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Coffee Shop - railway news
Public topics from 1 Dec to 1 Jan 2026
Public topics from 1 Dec to 1 Jan 2026
Introductions and chatHappy New Year for 2026 to all of our members, readers and guests! 1 Jan 2026
-Tweet for '2631 Dec 2025
-mansplaining - you are welcome to fill in other readers, even if I know already29 Dec 2025
-King Charles III - becoming a proficient barman18 Dec 2025
-Should I add kisses to my posts to make me more likeable?? xx15 Dec 2025
-Interlude at Warminster12 Dec 2025
-Listening to the customers and potential customers 8 Dec 2025
-The Challenge of Public Transport 4 Dec 2025
-Re: Interrail, summer 2025 - daily diary thread of our travels 24 Dec 2025
-Re: Bath to Cirencester - via Tetbury, Kemble and Stroud - ongoing plans23 Dec 2025
-Re: A welcome to lurkers, guests and newly registering members on the Coffee Shop forum (merged post20 Dec 2025
Who's who on Western railwaysNew Years honours - 2026 - "railway" people30 Dec 2025
-John Ingram - chair of WWRUG, 2008-2010, RIP 4 Dec 2025
-Re: Heidi Alexander, Transport Secretary 9 Dec 2025
Smoke and MirrorsMaking sure the information you might need is easily available14 Dec 2025
-Re: Total journey connections - what if they miss outside the national rail network?17 Dec 2025
Fare's FairGreat British Rail Sale 202631 Dec 2025
-50% off train fares with Great Western Railway27 Dec 2025
-BTH to Carshalton, or Clapham Junction, or Waterloo with added engineering works26 Dec 2025
-Contactless - not always the cheapest20 Dec 2025
-Liverpool to Carmarthen - help needed.............15 Dec 2025
-Crosscountry and TfW Christmas restrictions 2025 5 Dec 2025
-Rail Usage figures by station - due out 4.12.2025 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Regulated rail fares frozen in England until March 2027 9 Dec 2025
-Re: Interrail Black Friday Sale - 25/11 to 17/12/2025 (for use in 2026) 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Ancillary increases - Car Parking charges going up! 6 Dec 2025
-Re: Rail companies scrapping peak fares, claims of 'cheapest tickets online' - merged topics24 Dec 2025
-Re: Delay Repay problem30 Dec 2025
Buses and other ways to travelSouth Yorkshire Supertram network fares capped at £3 for 2026 1 Jan 2026
-'Important moment' as 50 electric buses join South West fleet28 Dec 2025
-New West Yorkshire bus fleet criticised over single-door access17 Dec 2025
-TfW: the fares structure for bus travel15 Dec 2025
- Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock - OTD 11 Dec (1620)11 Dec 2025
-North Somerset free bus route to North Bristol 10 Dec 2025
-Millions could be spent on Wiltshire bus shelter repairs 6 Dec 2025
-Three year settlement for Local Transport Authorities for buses 6 Dec 2025
-Gales to cause Friday Isle of Man ferry passenger disruption - December 2025 4 Dec 2025
-Hull bus ticket discount for city travel over Christmas 2025 3 Dec 2025
-Cars getting bigger - is this a concern? 3 Dec 2025
-Re: First Bus pulling out of Cornwall, 14.2.2026 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Caledonian MacBrayne ferries in Scotland 2 Dec 2025
-Re: Holyhead - Dublin ferry route 6 Dec 2025
-Re: Cross-Solent ferries, between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Bristol Airport - proposals for expansion, bus services and infrastructure - ongoing discussion 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Gatwick Airport - facilities, improvements and incidents - merged posts, ongoing discussion10 Dec 2025
-Re: Swindon bus station, bus services and new interchange - merged topics30 Dec 2025
-Re: 16th August 2025 - Buses to Imber13 Dec 2025
-Re: Buses and coaches bursting into flames - why are they apparently so combustible? 2 Dec 2025
-Re: Bus roof torn off on impact under railway bridge incidents - merged topics 3 Dec 2025
-Re: Cambridge Guided Busway - ongoing discussion and updates 2 Dec 2025
London to Swindon and BristolRe: Paddington <-> Bristol: service updates and amendments - ongoing discussion 1 Jan 2026
London to South WalesRe: Hunting Dogs on the line21 Dec 2025
