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SLC2 - text of the service specification for Swindon - Westbury - 409/1211 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 17th August 2006 F5 WESTBURY Re: SLC2 - text of the service specification for Swindon - Westbury - 409/1212 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 17th August 2006 Here are the most recent timings that I have for trains from December 2006 Monday to Friday from December '06 From Swindon to Westbury at 06:20 (Westbury arrival 07:02) and 18:42 (Westbury arrival 19:24) Returning from Westbury at 07:02 (Swindon arrival 07:50) and 19:35 (Swindon Arrival 20:20) Saturday from December '06 From Westbury to Swindon to arrive at 08:20 and 14:04 Leaving Swindon at 14:21 and 20:50 to return to Westbury Sunday from December '06 From Southampton to Swindon to arrive at 20:25 and 22:20 The Monday to Friday services shown above are taken from the timetables currently published on the First Great Western web site. Re: SLC2 - text of the service specification for Swindon - Westbury - 409/1214 Written by Nick Field on Thursday, 17th August 2006 So it looks like the morning train does not meet the SLC2 agreement? Is there anything that can be done about this? Re: SLC2 - text of the service specification for Swindon - Westbury - 409/1217 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 17th August 2006 [quote author=Nick Field link=topic=409.msg1214#msg1214 date=1155808637] So it looks like the morning train does not meet the SLC2 agreement? Re: SLC2 - text of the service specification for Swindon - Westbury - 409/1222 Written by Lee on Friday, 18th August 2006 If I may , I would like to widen out this post to a certain extent. Here are some further comparisons between SLC2 and the final FGW December 2006 timetable. 1) I have not commented on SLC2 where I feel that timetable changes agreed between the DfT & First make reaching a conclusion difficult. 2) I have not commented on the Westbury - Weymouth section of SLC2 at all , because the timetable for that route was radically altered on 3 April 2006. 3) I have interpreted the various clauses of SLC2 as best I can , but as Graham would put it , E & OE. Re: SLC2 - text of the service specification for Swindon - Westbury - 409/1223 Written by Lee on Friday, 18th August 2006 F1 CARDIFF CENTRAL Re: SLC2 - text of the service specification for Swindon - Westbury - 409/1224 Written by Lee on Friday, 18th August 2006 F2 CARDIFF CENTRAL - WESTBURY 1 Route Definition 1.1 Services shall be provided between Cardiff Central and Westbury calling at Newport (S Wales), Severn Tunnel Junction, Patchway, Filton Abbey Wood, Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa, Bradford-on-Avon and Trowbridge. 1.2 Limited stops shall be made at Pilning, Stapleton Road, Lawrence Hill, Keynsham, Oldfield Park, Freshford, and Avoncliff. 1.3 Services may be joined to services specified in Route F3 (Westbury Re: SLC2 - text of the service specification for Swindon - Westbury - 409/1235 Written by Lee on Saturday, 19th August 2006 Here is the section of SLC2 regarding Pilning station : 3.1 Pilning On Saturdays, one service in each direction shall call. Here is a link to more information on Pilning station. http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=36.msg1120#msg1120 In other words , virtual , but not quite total , closure. Re: SLC2 - text of the service specification for Swindon - Westbury - 409/1236 Written by Lee on Saturday, 19th August 2006 G1 BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS Re: SLC2 - text of the service specification for Swindon - Westbury - 409/1238 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Saturday, 19th August 2006 Lee, clearly the exact prespcription is not being followed .... I've noticed that it fails to do so even on a specifications that's so short on trains and limits such as the TransWilts remenant. 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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