Great Western Coffee Shop - Espresso summary

New and continued public topics from 1 Apr 2024 to date

Introductions and chat	Our first Interrail tour	7 Apr 2024
-	Station facilities in The Baltics	7 Apr 2024
Fare's Fair	Ferry just cancelled - train tickets will be useless - advice?	14 Apr 2024
-	Train swap from Crosscountry Trains	11 Apr 2024
-	Rail to refuge / Travel to refuge	9 Apr 2024
-	Montpelier, Bristol, now in Oystercard area.	8 Apr 2024
-	Breaking the £1 per mile fare barrier	6 Apr 2024
-	Interrail class 1 = GWR first class?	5 Apr 2024
-	GWR Day Rangers	2 Apr 2024
-	Who should get discounts?	1 Apr 2024
-	Encouraging more public transport users	1 Apr 2024
-	Re: Smartcards across the GWR network.	24 Apr 2024
Buses and other ways to travel	Death of another bus station?	23 Apr 2024
-	Re: Buses: easter weekend 2024	1 Apr 2024
London to South Wales	Power supply problems 1 April	1 Apr 2024
London to the West	Re: Dawlish - permanent resilience work - ongoing discussions	7 Apr 2024
London to the Cotswolds	Re: 2024 Delays and Cancellations - North Cotswold Line	1 Apr 2024
TransWilts line	IETs at Melksham	14 Apr 2024
-	A two carriage train running back and forth - Swedish differences	11 Apr 2024
-	From Melksham to Tallinn (added - and back round The Baltic) by train	8 Apr 2024
-	Re: 2024 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury	1 Apr 2024
Heart of Wessex	Signalling problems at Frome 01 Apr 24	1 Apr 2024
Portsmouth to Cardiff	Ticket machines	20 Apr 2024
Bristol (WECA) Commuters	Penalty fares on Severn Beach Line	23 Apr 2024
-	Patchway station clear out?	19 Apr 2024
-	Bristol Parkway new station pole?	19 Apr 2024
-	Landslip on the Filton Diamond?	7 Apr 2024
-	Re: Bonaparte's at Bristol Temple Meads	3 Apr 2024
-	Re: New station at Ashley Down, Bristol	4 Apr 2024
-	Re: Bristol Temple Meads Station redevelopment	3 Apr 2024
Wales local journeys	TFW Future Timetable Consultation	12 Apr 2024
-	South Wales Metro Electrification	8 Apr 2024
Shorter journeys in Devon	June 2024 Timetable change - 2C04 (0625 Exeter St David's to Penzance)	17 Apr 2024
-	Re: Okehampton	15 Apr 2024
Plymouth and Cornwall	Lostwithiel footbridge	3 Apr 2024
-	Re: Cornish delays	17 Apr 2024
-	Re: Teignmouth Incident 13th September 2023	17 Apr 2024
Across the West	Re: Rail unions strike action 2022/2023/2024	22 Apr 2024
-	Re: Problems with the Night Riviera sleeper - December 2014 onwards	16 Apr 2024
-	Re: Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014	1 Apr 2024
The Lighter Side	Where have I been?	21 Apr 2024
-	You see all sorts on the bus.	20 Apr 2024
-	Signage - not making it easy ...	17 Apr 2024
-	11 trains in a day - has anyone here done more?	14 Apr 2024
-	Where is Graham - 8th April 2024	8 Apr 2024
-	Where are Finn and JayMac today? 3rd April 2024	3 Apr 2024
-	Re: Dreaming of Severn Beach	1 Apr 2024
Diary - what's happening when?	tram/rail meet up	23 Apr 2024
-	Is any one attending the TWSW(friday)?	8 Apr 2024
Swindon to Gloucester / Cheltenham	Tapping from Swindon to Gloucester	24 Apr 2024
Looking forward - after Coronavirus to 2045	"We can’t get from A to B in Britain and it might just be the Government’s ..."	1 Apr 2024
South Western services	SWR w/e 6 April 2024 Exeter to Southampton service	6 Apr 2024
-	Major disruption, Basingstoke, 3rd April 2024	3 Apr 2024
Heritage railway lines, Railtours, other rail based attractions	Theft from Severn Valley Railway	22 Apr 2024
-	"Mayflower"	20 Apr 2024
-	The One-Way Wizzo	14 Apr 2024
-	feature of Ravenglass heritage railway	14 Apr 2024
-	famous passenger visits Avon Valley railway	9 Apr 2024
