This is a test of GDPR / Cookie Acceptance [about our cookies]
Really irritating test - cookie expires in 24 hour!
Great Western Coffee Shop
Recent New Threads
Last 24 hours
Ferry Services bill would boost Isle of Wight income, MP saysv or ^
Multiple stabbings on a train to Huntingdonv or ^
Where was I today - 1.11.2025v or ^
Car fire on railway track at Brockenhurst disrupts train services - 1 Nov 2025v or ^
Doncaster rail college named after Flying Scotsman engineerv or ^
EPF conference 2026 - 5th and 6th June, Maastrichtv or ^
free bus rides on the Bristol number 36 bus route v or ^
Last 7 days
Dutch lorry struck by train on level crossing - Oct 2025v or ^
No free bus passes for under 22s, says governmentv or ^
Hackney bus driver suspended after Jewish man 'shut inside bus': 27 October 2025v or ^
Newquay Land Train reaches end of the line - 31 October 2025v or ^
Travel disruption warning amid Frome railway bridge work - 1 to 2 November 2025v or ^
Travel-related apps: a more resiliant architecturev or ^
Passenger numbers up 7% Spring 2025 on Spring 2024v or ^
A movement strategy for Bathv or ^
Man jailed for strangling railway worker after ticket dispute at Derby, May 2025v or ^
What is there to do in Falmouth? Enough for how many people?v or ^
Donor offers £1m to restore Brunel's 'other bridge' in Cumberland Basin, Bristolv or ^
'Most bashed' rail bridge hit three times in a week - Ely, Cambridgeshirev or ^
Junction Railwayana - Collectors' fairs 2026v or ^
Cheap family fare offer - TO Plymouth, London, Cardiffv or ^
Cross country strike suspended on Saturday 1st November 2025 v or ^
Nasa’s supersonic passenger plane makes first flightv or ^
Misleading headline ... but still worth a visit some timev or ^
discounted rail cards offer v or ^
Letter from our MP to GWR's MDv or ^
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at nightv or ^
Councils paying school transport costs for 470,000 pupils in Englandv or ^
Mostly the South West. Disused Railways. Which should still be here today?v or ^
Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales dies aged 93v or ^
Workers help free ambulance stuck on railway crossingv or ^
Newcastle Central Station's 1890s toilets left vicar 'physically nauseated'v or ^
"Dear Sarah" - asking the agony auntv or ^
Eastern Airways on brink of collapse with jobs at risk - 27 October 2025v or ^
Good work by SWT today, 27 th October 2025v or ^
Rail trespassers warned to 'stay off the tracks' by Network Rail and Policev or ^
How much ?? Man built up £30k of fines by dodging train fares v or ^
WECA freestanding passenger info screen seen in the wild at Bath Spav or ^
Plan a special timetable for engineering - then it changes on the dayv or ^
Tube user hit with £558 court penalty for rollerskating into Whitechapel Stationv or ^
News from the High Street, Nailsea, North Somerset - October 2025v or ^
The longest league journey - Truro to Gatesheadv or ^
Beaulieu Park railway station in Essex opens to passengers - 26 October 2025v or ^
Tarka Line 26/10/25 - CSL2 Blackv or ^
What is the difference between an island bus stop and a floating bus stop?v or ^
Who will be running special trains on Network Rail lines in 2026?v or ^
Up to a month ago
TravelWatch Report 24.10.2025 / Journey to Tauntonv or ^
HST to Fort William at Bath Spa 24/10/25v or ^
Asylum seeker guilty of hotel worker's savage murder at Bescot Stadium stationv or ^
Person hit by train, Taunton 24/10/2025v or ^
No service Maidenhead-Marlow 24/10/25v or ^
Hidden steam engine train shedv or ^
Thoughts, tangents, personal big data. May I bore you for my enjoyment?v or ^
Waitrose related posts - split off from another topicv or ^
Trains delayed after suspected wartime bomb found at Bridgend - 23 October 2025v or ^
Track fault at Didcot Parkway disrupts trains - 23 October 2025v or ^
TfL sorry as Northern line delays enter fifth day - October 2025v or ^
Go-ahead given for Cowley Line to reopen by 2030v or ^
Home to Taunton - options and fares from local stationsv or ^
25th October 2025 - Railbus returns to Cirencesterv or ^
students who claimed £140k delay repay jailedv or ^
Is this a "Valid" ticket ??v or ^
Are grocery / supermarket prices as complex as train fares?v or ^
Weather updates, from across our area - ongoing discussion, 2025v or ^
More than 40 dead after multi-vehicle crash in Uganda - October 2025v or ^
