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
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 ^
Last 7 days
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 ^
Up to a month ago
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 ^
Plan to protect Stonehenge from developments agreedv 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 ^
Would I like to spend £80 for no benefit? Naughty ask!?v or ^
Runaway tortoise found sheltering on train tracks at Bicester station - Oct 2025v or ^
Mapping - Europe, online tool illustrated with "where I have been".v or ^
Stratford-on-Avon - Honeybourne v or ^
This is why you don't want to try stealing a bicycle - a faceplant, at least ;-)v or ^
Visually-impaired woman 'had to cross track alone' at Yeovil Pen Mill - Aug 2024v or ^
Public comment on staff shortagesv or ^
Transport fares to schoolv or ^
Free things to see and do - day trip to Londonv or ^
Manchester - Boy seriously injured in tram accident, 7 October 2025v or ^
Over-running engineering works - 2025 October 6-8v or ^
De commissioning of an Electrification Engineerv or ^
Train service reliability (or lack thereof) at Melksham - letter to MPv or ^
Direct to Windsor?v or ^
Advice for visitorsv or ^
Journalist safety officers hired in every police force in UKv or ^
Excessing a day return ticket to e.g. a super offpeak ticketv or ^
Bring in Dutch-style rail fare system in Wales, says expertv or ^
Guess where the cancellation is today!v or ^
Menai Suspension Bridge closes for bolts to be replaced - October 2025v or ^
Portsmouth ? to Cardiff ?v or ^
Road diversion of 24 miles will 'devastate' trade - Nottingham, October 2025v or ^
Trees near the railwayv or ^
Pegswood - commuter service changing to become useless to current customersv or ^
Posting in "Portsmouth to Cardiff: but more "Portsmouth to Portsmouth"v or ^
Where Were We On 20th & 26th September 2025v or ^
Recycling rubbish - something of a minefield?v or ^
Blind bus passenger left stranded over pass rules - Sheffield / Derbyshire, 2025v or ^
Train cancellations surge 50 per cent after being nationalised [SWR]v or ^
For those of our members / readers who don't like coal fired power stations ...v or ^
Work to start on England's 'first Cycle Street' - Cambridge, October 2025v or ^
New Devon & Cornwall Police £350k patrol boat to help fight offshore crimev or ^
Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'v or ^
Railfuture, Severnside - 18th October 2025v or ^
GWR Train / Bus integration - WWRUG, 26th November 2025, Trowbridge. All welcomev or ^
Bristol's number 8 bus and 'The centre'.v or ^
Bath: use of Manvers Street bus stopv or ^
Caledonian Sleeper from Birmingham International from Jan 2026v or ^
First Electric freight train on GWML - 30th September 2025v or ^
Record crowd fills 'world's longest railway bench' in Scarborough - Sep 2025v or ^
People living near River Frome worried about repeat of autumn floods in 2025v or ^
North Somerset Council hope miniature railway could return to Clevedon in 2026v or ^
Woman sought over Paddington station sex assault on teenager - 31 August 2025v or ^
Photographers asked to tell story of rail travelv or ^
Bath Christmas Market - 27 November to 14 December 2025v or ^
GWR - Incorrect or no fares being offeredv or ^
Thames Valley 10% rail fare increases 'ridiculous'v or ^
Stockport: How rail closure for £20m works will affect travel - 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