Service upgrade from December 2013 from 2 to 8 trains each way per day.
Further news to be provided soon.
Description of lineSwindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury.
Service offered
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.
Peak flows
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.
Known issues
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 ...
Forum
See here
Recent discussions:
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
Link to .. Wiltshire and nearby estimates of station usage from April 23 to March 24
Link to .. 35 years since fall of the Berlin Wall ... and street art, and the A350 subway
Link to .. Thingley Junction: how does it work?
Link to .. Council welcomes Wiltshire Rail Strategic Study
Link to .. 0635 Salisbury - Worcester Foregate Str thru Melksham keeps running late
Link to .. Observing traffic changes - before Covid and now - at Melksham
Link to .. Melksham Transport Group - rebirth, 25th October 2024, 14:30 and 18:30
Link to .. Tues 17th to Thurs 19th September engineering works
Link to .. [otd] 9th September 2006 - Last commuter train (for over 7 years) to Melksham
Link to .. Melksham to Oxford - Saturday trips, Autumn 2024
Link to .. Melksham Update - and (provisional) date for restart meeting - 25.10.2024
Also ... blogs and other active groups:
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