Kew woman now not fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond - Oct 2025v or ^
TSSR union bosses "splurged members’ cash"v or ^
Eurostar to order double decker trains v or ^
Station to bus - the bus stop 'for the station' in Melkshamv or ^
Construction completed on new £60m Penrith M6 rail bridgev or ^
Seven pictures - one for each day of the weekv or ^
New service from Glasgow - pictures of where it goesv or ^
My 2026 planner - meetings and event co-ordination v or ^
Should our Coffee Shop also offer mints?v or ^
Are they just taking the ... ?v or ^
Has the Elizabeth line led to a rise in rental prices?v or ^
London's fare dodgers: 'He doesn't look like a child'v or ^
TravelWatch SouthWest, 24th October 2025, Taunton - INVITE v or ^
State of service - South Western, as at October 2025v or ^
Saturday, 25th October 2025 - Marlborough and Savernake Forestv or ^
Ad for... would it be table 51 ... 1970sv or ^
Bath's Lansdown Park and Ride 19/10/25v or ^
Anger as historic Clyde ship Falls of Clyde towed out to sea and sunk in Hawaiiv or ^
Disrupted disruptionv or ^
20 years of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch - 17.10.2025v or ^
[otd] 17th October 1943 - Bangkok to Burma rail link joined upv or ^
Lawrence Hill rail station to become step free with new liftv or ^
National Trust gets £9m to take over Ironbridge Industrial Revolution museumsv or ^
London Bridge: time for a new clockv or ^
Insulated cupsv or ^
Sheep killed after being struck on Dartmoor train line - 16 October 2025v or ^
Lessons to be learned over stalled White Rose Station - West Yorkshire mayorv or ^
bus driver caught smoking while drivingv or ^
drop in bus event for North Somerset v or ^
[OTD] 16th October 2017 - first IET train in servicev or ^
December 2025 timetablev or ^
Updating old topics - yes please!v or ^
The modern pedestrianv or ^
Reports of sexual offences on trains up by a third since 2015v or ^
Wightlink: cross-Solent ferries between Hampshire and the Isle of Wightv or ^
Rail industry money-go-round. How does it work?v or ^
Dropped city 'circle line' train plan revivedv or ^
Blyth's Northumberland Line train station bus stop snub 'madness'v or ^
Former Penistone railway site to house restaurant and food spacesv or ^
TfL users urged to 'act like a friend' to harassment victims - October 2025v or ^
Watch as cows on platform delay rail passengers at Neath - 12 October 2025v or ^
London buses infested with cockroaches, say drivers - October 2025v or ^
Tyne and Wear Metro trains delayed due to cable thefts - Oct 2025v or ^
Met PC denies misconduct over manhandling woman during bus stop arrest - 2023v or ^
Reading fellow travellers - first impressions not always right.v or ^
Choice of time and place for meetings - some thoughts / issuesv or ^
Work to repair Weymouth's 'failing' harbour walls begins - October 2025v or ^
When will Birmingham's new railway stations open?v or ^
Southeastern train timetable change to beat leaves on the line - October 2025v or ^
Volunteer police officer sacked for punching girl at Reading station - Apr 2024v or ^
BTP Officer convicted of assaultv or ^
Long planned cruise cancellation?v or ^
Cross country strike action Saturday 18 October 2025 v or ^
Shortage of staff who can remember the HST??v or ^
Empty Sunderland railway station 'an embarrassment'v or ^
Guess the year this was writtenv or ^
Network Rail bosses told to clean up after fly-tipping in Hullv or ^
West of England Line - Soil Moisture Deficit Update - 10 October 2025v or ^
 
The Coffee Shop forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western). The views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit https://www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site at admin@railcustomer.info if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules. Our full legal statment is at https://www.greatwesternrailway.info/legal.html

Although we are planning ahead, we don't know what the future will bring here in the Coffee Shop. We have domains "firstgreatwestern.info" for w-a-y back and also "greatwesternrailway.info"; we can also answer to "greatbritishrailways.info" too. For the future, information about Great Brisish Railways, by customers and for customers.
 
Current Running
GWR trains from JourneyCheck
 
 
Code Updated 11th January 2025