-Re: Severn Tunnel - engineering improvements, events, incidents and history - merged posts 1 Dec 2025
London to the WestRe: Night Riviera Sleeper train - between Paddington and Penzance - ongoing discussion 8 Dec 2025
-Failed Train at Bruton 2 Dec 2025 2 Dec 2025
-Engineering changes - 8th to 14th December 2025 2 Dec 2025
-Re: Person hit by train, Taunton 24/10/2025 - Harry Basham, age 17, walking to work14 Dec 2025
London to the CotswoldsNorth Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2026 1 Jan 2026
-Estimates of station usage 2024-2025 - North Cotswolds line 4 Dec 2025
-Lengthy train, 03/12/2025 3 Dec 2025
-Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Worcestershire Parkway Station project - ongoing discussion 6 Dec 2025
North Downs LineGuildford to Reading in 196529 Dec 2025
TransWilts line - Swindon, Chippenham, WestburySwindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 202630 Dec 2025
-Melksham Transport User Group - meetings for 202621 Dec 2025
-Bus and train timetables for Melksham to May 202619 Dec 2025
-Comparing my local (GWR run) station with stations in other regions18 Dec 2025
-Train unreliability forces college to reduce timetables and fuels deprivation15 Dec 2025
-with a Melksham bias - Office of Road and Rail - station use stats 2024/5 4 Dec 2025
-Re: Holding GWR to account - service reliability20 Dec 2025
-Re: Swindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 2025 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Thingley Junction: how does it work?13 Dec 2025
Heart of WessexRe: Death of teenager on track between Weymouth and Dorchester, 23 March 2023 5 Dec 2025
Portsmouth to CardiffMicro Delays28 Dec 2025
-Bath / Bristol / Cardiff / Swansea / Carmarthen 02/01/2627 Dec 2025
-What is happening at Dilton Marsh? Key service reduction!18 Dec 2025
-Portsmouth & Southsea and Portsmouth Harbour - closed, 1.12.2025 1 Dec 2025
-Re: More 4 car 158s for Portsmouth services27 Dec 2025
Bristol and Bath (WECA, now WEMCA)Five major changes planned for Bristol in 2026 1 Jan 2026
-Work to start on new transport hub in January - Pill28 Dec 2025
-Temple Meads station approach road17 Dec 2025
-Bollards ...12 Dec 2025
-Bath Spa - call for electrification.12 Dec 2025
-04:50 Fratton - Bristol Temple Meads cancelled 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Cheltenham Road Viaduct - scope for possible redoubling (split topic, ongoing discussion) 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Bath Christmas Market - 27 November to 14 December 2025 5 Dec 2025
-Re: Children get concessionary bus travel in Bristol 3 Dec 2025
-Re: New station at Ashley Down, Bristol 4 Dec 2025
-Re: Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts)10 Dec 2025
-Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion 3 Dec 2025
Oxford, Didcot and Reading from the WestRe: New Oxford - Bristol direct service, ongoing developments and discussion 5 Dec 2025
Shorter journeys in South and West WalesIn and around Cardiff - capital of Wales since 20 December 195520 Dec 2025
-Information - What's Going On?18 Dec 2025
Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and SouthRe: 150s18 Dec 2025
Shorter journeys in Plymouth and CornwallCornwall a place to avoid Wednesday 12 August 2026?29 Dec 2025
-Travel disruption likely after weather warnings issued for Devon & Cornwall14 Dec 2025
-Marazion Flooding12 Dec 2025
-Re: Longer rail journeys warning due to 'vital' work in Cornwall - December 2025 6 Dec 2025
-Re: Track defect at Plymouth - November 2025 3 Dec 2025
-Re: Cornish mainline and branch line delays - ongoing discussion14 Dec 2025
-Re: Mid Cornwall Metro - Newquay, St Austell, Truro & Falmouth23 Dec 2025
-Newquay trains cancelled because of flooding 9 Dec 2025
-Looe Branch Line - timetables, cancellations, engineering work, closures and incidents19 Dec 2025
Across the WestProblems with Hitachi Intercity Express Trains - discussions from 1 January 2026 onwards15 Dec 2025
-Hitachi Intercity Express Trains (IETs): problems with them, ongoing discussions26 Dec 2025
