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Great Western Coffee Shop
As at 15th February 2025 00:17 GMT
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For Valentine's Dayv or ^
Renaming Stations [OTD, 14 Feb 1889 and 2014}v or ^
Tickets Please !v or ^
Last 7 days
Elizabeth Line Industrial Action - 2025v or ^
First Bus and passenger space heatingv or ^
Incident at Trowbridge station v or ^
Fatal crash of ICE at level crossing near Hamburgv or ^
"Old Worse and Worse"v or ^
First Bus in Bath, first quarter 2025: struggling to run the timetablev or ^
Most journeys in Wales made on new and improve trainsv or ^
Preston Road - built for the Olympicsv or ^
Bristol Bus Electrificationv or ^
MOVED: Portishead Line Re-Opening confirmed ?v or ^
Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Liverpoolv or ^
Firstgroup: article in the Times newspaper.v or ^
public open forum of development in and around Bristol Temple meadsv or ^
Mother lands dream job after 10-year career break - Southern Railwayv or ^
Ticket agency sales commission rates v or ^
Life and Travels of 150 246v or ^
Level crossings to close as part of rail upgrades - Surrey, 2025v or ^
Out and about in the South West - regional and local trainsv or ^
Heritage railway nominated for award - Kent & East Sussexv or ^
Up to a month ago
UK cold snap to bring sleet and hill snow over the weekend - 7 Feb 2025v or ^
Rail Innovation Exhibition 2025 - 13th February 2025v or ^
How to Run a Railway, Portuguese style. v or ^
Mainline closed after car crashes on to railway at Salford - 7 Feb 2025v or ^
Want to go to Venice - will Innsbruck do you?v or ^
Final call - now up to 4 minutes at Kings Crossv or ^
Electrification of Weston Super Mare loop?v or ^
Congresbury train station clean up v or ^
Grenfell tower to be demolished v or ^
Three new bus routes for Bristol v or ^
Ball bearing attacks on Cambridge local trains v or ^
200 years of powered passenger transport on rails in the mediav or ^
Free coffee - Waterloo, Valentine's Day, 2025v or ^
Melksham to Europe - all in one book.v or ^
All the fun of the fare.v or ^
Coffee Shop - statement on the three day challengev or ^
Uber creditsv or ^
Top and bottom stations for passenger convenience v or ^
MOVED: GWR Rewards - launching March?v or ^
On progress / improvements on the responsive page and elsewherev or ^
Landslips and landslides on the transport networksv or ^
The moral of this story: Be careful what you wish for ;-)v or ^
Vibrant or dangerous? Colourful roundabout redesign divides village in Berkshirev or ^
Railway line under threat after landslip forces closure of trackv or ^
Stop using the word ‘passenger’, Network Rail tells staffv or ^
Bristol artwork celebrates Brunel's pop-up Crimean hospitalv or ^
Campaign for Better Transport - Campaign for lower faresv or ^
GWR coat of arms mosaic finds permanent homev or ^
The sorry state of British train etiquette – and the 10 worst offencesv or ^
St Ives on a blowy January dayv or ^
Allan Maclean: obituaryv or ^
The last train to Callington, Cornwall - from YouTubev or ^
A journey in the faaar west - Penzance to St Ives - 28th Jan 2025v or ^
Children going on holiday during school term timev or ^
On this day - state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill 30 January 1965 v or ^
Plymouth's lost railways - from YouTubev or ^
Old Trafford Regenerationv or ^
Elizabeth line train speeding 20mph over limit left passengers shakenv or ^
Melksham to Penzance, 28th January 2025v or ^
IEP seats in 2025v or ^
Mind the gap / Mind the stepv or ^
Plans for faster trains and 30 new stationsv or ^
Then and Now - North Cornwall Railways and Branchlinesv or ^
Berks & Hants Cancellations, Delays & Alterations 2025v or ^
Even I would fly with Ryanair for this !!v or ^
Much improved explanations on Journey Checkv or ^
16th August 2025 - Buses to Imberv or ^
Eurostar axes popular ticket type in major blow for UK passengersv or ^
MOVED: Storm Eowynv or ^
Labour pledges to make Sunday trains as reliable as weekday servicesv or ^
Rail nationalisation not a silver bullet, says Labourv or ^
Passengers to get new online ticket website under Great British Railways planv or ^
Steam trains to return at Severn Beachv or ^
Southern (and other TOC) rail faresv or ^
Charfield train station plans, drop in event.v or ^
Sir Humphrey Appleby makes yet another appearance here on the Coffee Shop forumv or ^
The English village with links to five US presidents - Barton St David, Somersetv or ^
West Highland Railway 1960, A Day In The Life - BBC Archivev or ^
Getting to Bristol by public transport from Melkshamv or ^
A welcome to the Pen and Quillv or ^
Steam Ship Sheildhall - South Coast / Solent trips this summer (2025)v or ^
Sunday crew shortages - 2025v or ^
Must be quite an eyeful !!v or ^
Where was Oxonhutch on 15 January?v or ^
report - recommendation to improve West of England linev or ^
Why England’s public transport system could look very different very quicklyv or ^
