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Great news! Not really being promoted, which is a shame. Hope they are a success and perhaps a few more run next year for the 50th anniversary of the preserved life ne reopening.

No mention for the Wallingford Branch either. I'm a volunteer there and we have been running more community services since the arrival of the 'Bubblecar' on loan a year ago with a reasonable degree of success. It might be a bit pie in the sky, but given that the Henley, Marlow and Windsor...

We're running another intensive service next weekend, 29th-31st August, for Wallingford BunkFest. It is a great free family festival held on the Kinecroft, which is 10 minutes walk from our station. There will also be beer and music at the station under our Victorian canopy. DMU 'Bubblecar' on...

Just bumping this back up to remind you it is on now! We had a very successful first day running 16 round trips - the most we think since the 1920's. It was great to welcome passengers who had travelled by rail from various parts of the country including Nuneaton, Stroud and plenty from London...

Join us for a bargain Bubblecar ride June 19-22 to celebrate Rail 200. Just £2 return and we'll be running 0730-2200 on the Thursday and Friday - our most intensive ever service! All timed to connect nicely with GWR services at Cholsey...

Hello, My sister has a return portion of a Chelmsford - Liverpool Stations Off Peak Return and would like to visit our parents in Reading on the way home. Is it valid via Banbury and Reading to Paddington? Assume a break of journey would be ok? The ticket has restriction code 9I and cost...

mods note - split from here I see on my social media feeds that a 'Polar Express' experience will operate from Euston this Christmas. Is there really the space in the station or capacity on the tracks to run this? Sounds silly to be running a tourist train operation at Euston at one of the...

Heading for the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway - should be running later in the month assuming there is a bit of rain!

On Saturday the branch gets 7 car Turbos running in and out of the up relief at Twyford. Wargrave will be served by a bus all day and some southbound services will run non-stop (all northbound services have to stop at Shiplake because the way the level crossing is set up). There is even a...

So proud of our little line last weekend. We officially opened the Maidenhead canopy at the new Wallingford Station on Friday 25th with 'Railway Royalty' including Sir Peter Hendy, Tim Dunn, Lady McAlpine, Mark Hopwood, Lord Bradshaw and of course many of our amazing volunteers! We've still got...

Dwell times are a concern with such tight turnarounds hat the 30 minute frequency demands. Also I believe there is an agreement in place that means drivers only do a certain number of round trips in a row on the branch. Would this be the case for guards as well? This type of agreement would make...

I live next to and am a regular user of the Henley branch and I'm glad these units are being installed with cameras to allow continued DOO operations. The 30 minute frequency service was only relatively recently introduced and I'm worried that any increase in operating cost (guards) might tip...

I know it's against the spirit, but times are tough. What sort of commitment would you have to realistically make in the reserves to qualify for one of these railcards? Third off rail fares for the 30 years left of my working life is potentially quite worthwhile!

Where are the details of the time restriction changes for Twyford, Maidenhead and Slough please. Also will they affect the branches?

I have held a part time Exeter St David - Central season ticket for the past couple of years for the sole purpose of getting a gold card. No problem getting it issued on gold card stock at Waterloo station, but last year I got taken aside and questioned by an undercover RPI who thought it was an...