-How far from the station is the rail replacement bus stop?23 Dec 2025
-How ‘The Flying Banana’ became a British railway icon11 Dec 2025
-First Group win concession to operate London Overground10 Dec 2025
-Trees falling onto railway lines, causing disruption - ongoing incidents and discussion 6 Dec 2025
-ORR station usage data 4 Dec 2025
-Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 202630 Dec 2025
-Re: IET wi-fi upgrades - pilot scheme on West of England trains 9 Dec 2025
-Re: IEP seats in 2025 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 7 Dec 2025
-Re: Class 175s to Great Western Railway (GWR) 6 Dec 2025
-Re: Closures of loops and through services - on this day, 10th December10 Dec 2025
-Re: Problems with Hitachi Intercity Express Trains - ongoing discussion since 2022 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion 6 Dec 2025
Campaigns for new and improved servicesSwindon to Birmingham via Kemble - proposal27 Dec 2025
-Re: Overhead Line Equipment - ongoing discussion22 Dec 2025
-Re: Reopening Cullompton and Wellington stations (merged topic)22 Dec 2025
-Re: East - West Rail update (Oxford to Bedford) - ongoing discussion21 Dec 2025
News, Help and AssistanceChristmas and New Year holidays 2025/26 on the Coffee Shop21 Dec 2025
-Re: Server slow ... 24 Dec 2025
-Re: Also available on the Coffee Shop secure (https) server15 Dec 2025
-Re: Some Site Statistics 1 Dec 2025
The Lighter SideThe London Underground art that tracks trains in real-time30 Dec 2025
-Parallel lines - how the UK might have been IF ...30 Dec 2025
-It's an outrage!26 Dec 2025
-2026 predictions26 Dec 2025
-Home for Christmas - a dozen pictures of our own area for Christmas Eve - AQ2424 Dec 2025
-Carlisle and Settle - AQ2323 Dec 2025
-Clouds at stations - AQ22/2522 Dec 2025
-New Towns - suitable stations? - AQ21/202521 Dec 2025
-The Two Ronnies, The Little Trains of Wales20 Dec 2025
-Walking between stations - AQ2020 Dec 2025
-19th Advent Quiz - Old Pictures - where are they?19 Dec 2025
-OOO - Odd One Out - which, and why? AQ18/2518 Dec 2025
-AQ17 - where would you of within a daytime journey from Amsterdam?17 Dec 2025
-Boston Tea Party - 16th December 177316 Dec 2025
-New timetables - but from where to where? AQ25 - 15th15 Dec 2025
-14.12.2025 Where is this? Guest question14 Dec 2025
-Candidate for redoubling? AQ 13.12.202513 Dec 2025
-Scotty quiz - 12th December 202512 Dec 2025
-Capital Quiz - 11th December 202511 Dec 2025
-AQ10 - "Pilning" - West Country Mornington Crescent10 Dec 2025
-AQ9 - What has changed? 9 Dec 2025
-Only Connect - Lion Wall - AQ 8.12.2025 8 Dec 2025
-AQ - Sometimes there are no trains ... 7.12.2025 7 Dec 2025
-Station Search 6 Dec 2025
-AQ - 5.12.25 - A year in the life 5 Dec 2025
-Coffeeshop Map 4-12-25 4 Dec 2025
-AQ - Which is next in the sequence? 4 Dec 2025
-Naming - appropriate? 3 Dec 2025
-Historic black and white pictures - where were they taken? - 3.12.2025 3 Dec 2025
-Advent Quiz - 2nd December 2025 2 Dec 2025
-Coffee Shop / Advent Quiz 2025. Introduction and first day questions 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Annoying / amusing use of completely irrelevant stock photos to illustrate press articles 7 Dec 2025
The West - but NOT trains in the WestHarwell laser event 1 Jan 2026
-Cargo ship runs aground in harbour at Teignmouth - 31 December 202531 Dec 2025
-Solent - Banana containers cause shipping disruption, Dec 2025 7 Dec 2025
-Ferry officer jailed over Jersey fatal fishing boat crash - December, 2022 4 Dec 2025
-Plane crashed at Staverton in Gloucestershire after 3D-printed part collapsed 4 Dec 2025
-Two Swindon Borough Council-owned vans clamped in £138,000 permit mix-up 4 Dec 2025
-Traffic delays in Bristol as bus gets stuck on tight bend - December 2025 3 Dec 2025
-Re: Winterstoke Road Bridge, Weston super Mare - closed for two years24 Dec 2025
-Re: Recycling rubbish and charity shops - something of a minefield? Ongoing discussion 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Two South Western Ambulance workers arrested after six people die in Wiltshire11 Dec 2025
