| Introductions and chat | Why are these people travelling by train? | 1 Jun 2026 |
| - | A train trip in the Alps, with some examples of excellent practise. | 29 May 2026 |
| - | Journey Log - and some lessons to learn - Melksham to Harwich | 26 May 2026 |
| - | Ordnance Survey maps, and reading them | 22 May 2026 |
| - | MOVED: Hi from Tulyar5 | 12 May 2026 |
| - | Summer 2026 - rail travels in Europe | 9 May 2026 |
| Fare's Fair | Minister defends Translink fares freeze despite possibility of cuts to services | 24 May 2026 |
| - | Advance fares - hardly the most robust offering | 5 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Difficulty of booking international rail tickets | 1 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Ticket Office Closure Consultation | 25 May 2026 |
| Buses and other ways to travel | Trial for new hovercraft route welcomed | 31 May 2026 |
| - | Bristol Airport Megabus experience left disabled woman 'in tears' | 14 May 2026 |
| - | Lake District joint bus-train ticket in car-free tourism plan | 9 May 2026 |
| - | The bus routes linking Plymouth city streets to sandy shores | 6 May 2026 |
| - | Ulsterbus: 'People buy classic cars, I buy classic buses' | 5 May 2026 |
| - | Cutting services to save fuel | 3 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Manvers Street, Bath, disrupted for reconstruction works for 6 months from May. | 2 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Driverless vehicles: Consortium wins grant to design self-driving bus | 26 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Mousehole, Cornwall: a bus route change (for the worse) | 1 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Motability - merged posts, ongoing developments and discussion | 14 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Bus roof torn off on impact under railway bridge incidents - merged topics | 13 May 2026 |
| London to Reading | Re: Twyford parking rules could change as Elizabeth Line route opens | 1 Jun 2026 |
| London to Kennet Valley | Re: Sad death of Shirley Pope, 82, and her dog, hit by train on foot crossing at Pewsey, Feb 2025 | 8 May 2026 |
| London to Swindon and Bristol | Re: Paddington <-> Bristol: service updates and amendments - ongoing discussion | 24 May 2026 |
| London to South Wales | Line closure Swindon - Bristol Parkway 6 July - 2 August & 8-9 Aug | 19 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Severn Tunnel - engineering improvements, events, incidents and history - merged posts | 23 May 2026 |
| London to the West | Re: Night Riviera Sleeper train - between Paddington and Penzance - ongoing discussion | 5 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Person hit by train, Taunton 24/10/2025 - Harry Basham, age 17, walking to work | 21 May 2026 |
| Thames Valley Branches | Remains of "lifted" line on the Henley branch | 17 May 2026 |
| - | 52 years a commuter | 11 May 2026 |
| - | [OTD] 4 May 1970 Bourne End - High Wycombe line | 4 May 2026 |
| London to the Cotswolds | Five to nine… | 21 May 2026 |
| - | Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2026 | 5 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Worcester Foregate Street station - services, facilities and improvements, ongoing discussion | 1 May 2026 |
| North Downs Line | Delay due to congestion | 2 May 2026 |
| - | Re: [otd] 12 May 1986 - Opening of Winnersh Triangle Station | 12 May 2026 |
| TransWilts line - Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Salisbury | TransWilts AGM - 29th July 2026 | 30 May 2026 |
| - | West Wiltshire Rail User Group meeting, Trowbridge, 20 May 2026 | 12 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Swindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 2026 | 2 May 2026 |
| Heart of Wessex | Weymouth line cancellations | 26 May 2026 |
| Portsmouth to Cardiff | Bridge hit - again "Freshford" = Limpley Stoke? | 26 May 2026 |
| - | Re: More 4 car 158s for Portsmouth services | 27 May 2026 |
| Bristol and Bath (WECA, now WEMCA) | TfW proposed services into Bristol | 14 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Children get concessionary bus travel in Bristol | 15 May 2026 |
| - | Re: WECA becomes WEMCA in December 2024 and ongoing political issues (updated title) | 13 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts) | 13 May 2026 |
| Oxford, Didcot and Reading from the West | First day report and ramblings - Bristol <-> Oxford, 6 days a week, 18.5.2026 | 18 May 2026 |
| - | Re: New Oxford - Bristol direct service, ongoing developments and discussion | 9 May 2026 |
| Shorter journeys in South and West Wales | Cardiff bride takes Transport for Wales train to get to wedding | 15 May 2026 |
| Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and South | Re: Torbay Airshow - ongoing discussion | 23 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Ivybridge Station - services, facilities, incidents and events (merged topics, specific to Ivybr | 9 May 2026 |
| Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall | Dockyard - by request only? | 1 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Mid Cornwall Metro - Newquay, St Austell, Truro & Falmouth | 7 May 2026 |
| Across the West | Thunderstorms in the West Country - May and June 2026 - ongoing | 26 May 2026 |
| - | Mental health hub celebrates first year at Wolverhampton Railway Station | 13 May 2026 |
| - | 13th December 2026 - Great Western returns to public ownership | 8 May 2026 |
| - | Delays to services on all routes - 7.5.2026 | 7 May 2026 |
| - | On train (self) catering, electrical implications and safety equipment | 3 May 2026 |
| - | Re: GWR web app update: be aware | 1 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Problems with Hitachi Intercity Express Trains - discussions from 1 January 2026 onwards | 10 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2026 | 1 May 2026 |
| - | Re: IET wi-fi upgrades - pilot scheme on West of England trains | 31 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Trains delayed across Britain due to nationwide fault on GSMR communication system | 19 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Class 175s to Great Western Railway (GWR) | 1 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion | 27 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Information about train disruption from FGW on twitter | 6 May 2026 |
| Campaigns for new and improved services | Kernow Connect - a possible new electric Okehampton to Bodmin line | 12 May 2026 |
| - | Long distance closures - [otd] 5th May 1968 | 6 May 2026 |
| - | New Station for Laira - on a half hourly Ivybridge to Tavistock service? | 4 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Overhead Line Equipment - ongoing discussion | 23 May 2026 |
| - | Re: [otd] 17th May 1876 - first through Exeter - Plymouth train via Okehampton | 17 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Reopening former rail line between Hythe and Totton - ongoing discussion, merged topic | 13 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Charfield station | 5 May 2026 |
| - | Re: East - West Rail update (Oxford to Bedford) - ongoing discussion | 1 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Campaign for Tavistock reopening | 27 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion | 1 May 2026 |
| News, Help and Assistance | Prevention of reading and replying | 18 May 2026 |
| - | Outage of Coffee Shop this afternoon, 7.5.2026 | 7 May 2026 |
| - | Personal - Coffee Shop update and review / 2nd May 2026 | 2 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Server slow ... | 5 May 2026 |
| The Lighter Side | From Tilehurst to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford - an excess of planning | 28 May 2026 |
| - | Signs that make me think | 26 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Barbeques, on the railway and elsewhere - ongoing discussion | 3 May 2026 |
| - | A week back in the UK | 23 May 2026 |
| - | Lighthouses in the West - expanded topic heading | 17 May 2026 |
| - | If it's Sunday it must be ... | 17 May 2026 |
| - | Crossing from country to country | 13 May 2026 |
| - | Finn and JayMac's travels. Day 9 where were we? | 12 May 2026 |
| - | Lorry gets stuck in Somerset road it was sent to repair - May 2026 | 12 May 2026 |
| - | Finn and JayMac's travels. Day 8 where were we? | 11 May 2026 |
| - | For any 'sunbed hoggers' here, please be aware ... | 10 May 2026 |
| - | On tour, May 2026, Grahame | 8 May 2026 |
| - | Finn and JayMac's travels. Day 2 where were we? | 5 May 2026 |
| - | Clacton couple build miniature railway in their garden - to support lifeboats | 4 May 2026 |
| - | Finn and JayMac on their travels. | 4 May 2026 |
| - | Where have you lived / stayed / visited / passed? | 3 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Thomas the Tank Engine and Rev Wilbert Awdry - ongoing discussion | 1 May 2026 |
| - | Re: RAF Lancaster bombers - merged posts | 16 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Squirrels - red, grey or albino, on the railways or otherwise - ongoing discussion | 2 May 2026 |
| The West - but NOT trains in the West | What are the tipping standards across the South West? | 23 May 2026 |
| - | Bristol narrowboat Redshank named UK flagship of the year - 12 May 2026 | 18 May 2026 |
| - | New Bradford-on-Avon bridge will 'solve decades-long problem' in Wiltshire | 14 May 2026 |
