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Summer Sunday - extra trains on the TransWilts - 2254/5212 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Sunday, 13th May 2007 According to the national rail timetable, FGW will be operating services from Westbury to Swindon on Sundays in August at 09:39, 10:53, 12:45, 15:50, 17:57, 19:35, 21:25 and 21:30. In the opposite direction, a single train from Swindon is shown at 21:03. With the exception of the 19:35 and 21:25 from Westbury, all these trains are show as NOT stopping at Trowbridge, Melksham or Chippenham. Re: Summer Sunday - extra trains on the TransWilts - 2254/5227 Written by Lee on Monday, 14th May 2007 [quote author=Graham Ellis link=topic=2254.msg5212#msg5212 date=1179043148]According to the national rail timetable, FGW will be operating services from Westbury to Swindon on Sundays in August at 09:39, 10:53, 12:45, 15:50, 17:57, 19:35, 21:25 and 21:30. Re: Summer Sunday - extra trains on the TransWilts - 2254/5233 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Monday, 14th May 2007 [quote author=Lee link=topic=2254.msg5227#msg5227 date=1179135893] [Trains at 21:25 & 21:30 in the same direction? Bit tight isnt it? [/quote] According to the National Rail timetable, the 21:30 overtakes the 21:25 which, however, takes an hour and four minutes from leaving Westbury to arriving in Swindon (that's out of spec, I think). My guess is that it won't depart Westbury until about 21:45, but it will still be on time enough by Swindon. It's going to be very busy around Westbury at that time - the 21:03 express from Swindon arrives in there at 21:35 so it will have to pass the train in the opposite direction around Trowbridge. 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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