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Coffee Shop - railway news
Public topics from 1 Feb to 1 Mar 2026
Public topics from 1 Feb to 1 Mar 2026
Introductions and chatThings you have NOT done in your use of public transport18 Feb 2026
-North Wales, Valentines, 202616 Feb 2026
-Emergency - Help at the station 8 Feb 2026
-A plea for joined up, commonly understood, transport information and tickets 8 Feb 2026
-Re: Cornish pasty - is it a proper one? Merged posts, ongoing light-hearted discussion11 Feb 2026
Who's who on Western railwaysFive and the Dragon Quest - the latest chapter in our Famous Five Adventures21 Feb 2026
Smoke and MirrorsDelay Repay - GWR, Crosscounty or Trainline?19 Feb 2026
Fare's FairTravelling on invalid ticket - what should the operator do? 1 Mar 2026
-National Rail Conditions of Travel - changes from 1 April 2026 (merged topics)22 Feb 2026
-Minimum fare for buy-on-train is Scotland21 Feb 2026
-Delay / Repay - to be less generous17 Feb 2026
-Buying Tickets for Four Seniors13 Feb 2026
-Split tickets - rule details 9 Feb 2026
-Re: Serial rail fare evader sentenced over 112 unpaid tickets - Jan/Feb 2611 Feb 2026
-Re: Plus bus plus Rover15 Feb 2026
Buses and other ways to travelWhy has the world's first hydrogen double-decker fleet failed?27 Feb 2026
-Man in court after Stagecoach bus driver taken to hospital - Aberdeen, 25 Feb 2626 Feb 2026
-Bus driver seriously injured in Gatwick Airport police car crash - 22 Feb 202622 Feb 2026
-Southern Vectis bus overturns, Isle of Wight 19th February 2026 - Four injured.20 Feb 2026
-Wells - Bath, from April '26 timetable change (for the worse)13 Feb 2026
-Hailing a bus ... or a train12 Feb 2026
-Buses: heating11 Feb 2026
-Driverless vehicles could link Orkney's historic sites10 Feb 2026
-Cardiff Airport's 'unlawful' handout defended at Bristol Airport tribunal10 Feb 2026
-Mousehole, Cornwall: a bus route change (for the worse)10 Feb 2026
-Cheltenham A46 road closed after double-decker bus crash 3 Feb 2026
-Re: M5 at the Avonmouth bridge closed. 1 Feb 2026
-Re: First Bus pulling out of Cornwall, 14.2.202611 Feb 2026
-Re: Caledonian MacBrayne ferries in Scotland10 Feb 2026
-40 pupils safe after County Armagh school bus crash closed road - 17 Feb 202617 Feb 2026
-Re: Cross-Solent ferries, between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 6 Feb 2026
-Re: Gatwick Airport - facilities, improvements and incidents - merged posts, ongoing discussion24 Feb 2026
-Want to be able to drive yourself to Imber?11 Feb 2026
-Re: Changes to Stranraer ferries and rail connections 4 Feb 2026
-Re: Buses and coaches bursting into flames - why are they apparently so combustible?10 Feb 2026
London to ReadingChanges to services at Maidenhead 2 Feb 2026
-Re: Huge new Wetherspoons planned for Paddington 1 Feb 2026
London to Didcot, Oxford and BanburyRe: Oxford station - facilities, improvements, parking, incidents and events - merged posts 1 Feb 2026
London to Swindon and BristolMystery GP on Great Western Railway train saves passenger's life - 14 Sep 202519 Feb 2026
-Re: Paddington <-> Bristol: service updates and amendments - ongoing discussion18 Feb 2026
London to the WestRe: Night Riviera Sleeper train - between Paddington and Penzance - ongoing discussion14 Feb 2026
-LSWR Route to Exeter - chickens coming home to roost18 Feb 2026
-Re: Dawlish - permanent resilience work - ongoing discussions 3 Feb 2026
Thames Valley BranchesRe: GWR's Battery Electric Train - ongoing discussion 2 Feb 2026
London to the CotswoldsRe: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 202612 Feb 2026
-Re: Petition for double track on Cotswold line...27 Feb 2026
TransWilts line - Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, SalisburyWOMAD comes to Wiltshire - nearest station, Melksham, July 202619 Feb 2026
