| Introductions and chat | Seasonal update - Coffee Shop and other activities - 1st September 2025 | 1 Sep 2025 |
| - | Twenty thousand - and counting ... Chris from Nailsea | 22 Aug 2025 |
| - | Back from hollybobs - what was so good you bought one for home? | 14 Aug 2025 |
| - | Would you work in a Coffee Shop? | 12 Aug 2025 |
| - | Diary entry - 8th August 2025 | 8 Aug 2025 |
| - | Calling for an election - Melksham Town (South Ward) - 9 October 2025 | 2 Aug 2025 |
| - | Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2 - through to 2038 | 1 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Solo travel (more significant journeys than to work!) | 2 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Passenger Train Services over Unusual Lines | 21 Aug 2025 |
| Who's who on Western railways | Railfuture - the only remaining national independent passenger commentator? | 23 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Great Western Railway Band - Paddington, Friday evenings | 9 Aug 2025 |
| Smoke and Mirrors | What would you gamble on. Horses, Cards, lottery, getting home at night? | 26 Aug 2025 |
| Fare's Fair | Ticketless rail travel to be trialled, by using Apps instead | 31 Aug 2025 |
| - | Heart of Wessex Day Ranger - 2025 update, anyone | 28 Aug 2025 |
| - | Ancillary increases - Car Parking charges going up! | 26 Aug 2025 |
| - | Rail fares in England could rise by ‘outrageous’ 5.6% next year | 19 Aug 2025 |
| - | TfW £1 offer 10 days South East Wales pay as you go | 19 Aug 2025 |
| - | GWR Local Railcard Price Increases | 14 Aug 2025 |
| - | Lock 'em up ? | 14 Aug 2025 |
| - | Delay Repay - Claim Change | 12 Aug 2025 |
| - | Rail fares in Britain rise by inflation-busting 5.1% in a year | 2 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Black Friday Interrail sale | 30 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Rail companies scrapping peak fares, claims of 'cheapest tickets online' - merged topics | 11 Aug 2025 |
| Buses and other ways to travel | Crusing on the Exe - getting refreshed right through | 30 Aug 2025 |
| - | British Airways attendant found naked and on drugs in onboard toilet | 22 Aug 2025 |
| - | Catch the bus month - September 2025 | 19 Aug 2025 |
| - | M5 Avonmouth Bridge. Structural issue, severe delays 17/08/2025 | 17 Aug 2025 |
| - | Compulsory eye tests for drivers over 70 years old? | 11 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Extreme Day Trips | 15 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: First Bus android app: room for improvement? | 24 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Heathrow Airport - plans for expansion: ongoing discussion, merged posts | 2 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Bristol Airport - proposals for expansion, bus services and infrastructure - ongoing discussion | 4 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Swindon bus station, bus services and new interchange - merged topics | 1 Sep 2025 |
| - | Re: 16th August 2025 - Buses to Imber | 11 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Buses and coaches bursting into flames - why are they apparently so combustible? | 1 Aug 2025 |
| - | Double-decker bus gets wedged under railway bridge - Chelmsford, 20 August 2025 | 22 Aug 2025 |
| Your rights and redress | Court punishments short of prison to include driving bans | 24 Aug 2025 |
| London to Didcot, Oxford and Banbury | Re: Tilehurst station - facilities, incidents and improvements | 20 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Oxford station - facilities, improvements, parking, incidents and events - merged posts | 7 Aug 2025 |
| London to Swindon and Bristol | Re: Paddington <-> Bristol: service updates and amendments - ongoing discussion | 18 Aug 2025 |
| London to South Wales | GWR Pembroke Dock Services Summer 2025 | 30 Aug 2025 |
| London to the West | Re: Night Riviera Sleeper train - between Paddington and Penzance - ongoing discussion | 16 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Dawlish - permanent resilience work - ongoing discussions | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Thames Valley Branches | Re: Marlow Branch line, Marlow Donkey - services, engineering work, closures and incidents | 23 Aug 2025 |
| London to the Cotswolds | Six day rail line closure for track upgrades - 18 to 24 August 2025 | 6 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 | 1 Aug 2025 |
| North Downs Line | Guildford to Gatwick no trains 14/09/25 - 27/09/25 inclusive | 2 Aug 2025 |
| TransWilts line - Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Salisbury | Felletin - the bullet once avoided, and to be avoided again, at Melksham | 31 Aug 2025 |
