| Archived Save the Train forum articles - 2005 to 2010. See below
FoSBR member here - 1161/3325 Written by Mojo on Monday, 22nd January 2007 Hello, my name is Joe Patrick (I see I've been mentioned elsewhere on this forum :P) and look forward to contributing to this group :) Re: FoSBR member here - 1161/3326 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Monday, 22nd January 2007 Hi Joe, and welcome. I see you've had quite a few cancellations in the last few weeks and a few other incidents as well (too-short trains, stops for over an hour ...). Any of them effected you personally? Re: FoSBR member here - 1161/3357 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 Welcome to the forum , and good luck with your speech (link below.) http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=826.msg3312#msg3312 Re: FoSBR member here - 1161/3363 Written by Graz on Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 Welcome Joe, great to see you here :) Best of luck with your campaign. Re: FoSBR member here - 1161/3733 Written by James on Sunday, 4th February 2007 [quote author=Mojo link=topic=1161.msg3325#msg3325 date=1169487761] Hello, my name is Joe Patrick (I see I've been mentioned elsewhere on this forum :P) and look forward to contributing to this group 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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