-Re: Melksham Station - "InfoStation" / loos / snack bar / info point opportunity? 2 Feb 2026
-Re: Swindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 2026 4 Feb 2026
-Re: Melksham Transport User Group - meetings for 202624 Feb 2026
Heart of WessexYeovil - Weymouth closure Feb-March 202613 Feb 2026
Portsmouth to CardiffRe: Cardiff -Portsmouth Engineering work 202610 Feb 2026
-Re: What is happening at Dilton Marsh? Key service reduction! 2 Feb 2026
Bristol and Bath (WECA, now WEMCA)West of England Transport Vision11 Feb 2026
-Re: Bristol and Bath Railway Path - incidents 6 Feb 2026
-Re: Scope to increase Bristol suburban services?11 Feb 2026
-Re: Sewweb - South East Wales and West of England Business link10 Feb 2026
-A visit to Pilning - looking at the past, present and future 9 Feb 2026
-Re: Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts)13 Feb 2026
Oxford, Didcot and Reading from the WestRe: New Oxford - Bristol direct service, ongoing developments and discussion17 Feb 2026
Shorter journeys in South and West WalesTransport for Wales train fares to be frozen for a year, from 1 March 202628 Feb 2026
-New Welsh train stations part of £14bn UK government rail funding promise18 Feb 2026
Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and SouthAdverse weather 23 February Exmouth Branch23 Feb 2026
-Plymouth: River Plym railway bridge work - 21 Feb to 9 Mar 202618 Feb 2026
-Re: Derailment at Goodrington, Paignton - 16 January 2026 6 Feb 2026
-Re: Tarka Line - Exeter to Barnstaple: services, facilities, incidents and events 1 Feb 2026
Shorter journeys in Plymouth and CornwallRe: Newquay Line - services, incidents and improvements (merged posts) 1 Feb 2026
-Re: Looe Branch Line - timetables, cancellations, engineering work, closures and incidents 1 Feb 2026
Across the WestPassenger Growth - railway termini of the South West 1 Mar 2026
-Signal failure at Staines causing problems for Twickenham rugby fans - 21 Feb 202621 Feb 2026
-GWR web app update: be aware19 Feb 2026
-Clockface timetables - a good idea? 6 Feb 2026
-Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 202613 Feb 2026
-Re: Class 175s to Great Western Railway (GWR) 4 Feb 2026
Campaigns for new and improved servicesWheelchair user (from Melksham) calls for better travel facilities (BBC) 9 Feb 2026
-Leicestershire councillor says bid to restore Ivanhoe rail line is 'dead' 5 Feb 2026
-Re: Direct London trains from Shropshire 'could start in 2026'10 Feb 2026
-Re: Go-Op Cooperative - proposals for additional rail services25 Feb 2026
-Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion 3 Feb 2026
News, Help and AssistanceCan I make a guest post on the Coffee Shop?26 Feb 2026
-Social Media - which do you use these days?10 Feb 2026
-Using the Coffeeshop forums: a question 2 Feb 2026
-Re: The Coffee Shop, online safety and the Online Safety Act19 Feb 2026
-Re: OTD - 26th February (2022) - On this day nothing rail has happened?26 Feb 2026
-Re: OTD - 6th Feb (2021) - Document Archive added to forum 6 Feb 2026
The Lighter SideBaby alpacas born at Suffolk farm who 'look like ET' need names - Feb 202626 Feb 2026
-A flash in the pan (or something else) in the old Palace of Westminster ... 18 Feb 2026
-Itchy feet - where have they taken me?13 Feb 2026
-Re: London Necropolis Railway, terminus at Waterloo - merged posts 8 Feb 2026
-Re: Name for new station24 Feb 2026
-Re: "How well do you know your UK train stations?" - online quiz19 Feb 2026
-Re: Squirrels - red, grey or albino, on the railways or otherwise - ongoing discussion21 Feb 2026
The West - but NOT trains in the WestRe: Aberfan disaster - 21 October 1966 (split topic from another discussion)24 Feb 2026
-Houses of Parliament / Palace of Westminster refurbishment - ongoing discussion 5 Feb 2026