| - | Early Southampton train running late this week? | 26 Aug 2025 |
| - | [otd] 11th August 2005 - Registration of "Save the Train" domain | 11 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Bath and Wiltshire Metro | 1 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Swindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 2025 | 1 Aug 2025 |
| Heart of Wessex | Cancellations 14/08/25 | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Portsmouth to Cardiff | Love the extra data ... | 20 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Limpley Stoke B3108 bridge damage repair - 21 July to 31 August 2025 | 13 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Fallen tree on tracks at Portchester halts trains - 23 June 2025 | 29 Aug 2025 |
| Bristol and Bath (WECA, now WEMCA) | Bath Spa - Bristol Temple Meads Oct 27-30 replacement buses only | 28 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: 'Cheese-grater bridge' near Bristol Temple Meads | 17 Aug 2025 |
| - | Bristol First Bus drivers strike action - Sep / Oct 2025, now resolved | 8 Aug 2025 |
| - | Somerset Council incompetent over Bridgwater town revamp - MP | 7 Aug 2025 |
| - | 'Vital' bus route returns after community campaign - Wotton-under-Edge, 2025 | 7 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: New night routes and earlier starts for city's buses - Bristol, from 31 Aug 2025 | 1 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Nailsea & Backwell station - access issues | 27 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: New station at Ashley Down, Bristol | 24 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Severn Beach Line - services and incidents (merged posts) | 4 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Portway Park and Ride Station | 7 Aug 2025 |
| Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and South | Re: Berth Maps - more accurate train movement data with Exeter area demonstration | 5 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Okehampton | 1 Aug 2025 |
| Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall | New bench and planters at bus stop outside railway station in Cornwall: Aug 2025 | 29 Aug 2025 |
| - | Falmouth Week | 13 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Cornish mainline and branch line delays - ongoing discussion | 16 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Boardmasters Festival - annual music event each August in Cornwall (merged posts) | 10 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: St Erth station - facilities, footbridge, improvements, incidents and awards (merged posts) | 23 Aug 2025 |
| Across the West | Incorrect SWR Train Cancellation Information From GWR! | 29 Aug 2025 |
| - | Stewartby, Bedfordshire - August 2025 | 24 Aug 2025 |
| - | Balloon pilot praised for landing safely in street - Bedford, 23 August 2025 | 24 Aug 2025 |
| - | You don't bring me flowers, Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand | 24 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: River Thames - ongoing discussion as to its source | 21 Aug 2025 |
| - | Travellers warned of bank holiday road and rail delays - August 2025 | 19 Aug 2025 |
| - | Great Western Railway battery-powered train achieves distance record - August 2025 | 19 Aug 2025 |
| - | All trains through Bristol Temple Meads cancelled or delayed - 12 August 2025 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: "More trains than usual needing repair" | 12 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 | 1 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Class 175s to Great Western Railway (GWR) | 21 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Problems with Hitachi Intercity Express Trains - ongoing discussion since 2022 | 21 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion | 24 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Great Western Railway: on-board catering, buffets, Travelling Chef, Pullman - ongoing discussion | 28 Aug 2025 |
| Campaigns for new and improved services | Jersey train company hoping to bring services back to island - August 2025 | 31 Aug 2025 |
| - | Solent Tunnel, between the mainland and the Isle of Wight | 30 Aug 2025 |
| - | Heritage railways and how they connect with the larger infrastructure | 23 Aug 2025 |
| - | Fleet of diesel trains for sale - any uses in the South West? | 13 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Bridport branch reopening proposal | 15 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Minehead Rail Link Group | 19 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Charfield train station plans, drop in event. | 5 Aug 2025 |
