable 2 Oct 2026
Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and SouthTrip Report: 01/10/2026 Digby & Sowton To Exeter St. Davids Out And Back 2 Oct 2026
-Re: Barnstaple to Exeter overcrowding, September 2026 1 Oct 2026
Shorter journeys in Plymouth and CornwallRe: Cornish mainline and branch line delays - ongoing discussion 2 Oct 2026
Across the WestRe: Rail passenger numbers and crowding published 1 Oct 2026
-Re: Class 175s to Great Western Railway (GWR) 1 Oct 2026
-Re: Great Western Railway: on-board catering, buffets, Travelling Chef, Pullman - ongoing discussion 3 Oct 2026
Campaigns for new and improved servicesRe: Hereford / Ross on Wye / Gloucester - new campaign for re-opening 1 Oct 2026
-Re: Reopening Cullompton and Wellington stations (merged topic) 4 Oct 2026
News, Help and AssistanceCoffee Shop (and some personal) review, end of September 2026 1 Oct 2026
-Re: Also available on the Coffee Shop secure (https) server 1 Oct 2026
-Re: Abbreviations and acronyms resolved within our pages 3 Oct 2026
-Re: Some Site Statistics 4 Oct 2026
The Lighter SideWhat are the rules of unwritten journalism? 3 Oct 2026
-Re: Annoying / amusing use of completely irrelevant stock photos to illustrate press articles 4 Oct 2026
The West - but NOT trains in the WestRe: Ideas for a day out? 3 Oct 2026
-Re: High Streets - thriving, changing, dying in 2026? 2 Oct 2026
-Re: To 'stockpile food' is now our Government's official policy, apparently 1 Oct 2026
-Re: Weston-super-Mare - Birnbeck Pier restoration: ongoing developments and discussion 1 Oct 2026
Diary - what's happening when?Industrial Heritage in Wiltshire conference majoring on railways - 24.10.2026 4 Oct 2026
-Re: 9th October 2026 - TravelWatch SouthWest, Taunton 2 Oct 2026
Looking forward - the next 2, 5, 10 and 20 yearsRe: Project Churchward - future regional fleet for the West, new rolling stock to replace DMUs 1 Oct 2026
Cross Country servicesRe: Cross Country Trains - incidents, services and shortage of drivers - ongoing issues 1 Oct 2026
The Wider Picture in the United KingdomCheadle: train station returning to village after more than 100 years 4 Oct 2026
-Bedbugs lead to cancellations of day trains - not the Bedpan line either! 3 Oct 2026
-Curves, loops, avoider lines 1 Oct 2026
-Re: Reported assaults on Britain's rail services rise by more than a third 4 Oct 2026
-Re: Two East Midlands Railway trains collide near Bedford, 19th June 2026 1 Oct 2026
-Re: Statue for 'British Schindler' Sir Nicholas Winton at Maidenhead Station 4 Oct 2026
-Re: HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) - Government proposals, alternative routes, discussion 1 Oct 2026
Topic count 46 of which 12 are new
 
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