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    Trivia: which railway station is furthest from the town it serves?

    Kings Nympton is a repeat offender - under its previous name of South Molton Road!
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    How would you Rate your Local Station?

    My Local: Bristol Parkway Setting: Amongst the many places between Bristol and the M4 with Stoke in their name. Standard residential area, really. Freight yard to the immediate south. 8/10 Architecture: Functional, but they've made some effort. The standard lego set of Network Rail steel-frame...
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    GWR Class 800

    Travelled from Bristol Parkway to Reading and back today and it seemed like a lot of the 80x were on diesel when they ought to have been on AC. Both the outward and return journeys were on diesel, as were about 2/3rds of the 80x I saw passing through Reading whilst waiting for a connection...
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    Great Western Electrification Progress

    Speaking of Winterbourne, a pair of masts have gone up on the viaduct very recently, within the last couple of days. The site compound there seems to be in the process of being dismantled.
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    Great Western Electrification Progress

    A site compound has popped up at the base of the viaduct to the west of Winterbourne (https://goo.gl/maps/uUt3jZoeqFt), complete with rope access gear and a work platform on the southern side of the viaduct itself. (been following this thread for ages, it's good to finally be able to make a...
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