-	What a difference 50 years makes.....	6 Apr 2024
-	First tour train of season	1 Apr 2024
-	Re: 10 years of the Two Tunnels cycleway	6 Apr 2024
-	Re: Avon Valley Railway - heritage line, Bristol	4 Apr 2024
Media about railways, and other means of transport	BBC Great Coastal Railway Journeys - A Correction	11 Apr 2024
-	The Great British Train scandal.....	10 Apr 2024
-	Re: Great British Railway Journeys - Michael Portillo's television series	8 Apr 2024
Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them	Difficult to argue with e-bike/scooter rules?	8 Apr 2024
-	On yer bike - Apologies to Norman Tebbit	3 Apr 2024
The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom	Labour to nationalise railways within five years of coming to power.	25 Apr 2024
-	Rail delay compensation payments hit £100 million	18 Apr 2024
-	Proposals for open access services on new routes	15 Apr 2024
-	RIA report on A lower cost, higher performing net-zero railway	11 Apr 2024
-	Customer surveys from train operating companies	11 Apr 2024
-	Folkestone Warren 26/03/24	6 Apr 2024
-	Short railway journeys: now disproportionately expensive?	5 Apr 2024
-	Re: King's Speech, 7.11.2023	1 Apr 2024
-	Re: Climate Change Emergency - Implications for UK Transport Strategy	1 Apr 2024
The Wider Picture Overseas	On reservations, fees and supplements - Interrail	20 Apr 2024
-	Finding your train	4 Apr 2024
-	Reservation for the train, but not for a seat on it.	1 Apr 2024
-	Re: Slow but sure. New services on France's underutilized railway lines.	17 Apr 2024
-	Re: SBB and ÖBB to expand Nightjet services	3 Apr 2024
-	Re: Enniscorthy-Wexford-Rosslare Strand-Rosslare Europort at risk of closure	3 Apr 2024
Railway History and related topics	Lack of rolling stock due to attacks on shipping in the Red Sea	23 Apr 2024
-	The two extinct rail lines serving Lagonegro, Italy.	11 Apr 2024
-	Interview from LNER with Harry Wilson, who had a 50 year career with the railway	8 Apr 2024
-	Re: Somerset and Dorset Devonshire Tunnel flood	19 Apr 2024

Notes on these monthly compendia

To see a compendium from another month, simply choose your month and year:

Jump to January February March April May June July August September October November December All Year 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
from All Boards Introductions and chat Who's who on Western railways Smoke and Mirrors Fare's Fair Buses and other ways to travel Your rights and redress London to Reading London to Kennet Valley London to Didcot, Oxford and Banbury London to Swindon and Bristol London to South Wales London to the West Thames Valley Branches London to the Cotswolds North Downs Line TransWilts line Heart of Wessex Portsmouth to Cardiff Bristol (WECA) Commuters To Oxford, Didcot and Reading from West Wales local journeys Shorter journeys in Devon Plymouth and Cornwall Across the West Campaigns for new and improved services News, Help and Assistance The Lighter Side The West - but NOT trains in the West Diary - what's happening when? The Wider Picture - related rail and other transport issues Swindon to Gloucester / Cheltenham Looking forward - 2020 to 2045 South Western services Cross Country services Chiltern Railways services Transport for London Preserved railway lines, Railtours, other rail based attractions Meet the Manager Broadcast media about railways, and other means of transport Other ways to travel: cycles, and how the railways deal with them The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom The Wider Picture Overseas

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