| News, Help and Assistance | ALERT - 1.9.2025 - Unplanned temporary closure of service | 1 Sep 2025 |
| - | Server problems from around 22:30 on 29th August 2025 | 30 Aug 2025 |
| - | When, where, what can you share. | 24 Aug 2025 |
| - | Coffee shop - which search engines find us, and which do you use? | 21 Aug 2025 |
| - | Media links | 11 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Server slow ... | 2 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Inline expansion of abbreviations and acronyms | 27 Aug 2025 |
| The Lighter Side | Finn the crossing keeper. | 31 Aug 2025 |
| - | Cycling race website censors name of small Welsh village - Powys, August 2025 | 29 Aug 2025 |
| - | Where am I going (27 August) | 27 Aug 2025 |
| - | Doggone ! | 15 Aug 2025 |
| - | Not so much LIGHTER side - mostly adding weight | 11 Aug 2025 |
| - | Where was PhilW - 05/08/25 | 6 Aug 2025 |
| - | Where am I? - 5th August 2025 | 5 Aug 2025 |
| - | Outward Bound | 4 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: "Off on my travels again" | 31 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: 28/09/2023 - Where was I? | 8 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Annoying / amusing use of completely irrelevant stock photos to illustrate press articles | 5 Aug 2025 |
| The West - but NOT trains in the West | Job losses in hotels - all to do with Ms R Reeves?? | 25 Aug 2025 |
| - | North Cornwall to Devon Coast route crowned Britain's favourite path - Aug 2025 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| - | Learning from my travels - ideas for my home town | 11 Aug 2025 |
| - | Britons booking 'later, closer, shorter' UK breaks | 8 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: More than 12,000 back Cornwall as fifth nation | 1 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Seagulls: particularly in Bath, Bristol, Cornwall and Minehead - ongoing discussion | 31 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Cornwall's tourist board goes into liquidation | 23 Aug 2025 |
| South Western services | A solution ?? | 10 Aug 2025 |
| - | SWR Exeter><Waterloo Services - Possible Reinstatement Of On-Train Catering | 9 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Trains not calling at Crewkerne from 28 July 2025 | 1 Aug 2025 |
| Cross Country services | Crosscountry - RMT Industrial action over the Bank Holiday weekend | 9 Aug 2025 |
| Chiltern Railways services | Re: Chiltern Railways: an update on rolling stock / services | 5 Aug 2025 |
| Transport for London | Campaign calls for free public transport in London - August 2025 | 27 Aug 2025 |
| - | Mobiles on the London Underground - ongoing developments | 26 Aug 2025 |
| - | London Underground - industrial action by RMT, September 2025 | 21 Aug 2025 |
| - | Park Lane rough sleepers move to Oxford Street - BBC News item, August 2025 | 20 Aug 2025 |
| - | Tube staff face deportation under new visa rules - August 2025 | 10 Aug 2025 |
| - | London bus heat complaints highest on record - August 2025 | 8 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Bus Service 205 | 8 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: London bus and tube journeys increase | 8 Aug 2025 |
| Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions | Belmond Britannic Explorer | 1 Sep 2025 |
| - | Gwynedd heritage trains used as 'fire engines on rails' in hot weather: Aug 2025 | 27 Aug 2025 |
| - | Paignton | 24 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Steam trains now not to return at Severn Beach - updated topic, Nov 2025 | 7 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Dean Forest Railway - merged topics, ongoing discussion | 18 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Steam engine 34046 'Braunton' - merged posts | 28 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: First public use cycle rail in the British Isles? | 7 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Weardale Railway - Bishop Auckland to Weardale - merged posts | 30 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Paddle Steamer Waverley - merged posts | 26 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: North Yorkshire Moors Railway - heritage line, based in Pickering (merged posts) | 12 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Severn Valley Railway - heritage line, Worcestershire and Shropshire - merged posts | 7 Aug 2025 |
| Media about railways, and other means of transport | Scottish castle with miniature railway on the market for £3.25m | 27 Aug 2025 |
| - | World Cup of Stations, 2025 | 19 Aug 2025 |
| - | 20 tips for leisure travel | 18 Aug 2025 |