| - | Trowbridge houses rejected over nearby bat colony | 10 May 2026 |
| - | History of Bristol - Second World War bombing: one hour & five minutes of video | 9 May 2026 |
| - | Tales of tunnels underneath north Oxfordshire village prove to be true | 5 May 2026 |
| - | Teams compete in World Pilot Gig Championships - Isles of Scilly, May 2026 | 2 May 2026 |
| - | Largest cream tea world record attempt for Cornwall Hospice - 19 Sep 2026 | 2 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Aberfan disaster - 21 October 1966 (split topic from another discussion) | 10 May 2026 |
| - | Re: A379 at Slapton Sands in south Devon - sea related incidents | 12 May 2026 |
| - | Re: RAF Spitfire aircraft - original and replica - various incidents | 14 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Paddington bear on a bench: they are vandalised and repaired | 3 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Decarbonisation - ongoing discussion | 4 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) - merged posts | 2 May 2026 |
| - | Re: The Red Arrows - RAF display team, popular with members on the Coffee Shop forum (merged posts) | 15 May 2026 |
| Diary - what's happening when? | RailFuture Severnside AGM - 13th June 2026 | 29 May 2026 |
| - | The People's Emergency - film, free, 27.5.2026 | 27 May 2026 |
| - | Railfuture - AGM, 2026, 4th July 2026 | 4 May 2026 |
| - | Re: EPF conference 2026 - 5th and 6th June, Maastricht | 24 May 2026 |
| - | Re: This Friday - Claire Perry in Melksham | 3 May 2026 |
| Swindon to Gloucester / Cheltenham | Gloucester T Station | 6 May 2026 |
| Looking forward - the next 2, 5, 10 and 20 years | Transport in the Kings Speech, 13.5.2026 | 13 May 2026 |
| - | So what do we expect of a nationalised GWR? | 9 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Railways Bill 2025: introducing and designing Great British Railways - general topic | 19 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Project Churchward - future regional fleet for the West, new rolling stock to replace DMUs | 1 May 2026 |
| South Western services | 'Guardian' article on the nationalisation progress with South Western Railways | 25 May 2026 |
| - | Trip Report: 02-03/05/2026 Led Zeppelin Tribute Concert At The Poole Lighthouse! | 5 May 2026 |
| - | Re: South Western Railways Waterloo - Bristol services axed | 11 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Wokingham station - improvements, resignalling and siding - merged posts | 21 May 2026 |
| Transport for London | Would you give up your seat on the London Tube for me? | 17 May 2026 |
| - | Tony Ridley, London Underground chief RIP | 12 May 2026 |
| - | Re: London Tube strikes by RMT - ongoing issues and updates | 18 May 2026 |
| Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions | Hastings Unit to Inverness | 24 May 2026 |
| - | [otd] 24th May 2002 - opening of Falkirk Wheel | 24 May 2026 |
| - | Ash from historic steam railways used to seal leaky canal lock gates | 1 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway - Caernarfon | 23 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Atlantic Coast Express - merged posts | 23 May 2026 |
| - | Talyllyn Railway, Gwynedd, Wales - heritage line, run by volunteers since 1951 | 9 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Wider than Swanage - Looking after preserved stuff so that it really IS preserved | 2 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (KWVR) | 3 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Paddle Steamer Waverley - merged posts | 12 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Strathspey Railway: Aviemore - Boat of Garten - Broomhill | 12 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway | 24 May 2026 |
| - | Re: North Yorkshire Moors Railway - heritage line, based in Pickering (merged posts) | 3 May 2026 |
| - | Re: West Somerset Railway - Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton, to Minehead | 5 May 2026 |
| Media about railways, and other means of transport | Great Central Asian Railway Journeys | 12 May 2026 |
| - | The 08:19 only runs on alternate Saturdays | 9 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Photographers asked to tell story of rail travel | 1 May 2026 |
| Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them | Row over seafront cycling ban in Weymouth | 18 May 2026 |
| The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom | Man killed by train near Welwyn North after escaping custody van - 28 May 2026 | 28 May 2026 |
| - | Kent rail line closes for nine days for upgrade work - May 2026 | 24 May 2026 |
| - | Rail worker set colleague's clothes on fire: said it was common practice! | 23 May 2026 |
