Further news to be provided soon.

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 ... with a Melksham bias - Office of Road and Rail - station use stats 2024/5
Link to ... Holding GWR to account - service reliability
Link to ... Letter from our MP to GWR's MD
Link to ... Station to bus - the bus stop 'for the station' in Melksham
Link to ... Train service reliability (or lack thereof) at Melksham - letter to MP
Link to ... Customers cannot travel on plans and promises. They need real trains
Link to ... Public Transport and the Environment - the picture with a Melksham slant
Link to ... Day out - anyone care to join me from Melksham to Oxford? Sat 27 Sep 2025
Link to ... Reminder - the Melksham service IS used
Link to .. Melksham trains - "useless" has improved, but only to thin and unreliable
Link to .. Gloucester closure at end of September 2025 - effect on TransWilts
Link to .. Melksham Transport User Group / Committee Level / 25th September 2025
Link to .. First passenger call of an Intercity Express Train at Melksham
Link to .. Felletin - the bullet once avoided, and to be avoided again, at Melksham
Link to .. Early Southampton train running late this week?
Link to .. [otd] 11th August 2005 - Registration of "Save the Train" domain
Link to .. Bath and Wiltshire Metro
Link to .. I didn't imagine it
Link to .. Melk to Melksham - 1000 miles (mostly) by train
Link to .. [otd] 13th May (1985) - Melksham Station re-opened


Also ... blogs and other active groups:




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