-Hook Norton Brewery's stable block to reopen after 2024 fire: 14 Feb 202610 Feb 2026
-Re: A379 at Slapton Sands in south Devon - sea related incidents 3 Feb 2026
-Re: Dazzling lights and travel at night19 Feb 2026
-Re: Recycling rubbish and charity shops - something of a minefield? Ongoing discussion25 Feb 2026
-Re: Cotswold villages - residents' concerns over tourist numbers 1 Feb 2026
-Re: Seagulls: particularly in Bath, Bristol, Cornwall and Minehead - ongoing discussion27 Feb 2026
-Re: Weston-super-Mare - Birnbeck Pier restoration: ongoing developments and discussion18 Feb 2026
-Closure of Doom Bar brewery in Cornwall26 Feb 2026
-Re: Driving road vehicles into floodwater - merged topics and posts, ongoing discussion 1 Feb 2026
-Re: Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) - merged posts22 Feb 2026
Diary - what's happening when?Portishead Line - Network Rail drop in event in Pill24 Feb 2026
-Portishead Line - Network Rail drop in event in Portishead24 Feb 2026
-2026 National Rail Awards20 Feb 2026
-Severn Valley Railway - heritage line, Worcestershire and Shropshire17 Feb 2026
-Re: TravelWatch SouthWest General Meeting, Friday 6 March 202620 Feb 2026
Looking forward - the next 2, 5, 10 and 20 years"The Loop" - the architect as crayonistissimo 9 Feb 2026
-Re: Possible - "Inspiring Climate Action" 7 Feb 2026
-Re: Railways Bill 2025: introducing and designing Great British Railways - general topic 2 Feb 2026
-Re: Friday 28th February 2020 - Greta Thunberg in Bristol.28 Feb 2026
South Western servicesMOVED: Signal failure at Staines 21/2/2621 Feb 2026
-Re: SWR improvements under GBR23 Feb 2026
-Re: South Western Railways Waterloo - Bristol services axed 1 Feb 2026
Cross Country servicesRe: Cross Country HST refurbishments and modifications - merged topics11 Feb 2026
Chiltern Railways servicesRe: Upcoming closure consultation - Bordesley Station10 Feb 2026
-Re: East West Rail Timetable 9 Feb 2026
Transport for LondonHelpline for people affected by TfL injuries into 10th year21 Feb 2026
-Double decker hits south London theatre in two-bus crash - 18 Feb 202618 Feb 2026
-Transport for London advert banned for harmful racial stereotype18 Feb 2026
-19, 38, and 349 ... 80, 93, 151, 154, 155, 163, 164 and 470. 5 Feb 2026
-Re: London bus driver sacked after chasing and punching thief - 25 June 2024 3 Feb 2026
Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractionsModel Britain are proud to announce the establishment of their advisory board21 Feb 2026
-[OTD] 19th Feb (2011) - Welsh Highland reopens throughout19 Feb 2026
-SETG take custody of 455871 at Strawberry Hill16 Feb 2026
-Re: Looming driver shortage - heritage railways20 Feb 2026
-Re: Steam Museum, Swindon20 Feb 2026
-Severn Valley Railway - heritage line, Worcestershire and Shropshire - merged posts17 Feb 2026
-Re: West Somerset Railway - Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton, to Minehead 2 Feb 2026
Media about railways, and other means of transportRe: AI videos simulating railway accidents21 Feb 2026
-Re: Photographers asked to tell story of rail travel22 Feb 2026
-Re: 200 years of powered passenger transport on rails in the media27 Feb 2026
Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with themGreat rides: Cycle, rail & bus Lincs18 Feb 2026
The Wider Picture in the United KingdomNear miss involving child closes Knaresborough level crossing - Feb 202626 Feb 2026
-Flooding causes disruption at Glasgow Central Station - 26 Feb 202626 Feb 2026
-Manchester hospital consultant suspended over 'sex acts' on train - 29 Sep 202424 Feb 2026
-Victims 'devastated' by train CCTV failures as offenders go untraced24 Feb 2026
-Coroner's safety call after runner's death at Formby crossing - 24 Aug 202522 Feb 2026
