| Archived Save the Train forum articles - 2005 to 2010. See below
1985 Reopening - 109/235 Written by mark-scott on Friday, 6th January 2006 Seeing the photo of the station in 1985 briught back a strange memory of my first year of School. We were having a class discussion about trains and I vividly recall a leaflet that was printed and distributed in the area at that time to promote the re-opening. (strange as I was only 5 at the time!!!) Also, I notice that the track was dual running in 1985, when was the upstream track removed? Re: 1985 Reopening - 109/237 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Saturday, 7th January 2006 I understand that the line was singled in late February 1967, with the remainining track in use at what had been the Chippenham-bound platform. At some point not too long thereafter, the track against the Trowbridge-bound platform was removed. Some 1985, only the Trowbridge bound platform remained with the track some way from it, so just before the station re-opened, a fresh track was laid against that platform and connected in by slewing over the tracks on the station approach to join it. The rails you see on re-opening picture is that track that was taken out of service a couple of weeks prior and hadn't yet been lifted. link to index of articles |
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Save the Train was the campaign to bring an approriate train service back to and through Melksham. Most big contributors are still around writing at the Coffee shop forum where new members are very welcome. The train has been saved - sort of - we have stepped back up from an unusable service to a poorish one but it's doing very well. We did that through setting up the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. That fulfilled its early objectives; it has been taken over by local and regional government types who are now doing medium and long term work. The team from this forun can also be found at the Melksham Rail User Group (which was the Melksham Rail Development Group at the time these articles were written and we had no users. We mustn't loose sight, though, that the train service remains poor and needs our community support in marketing and campaigning to keep it going in a positive direction ... and all the more so when we're expecting to find a different normallity once we get out of the Coronavirus Pandemic and head for zero carbon via the climate crisis. Yes, it's saved ... it's now a key community facility ... the need for enhancement and the strong and near-universal local support remain, and the rail industry and goverment remain slow to move and provide the enhancements even to level us up with other towns. Please support the Melksham Rail User Group - now very much in partnership rather than protest with the rail industry and local government, including GWR, TransWilts and unitary and town councils. And please use the trains and buses, and cycle and walk when you can. -- Graham Ellis, (webmaster), February 2021 | |||
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