| - | GWR email errors | 5 Aug 2025 |
| Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them | Re: Halifax - Keighley cycle route through tunnel? | 4 Aug 2025 |
| The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom | Re: Weather updates from across the UK, with implications for infrastructure - ongoing discussion, 2025 | 1 Aug 2025 |
| - | Closure - Bexley, permanent from Saturday 6th September 2025 | 1 Sep 2025 |
| - | Camilla fought off attacker with shoe as teenager, book says - Paddington train | 1 Sep 2025 |
| - | Train delayed 'due to people trying to hang flags' - Market Harborough, Aug 2025 | 29 Aug 2025 |
| - | A most unhappy fan ! | 26 Aug 2025 |
| - | Three killed in Isle of Wight helicopter crash during flying lesson: 25 Aug 2025 | 25 Aug 2025 |
| - | "The Ski Jump" and other shared nicknames | 25 Aug 2025 |
| - | Finally, a train journey that I could enjoy | 23 Aug 2025 |
| - | Group in bid to improve accessibility at airport - Newquay, Cornwall - Aug 2025 | 22 Aug 2025 |
| - | Couple stranded on Lincolnshire canal as heat closes railway bridge: August 2025 | 17 Aug 2025 |
| - | Thirteen children injured in amusement park ride accident - Bridgend, Aug 2025 | 13 Aug 2025 |
| - | Driver of 'runaway' electric car in court - Merseyside, August 2025 | 13 Aug 2025 |
| - | Man seeks stranger who saved him from train tracks - Cheltenham Spa, 10 Jul 2025 | 11 Aug 2025 |
| - | 1st Class at the weekend, particularly catering. A comparison of three TOCs. | 10 Aug 2025 |
| - | "Ember Core Ltd" - operator of long distance electric buses in Scotland | 9 Aug 2025 |
| - | Drained Trent and Mersey canal blamed on vandals looking for likes - August 2025 | 8 Aug 2025 |
| - | Repairs approved to Carlisle station after fatal crash in November 2023 | 6 Aug 2025 |
| - | Most rail robbery suspects are children, BTP data shows - August 2025 | 6 Aug 2025 |
| - | Why people are ripping flowers from local waterways - Nottinghamshire, 2025 | 5 Aug 2025 |
| - | Herefordshire canal trust volunteers hope to restore off-road route: August 2025 | 5 Aug 2025 |
| - | Cumbrian Coast Line: Bransty Tunnel woes at Whitehaven, until Easter 2026 | 3 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Spare parts issue stops trains | 13 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Taking Train Operation into public ownership - Govt planning from 4.12.2024 | 7 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire - HST derailment: three dead - 12 August 2020 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Road markings and signs - various errors causing confusion, mirth and some concerns - merged posts | 13 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) - Government proposals, alternative routes, discussion | 4 Aug 2025 |
| The Wider Picture Overseas | Quality control - train staff checking the food and drink offering | 31 Aug 2025 |
| - | "Passenger fined €85 after cat ‘miaows too loudly’ on train" - The Independent | 29 Aug 2025 |
| - | Responsible travel - the countries that are "doing better" than the UK | 28 Aug 2025 |
| - | Learning from overseas | 20 Aug 2025 |
| - | Singapore: stranded passengers make precarious railway walk - August 2025 | 15 Aug 2025 |
| - | Smoking is bad for yourhealth | 12 Aug 2025 |
| - | EasyJet pilot suspended after 'drunk and naked' incident - 5 August 2025 | 11 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Sunday service and connections, Swedish Style | 25 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Felletin - last throws? ... lessons?? | 31 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: German experience - not quite as punctual as its old reputation would suggest | 5 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Heavy road vehicles on railway level crossings - various incidents | 15 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Eurostar - merged posts, ongoing discussion topic | 4 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: USA - railways, public transport, services and incidents (merged posts) | 13 Aug 2025 |
| - | China: World's tallest bridge completes key load-bearing test - August 2025 | 27 Aug 2025 |
| Railway History and related topics | Railway disaster remembered after being lost in time - Witham, 1 September 1905 | 31 Aug 2025 |
| - | "What ever happened to Bristol's trams?" BBC video news article, 15 August 2025 | 15 Aug 2025 |
| - | The Blackberry Line, the Sidlesham Snail, the Hedgerow Train | 3 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: Up to 40,000 homes to be built on disused railway land | 1 Aug 2025 |
| - | Re: How long does it take to nationalise a railway (and other public transport)? | 7 Aug 2025 |