-Warning of nine-day rail closure between Ashford and Borough Green in May22 Feb 2026
-Passengers hurt as tram derailed in Nottingham bus crash - 19 Feb 202619 Feb 2026
-Eurostar - reducing boarding time19 Feb 2026
-Catering on trains - lists of operators and what they allow and what they offer10 Feb 2026
-Man charged following Egham train station knife attack - 6 Feb 202610 Feb 2026
-The 'tough but rewarding' job of a £79k-a-year Caledonian Sleeper driver 3 Feb 2026
-World's oldest surviving railway station was built in UK nearly 200 years ago 3 Feb 2026
-Class 897 trains on the way for LNER 2 Feb 2026
-Milton Keynes residents 'cut off by lack of transport links' 1 Feb 2026
-Horse on tracks causes disruption to train services at Albrighton - 1 Feb 2026 1 Feb 2026
-Re: Can you find the 40 British railway station names hidden in our puzzle? 1 Feb 2026
-Re: Canals and Narrow Boats on the Inland Waterways in the UK 9 Feb 2026
-Re: Weather updates from across the UK and implications for infrastructure - 202617 Feb 2026
-Re: Gritting lorries, their names and their drivers21 Feb 2026
-The abandoned Midlands railway stations being brought back to life18 Feb 2026
-Re: Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness train hits van on level crossing - 13 Sep 202526 Feb 2026
-Re: Inspiration train, winter of 2026 - first South West venue announced20 Feb 2026
-Re: London Liverpool Street Station revised planning application10 Feb 2026
-Re: Cardiff Central station - redevelopments and improvements18 Feb 2026
-Re: Landslips and landslides on the transport networks26 Feb 2026
-Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update17 Feb 2026
-Re: Road markings and signs - various errors causing confusion, mirth and some concerns - merged posts 10 Feb 2026
-Re: Railway bridges struck by road vehicles - many incidents, ongoing discussion 1 Feb 2026
-Borders Railway closures planned for electrification work18 Feb 2026
The Wider Picture OverseasBarriers to bus and tram travel - lessons from Florence 1 Mar 2026
-Italy - Tram derails in Milan, leaving two dead and dozens injured - Feb 202627 Feb 2026
-Travel to the USA - risks of being detained, even as a tourist22 Feb 2026
-Nasa astronauts' moon mission delayed due to rocket issue - Feb / Mar 202622 Feb 2026
-OS mapping: 6" coverage of Ireland12 Feb 2026
-Italy says railways hit by 'serious sabotage' as Winter Olympics begin 7 Feb 2026
-Re: Dual Nationality, Electronic Travel Authorisation and Border Control delays17 Feb 2026
-Re: This surely has to be a case for 'delay, repay' compensation?22 Feb 2026
-Re: Somerset to Sydney without flying13 Feb 2026
-Re: Switzerland - railway services, facilities, improvements and incidents (merged posts)17 Feb 2026
-Re: Ireland: All-Island Strategic Rail Review16 Feb 2026
Railway History and related topicsAccessability at Bath Spa - the Garibaldi Bridge27 Feb 2026
-Where shall we go today?13 Feb 2026
-Re: Severn crossings before the bridge10 Feb 2026
-Re: OTD - 24th February (2000) - Paddington Bear laid bare 24 Feb 2026
-Re: On this day - 23rd February 2012 - GoCo rebrands Go-op23 Feb 2026
-Re: OTD 21st February (1967) - Shunting with horses21 Feb 2026
-Re: OTD - 13th February 1941 - Rail mounted gun test fired13 Feb 2026
-Re: OTD - 11th February (1927) - first private preservation of locomotive11 Feb 2026
-Re: OTD - 10th February (1941) - rear end collision, Harold Wood10 Feb 2026
-Re: OTD - 1st February (2003) - Space Shuttle Columbia breaks up killing 7 1 Feb 2026
-Re: Auschwitz anniversary, 27 February 1942 - merged posts27 Feb 2026
-Re: On this day - 28 Feb 2001 - Great Heck / Selby railway tragedy (merged topics)27 Feb 2026
Topic count 187 of which 91 are new
 
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