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Description of line

Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury.



2 trains per day each way on Monday to Saturday, 2 northbound trains only on Sunday. The service was reduced from 5 round trips a day in December 2006.



The remaining trains leave Swindon at 06:19 and 18:42, which is inconvenient for most potential travellers. As a result, a service that was used by 100,000 people per year has dropped back (my estimate) to just 8% of that - 8,000 journeys - projected for 2007.



The current service is TOTALLY UNSUITED to the traffic that's available and offered and there are strong moves for a return to an appropriate service from December 2007 ... 2008 ... 2009 ... 2010 ... 2011 ... 2012 ... Manyana ...



See here

Recent discussions:
Link to ... [otd] 13th May (1985) - Melksham Station re-opened
Link to ... Melksham's rail service - where are we, on the anniversary of being Beechinged?
Link to ... Fifteen years of the Transwilts CRP
Link to ... Melksham Transport User Group AGM - 13th May 2025
Link to ... The importance of reasonable connections
Link to ... It's not the train that's the problem...
Link to ... Airline industry - 2% cancellation "dreadful". So how do you describe 9%? 43%?
Link to ... 20th March 2025 - Melksham Transport User Group / new Committee
Link to ... Small rise in crime at Melksham Station
Link to .. Timetable change?
Link to .. Melksham to Europe - all in one book.
Link to .. Melksham Transport User Group for 2025
Link to .. 2025 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury
Link to .. Rail Replacement bus - OK, but I prefer the train.
Link to .. Rail replacement advise - Melksham - until 23rd January 2025
Link to .. In answer to questions on the current Melksham Train Service
Link to .. Melksham's Train services until end of January 2025
Link to .. Reply about the state of the train service at Melksham from a passenger
Link to .. Melksham Transport User Group - Committee Plus - 19th December 2024
Link to .. Christmas Light Switch on and Bus Stop Stall - Melksham, 7th December


Also ... blogs and other active groups:




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