| - | Onibury level crossing vs contraflow | 19 May 2026 |
| - | Level crossing waiting times | 19 May 2026 |
| - | Trip Report: 07-11/05/2026 To Yorkshire For Our Grandson’s 2nd Birthday | 13 May 2026 |
| - | Delayed Great British Railways’ first station to open at Cambridge South in June | 12 May 2026 |
| - | Vauxhall Bridge introduces vehicle weight limit from 1 July 2026 | 12 May 2026 |
| - | Points failure at Thetford blocks lines and disrupts services - 9 May 2026 | 9 May 2026 |
| - | Belfast-Dublin rail to receive multi-million investment | 7 May 2026 |
| - | Wareham pedestrian rail crossing set to close for new gates: 11-22 May 2026 | 6 May 2026 |
| - | Return of The Scotsman | 5 May 2026 |
| - | 'Essential' rail works mean disruption in May between Aberystwyth and Hereford | 5 May 2026 |
| - | Liverpool Lime Street closed over Sunday and bank holiday - May 2026 | 3 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Govia Thameslink Railway | 5 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Network Rail issues warning over Featherstone level crossing | 9 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Weather updates from across the UK and implications for infrastructure - 2026 | 22 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Tributes to boy, 14, who died after being hit by train - Nottinghamshire | 31 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Multiple stabbings on a London bound train in Cambridgeshire - 01 Nov 25 | 18 May 2026 |
| - | Re: C2C Nationalised - 20th July 2025 | 14 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Train hits tractor and trailer on level crossing, Leominster, 22 May 2025 | 21 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Avanti West Coast | 18 May 2026 |
| - | Re: WH Smith: their presence in railway stations and other locations - merged topics | 6 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Railway bridges struck by road vehicles - many incidents, ongoing discussion | 19 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Settle to Carlisle Railway: developments, events & incidents, ongoing discussion | 1 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Scottish Borders Railway - rebuilt Waverley Route link to Edinburgh | 14 May 2026 |
| - | 'Final push' on multi-million pound York Station Gateway access scheme | 13 May 2026 |
| - | Re: HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) - Government proposals, alternative routes, discussion | 11 May 2026 |
| The Wider Picture Overseas | Poland's controversial 'Highway to Hel' 666 bus revived | 1 Jun 2026 |
| - | Simon Calder the travel journalist signs off with a retrospective | 30 May 2026 |
| - | May is the new August | 30 May 2026 |
| - | Train Failure on Dutch HSL between Rotterdam and AMS - YouTuber driver record. | 30 May 2026 |
| - | Four killed as school minibus collides with train in Belgium | 26 May 2026 |
| - | Pakistan: Blast targeting train kills at least 20 - 24 May 2026 | 24 May 2026 |
| - | Some good examples of how they do it in Germany | 17 May 2026 |
| - | The Enterprise, Dublin-Belfast new rolling stock order placed, 2026. | 15 May 2026 |
| - | Rocky Mountaineer - cutback; end of a Transcanada line? | 6 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Dual Nationality, Electronic Travel Authorisation and Border Control delays | 3 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Heavy road vehicles on railway level crossings - various incidents | 25 May 2026 |
| Railway History and related topics | Wapley Common Inland Sorting Depot: who knew? | 28 May 2026 |
| - | Book: 'Railway wonders' by Graeme Bickerdike | 23 May 2026 |
| - | Once upon a time: Milford Haven rail services | 20 May 2026 |
| - | The Rise and Fall of Britain's Strangest Railway - Seashore Electric Railway | 18 May 2026 |
| - | Cornwall's history - Trelawney, Trevithick, the miners and many others | 14 May 2026 |
| - | Combe Rail: working to amplify the railway culture: Barnstaple to Ilfracombe | 13 May 2026 |
| - | Study funded to save Newcastle's Coppersmith's Shop historic railway works site | 13 May 2026 |
| - | Cramlington train derailment centenary events 'not a celebration' - 10 May 1926 | 10 May 2026 |
| - | Lewisham rail disaster - 90 dead - 4 December 1957 | 8 May 2026 |
| - | Combe Down Tunnel post-closure question | 7 May 2026 |
| - | Nostalgia - Wiltshire's lost stations | 5 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Oxford to Didcot quad tracking | 1 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Harrow & Wealdstone 8th October 1952 & Nursing Lieutenant Abbie Sweetwine. | 8 May 2026 |
| - | Re: Clifton Rocks Railway, Bristol - merged topics | 14 May 2026 |