-Re: Seagulls: particularly in Bath, Bristol, Cornwall and Minehead - ongoing discussion31 Dec 2025
-Re: Weston-super-Mare - Birnbeck Pier restoration: ongoing developments and discussion26 Dec 2025
Diary - what's happening when?West Wiltshire Ramblers - walks from Stations29 Dec 2025
-West Wiltshire Rail User Group AGM 2026, and spring meeting21 Dec 2025
-New year - day out by train and bus to Wells, Glastonbury or Street20 Dec 2025
-Bristol Rail Campaign (FoSBR) AGM 11 March 202619 Dec 2025
Swindon to Gloucester / CheltenhamComedian Dom Joly rants about poor rail service between Cheltenham and London 6 Dec 2025
-Cheltenham Road reopens after lorry got stuck under Honeybourne Railway Bridge 5 Dec 2025
Looking forward - the next 2, 5, 10 and 20 yearsRe: Suggestions from Campaign for Better Transport for the budget 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Railways Bill 2025: introducing and designing Great British Railways - general topic 9 Dec 2025
-Re: Rolling stock projections - ongoing discussion 6 Dec 2025
South Western servicesCrewkerne Gates crossing to be improved26 Dec 2025
-SWT "More trains than usual needing repairs" 23/12/2523 Dec 2025
-SWR improvements under GBR 9 Dec 2025
-South Western Railway train farewell tour sold out in just 15 seconds - Dec 2025 3 Dec 2025
-Re: South Western Railways Waterloo - Bristol services axed30 Dec 2025
Transport for LondonYou're in the wrong place18 Dec 2025
-Elizabeth Line - most used National Rail stations 6 Dec 2025
-Re: Man who died on Tube was run over by four trains - 26 Dec 202318 Dec 2025
Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractionsFfestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway - Caernarfon21 Dec 2025
-Eddystone 14 Dec 2025
-(Duke of ?) Mayflower 12 Dec 2025
-A rare bird indeed !! 2 Dec 2025
-Re: Pathfinder Tours to close21 Dec 2025
-Re: On this day - 9th December 2005 - last Routemaster in regular service 9 Dec 2025
-Re: [otd] 1st December 1933 - first GWR diesel railcar 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Brighton Belle - Victoria Station in London to Brighton20 Dec 2025
-Re: Paddle Steamer Waverley - merged posts25 Dec 2025
-Re: Severn Valley Railway - heritage line, Worcestershire and Shropshire - merged posts29 Dec 2025
Media about railways, and other means of transportThe RTV 31 hovertrain - British rail invention could have changed the world22 Dec 2025
-BBC article - "Why the railways often seem to be in such chaos over Christmas"22 Dec 2025
-R A Cooke Track Layout Diagrams 8 Dec 2025
-Looking to reopen the spur to Falmouth docks 4 Dec 2025
-AI videos simulating railway accidents 2 Dec 2025
-Re: European Rail Timetable - ongoing discussion and updates13 Dec 2025
Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with themActive travel: Extra £81m to boost walking and cycling routes10 Dec 2025
-Greenwich foot tunnel to get 'full regeneration' 6 Dec 2025
The Wider Picture in the United KingdomPoint to point passenger numbers since the pandemic 1 Jan 2026
-Clitheroe 1/1/26: services passing but not stopping. 1 Jan 2026
-New Year's Eve trains disrupted by cable theft near Doncaster, South Yorkshire31 Dec 2025
-Weather updates from across the UK and implications for infrastructure - 202628 Dec 2025
-Derailment of freight train at Audenshaw, Manchester - 6 September 202430 Dec 2025
-Llangollen Canal - Whitchurch, Shropshire canal breach: 22 Dec 202522 Dec 2025
-Tributes paid to 16-year-old after Loughton Underground Station incident21 Dec 2025
-Burst water main shuts Rye House railway station for two days - Dec 202518 Dec 2025
-Trip Report: 13-15/12/25 European Rugby In Paris17 Dec 2025
-M20 in Kent: Operation Brock could be scaled back by government16 Dec 2025
-Flooding - general topic15 Dec 2025
-05:40 Edinburgh to Kings Cross cab ride in real time13 Dec 2025
-Warning as drivers seen queuing on level crossing near Willington10 Dec 2025
-Chance meeting on a train10 Dec 2025
-Passengers locked inside Hartlepool station 4 Dec 2025
-Suffolk MP's call for Essex station platform lifts at Marks Tey turned down 2 Dec 2025