MOVED: The Wider Picture - making it wider, but also clearer, hopefullyv or ^
Man who died on Tube was run over by four trains - 26 Dec 2023v or ^
Maybe not this year, but you have to start somewherev or ^
Heart of Wessex - strategic mayoral authority proposed v or ^
Yellow card system for first offence unticketed passengers/v or ^
Light Railway and Tram associations v or ^
Train departed 3 minutes earlier than scheduledv or ^
England's Best Loved Lost Railway: The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railwayv or ^
The Cheddar Valley Lost Railway - the 'Strawberry Line' from Yattonv or ^
Man admits using walking stick to kill pensioner - Harold Wood station, Feb 2024v or ^
Eastern Airways to start Southend - Newquay servicev or ^
Changing content of the domain home page as the new Coffee Shop settles inv or ^
The Coffee Shop, online safety and the Online Safety Actv or ^
Why there's no Bristol Central Stationv or ^
GWR free travel card - Scam?v or ^
The Community Rail Network / Rail awards 2025v or ^
Sunday Times Travel supplement - 14 page rail specialv or ^
Many hurt in tram collision, Strasbourg - 11 January 2025v or ^
The User Group onionv or ^
one pound flat rate bus fares in Devon and Torbay area.v or ^
Millions of train tickets to be discounted next weekv or ^
Westminster Hall debate : Railway services to South Westv or ^
Mick Lynch announces retirement as head of RMTv or ^
Build it and they will come. SAY you have built it and they will come anyway!v or ^
Railcard Prices going upv or ^
Bristol Rail Campaign AGM 2025v or ^
Views sought : how train companies give assistance to disabled passengersv or ^
Changing trains just got cheaper…on Northernv or ^
Mk 5s moved to Wolverton ahead of assessment for Chiltern usev or ^
Fatal Oxfordshire train crash remembered 150 years onv or ^
Coastal walks - station to stationv or ^
Engineering works - shows what they CAN do!v or ^
Talk, 8.1.25 ENGINEERING RESTORATION & OPERATION HERITAGE GWR STEAMv or ^
Bath to Bridgnorth and back 4/1/25v or ^
Greatest Gathering - 1st to 3rd August 2025v or ^
Melksham Transport User Group for 2025v or ^
2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westburyv or ^
Old Oak Common Christmas Workv or ^
GWR Train Crew Weymouthv or ^
Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal v or ^
Dilton Marsh - spring 2025 timetablev or ^
Eurostar flash sale - January 2025v or ^
Newquay train, St Blazey photov or ^
Birthday trip, Melksham to Penzance - 28th January 2025v or ^
Rail Replacement bus - OK, but I prefer the train.v or ^
Outstanding server / web site issuesv or ^
The National Rail journey planner - 2025 editionv or ^
Preserved Railway 2024: Narrow Gaugev or ^
A Beginner's Guide to the Great Western "Coffee Shop" Passenger forumv or ^
North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025v or ^
The Coffee Shop in 2024 - reviewv or ^
Personal Plans for 2025v or ^
Looking forward for the Coffee Shop into 2025v or ^
GWR Advance Purchase sale - January 2025v or ^
Server Map (mark 2) - as from January 2025 - a technical introductionv or ^
Also available on the Coffee Shop secure (https) serverv or ^
Working from roam: more people logging on from UK airports and railway stationsv or ^
GNER 'Flying Scotsman' Driver's Eye View: York to Edinburghv or ^
Ghost Train: Broadstone Junction to Bath Green Park, S&DJRv or ^
Warnings of snow, wind and rain across the UK for January 2025v or ^
Browsers - what are you running? Are you seeing this?v or ^
'Railway 200' events and commemorations 2025v or ^
An update on this weekend's work (28 & 29 December 2025)v or ^
Not sure if this is an unwanted Chritmas present (being a bit of a grinch)v or ^
Rail replacement advise - Melksham - until 23rd January 2025v or ^
Several steam engines at Eastleigh - Clan Line, Britannia and Brauntonv or ^
Steam engine 6024 'King Edward I' at Keynsham, Somersetv or ^
Terrible signalling error!v or ^
Dozens survive Kazakhstan passenger plane crash - Dec 2024v or ^
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our members and readersv or ^
Souvenir hunter returns loco part nicked in 1980s - Nene Valley Railway, 2024v or ^
Places to go - rail interest in 2025 - AQ24v or ^
Why you stand behind the yellow line!!v or ^
Transport Focus to relaunch their updated full Passenger survey in 2025v or ^
More UK buses to run on Christmas Day than at any time in last five yearsv or ^
Westbury blockade: easements?v or ^
Trains on Salisbury Plain with nowhere to gov or ^
Male and female ports, and cowcatchers on ferries.v or ^
AQ23 - No rails to take them anywherev or ^
It's a (GWR) Bullseye!v or ^
5th July 2025 - RailFuture AGMv or ^
RCTS - Railway Correspondence and Travel Societyv or ^
Bath Railway Society - 2025 program v or ^
European Passengers Federation - 13th and 14th June 2025v or ^
Campaign for North East Rail videov or ^
Weekend of 28th/29th December - Coffee Shop offline for engineering worksv or ^
 
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