-MP bemused by lack of Ely North rail junction upgrade 2 Dec 2025
-LNER passengers injured as speeding train 'lurched' - 26 September 2025 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Tributes to boy, 14, who died after being hit by train - Nottinghamshire 2 Dec 2025
-Re: 07:00 Manchester - Euston 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Gritting lorries, their names and their drivers20 Dec 2025
-Re: Derailment of Glasgow to London train near Shap in Cumbria - 3 November 202519 Dec 2025
-Re: Multiple stabbings on a London bound train in Cambridgeshire - 01 Nov 25 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Weather updates from across the UK, with implications for infrastructure - ongoing discussion, 2025 1 Dec 2025
-Cross-border rail passengers warned of new year disruption, West Coast Mainline31 Dec 2025
-Re: Birmingham's new railway stations on Camp Hill Line20 Dec 2025
-Re: Empty Sunderland railway station 'an embarrassment'11 Dec 2025
-Re: Man dies after falling from hot air balloon - West Sussex, 19 Sep 2025 8 Dec 2025
-Re: Camilla fought off attacker with shoe as teenager, book says - Paddington train 31 Dec 2025
-Re: Lower Thames Crossing, between Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent 3 Dec 2025
-Re: Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal - water shortage, March 2025 5 Dec 2025
-Re: Cardiff Central station - redevelopments and improvements 4 Dec 2025
-Re: London to Frankfurt and Geneva - direct trains from Eurostar? 6 Dec 2025
-Re: Eastern Airways - regional airline, now in administration - merged posts (Nov 2025)17 Dec 2025
-Re: Tyne and Wear Metro - merged posts, ongoing developments and discussion18 Dec 2025
-London Bridge Bufferstop collision 13 December 2024 - report 17 Dec 2025
-Re: Preparatory work underway for new Portadown to Derry train line17 Dec 2025
-Re: Greatest Gathering 200th celebration - Alstom, Derby, 1 - 3 August 2025 9 Dec 2025
-Re: Ryanair - routes, schedules, incidents and issues (merged posts)11 Dec 2025
-Re: Guide to train travel for autistic passengers 1 Dec 2025
-Re: Driving licences and tests - ongoing discussion 6 Dec 2025
-Re: Settle to Carlisle Railway: developments, events & incidents, ongoing discussion21 Dec 2025
-Re: Phil Sayer, BBC presenter and railway announcer, died 14 April 2016: RIP 8 Dec 2025
-Re: HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) - Government proposals, alternative routes, discussion29 Dec 2025
-Re: A scope for better use of this station?12 Dec 2025
The Wider Picture OverseasTwo trains carrying tourists to Machu Picchu crash - as one person killed31 Dec 2025
-Mexico train crash kills 13 and injures almost 100 - Dec 202529 Dec 2025
-“Neither Place Is Worth Visiting”: Government Defence ... project cancellation18 Dec 2025
-Malaysia: 12/12/25 Electric Trains Finally Reach Johor Bahru17 Dec 2025
-Social media check before you travel?10 Dec 2025
-Luxury night bus company redefining overland travel across Europe 9 Dec 2025
-Re: Far flung rail attractions 28 Dec 2025
-Near miss, Slovakia...11 Dec 2025
-Re: Eurostar - merged posts, ongoing discussion topic 9 Dec 2025
Railway History and related topicsRoad Machines Mono-Rails31 Dec 2025
-Sonning Cutting railway accident - 24 December 1841: eight (later nine) dead26 Dec 2025
-Disused rail viaduct over the Spey at Garmouth fails14 Dec 2025
-"Rails into Ghost Town"13 Dec 2025
-OTD - 12 December 1988 Clapham Junction rail crash12 Dec 2025
-Oswestry Cambrian Railway building restoration wins national award 5 Dec 2025
-That Flanders and Swann song... 1 Dec 2025
-Re: 'Railway 200' events and commemorations 202512 Dec 2025
-Re: Why can't we have trains at Christmas?25 Dec 2025
-Re: Slough station's stuffed dog - Station Jim11 Dec 2025
-Re: OTD - 23rd January (1947) - Start of the big freeze26 Dec 2025
-Re: "On this day" - Master thread29 Dec 2025
-Re: On this day - 28th December - 1879 - Tay Bridge disaster28 Dec 2025
-Re: Plymouth's lost railways and branch lines, then and now - merged topics26 Dec 2025
Topic count 273 of which 171 are new
 
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