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A completely different question.....why does it cots more to - 6425/10892 Written by Nick on Tuesday, 18th March 2008 Why does it cots more to get to Bristol by train than to Cardiff, when its the same train that runs the service, and it calls at Bristol anyway? Why on earth should it cost more to go less distance? ??? Re: A completely different question.....why does it cots more to - 6425/10895 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Tuesday, 18th March 2008 You're talking from where, Nick? Trowbridge? Re: A completely different question.....why does it cots more to - 6425/10936 Written by Nick on Thursday, 20th March 2008 Yeah...it's the same journey, same train, you go the saem route, you even stop off at bristol....yet it costs more to stop at Bristol than at cardiff....(it used to....) Re: A completely different question.....why does it cots more to - 6425/11034 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Tuesday, 25th March 2008 [quote author=Nick link=topic=6425.msg10936#msg10936 date=1206038752] Yeah...it's the same journey, same train, you go the saem route, you even stop off at bristol....yet it costs more to stop at Bristol than at cardiff....(it used to....) [/quote] There are some mad pricings around ... it also costs more from Trowbridge to Bristol than from Melksham to Bristol via Trowbridge. I can't answer your direct question, except to say that the system itself if so complex and full of anachronisms that it's in disrepute. There's usually nothing to stop you buying a ticket for a longer journey than the one you're making ;-) Re: A completely different question.....why does it cots more to - 6425/11072 Written by Dawn on Wednesday, 26th March 2008 [quote author=Graham Ellis link=topic=6425.msg11034#msg11034 date=1206426812] [There's usually nothing to stop you buying a ticket for a longer journey than the one you're making ;-) [/quote] Except officious staff that question you! Re: A completely different question.....why does it cots more to - 6425/11098 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 27th March 2008 How true that is, Dawn ... and there are other example too wher one feels that there's an assumption you're trying to buck the system. I feel criminalised by the way that First Great Western have put up threatening signs, and we had a customer the other week who's train from Melksham was cancelled and I ran her up to Swindon to make the connection. Barriers refused her ticket; I really do not like to see law abiding people having their integrity quesioned. Yes - I know there are fare dodging problems, but isn't there a better solution than setting up a system where the law abiding passenger is considered guilty until he/she proves herself innocent? Re: A completely different question.....why does it cots more to - 6425/11103 Written by Dawn on Thursday, 27th March 2008 There's also problems when the ticket seller dosn't come and sell any tickets between Melksham and Swindon. Re: A completely different question.....why does it cots more to - 6425/11105 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 27th March 2008 [quote author=Dawn link=topic=6425.msg11103#msg11103 date=1206618669] There's also problems when the ticket seller dosn't come and sell any tickets between Melksham and Swindon. You are then treated like a criminal if you try to buy one at Swindon or on a train going onwards from Swindon. There's also an additonal problem of buying a ticket on a train from Swindon that the ticket sellers can't find tickets from Melksham on their machines! (Just for information in case you might need it one day it's code 0035 (for Melksham to London), but I don't really think it's our job to tell them!) [/quote] There are time that I really wonder whether First really want our business. I think at times they'r a bit confused as to whether they do or not - and clearly the current service of two trains a day, (only one a day if you're looking at London to Melksham jurneys!) they don't get enough practise at selling tickets. Dawn - I don't know if you've seen our new pledge page at [url]http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/pledge.html[/url] which is going fully live in the next few days - calling for people to support the draft timetable for next year that First HAVE validates, with 6 trains each way daily. After the 07:17 there would no longer be a gap to 19:11 - extra trains would run at 08:24, 09:28, 11:17, 12:38, 14:17, 15:38, 17:08 and 18:21 - starting to make it look much like the proper service that would ne useful (and used) by our town of 24000 Re: A completely different question.....why does it cots more to - 6425/11126 Written by Dawn on Friday, 28th March 2008 Hadn't seen page but have now looked and signed. Thanks Re: A completely different question.....why does it cots more to - 6425/11127 Written by Nick on Friday, 28th March 2008 I know there are fare dodging problems, but isn't there a better solution than setting up a system where the law abiding passenger is considered guilty until he/she proves herself innocent? Perhaps if they actually USED thier conductors and ticket barriers then that problme would be solved...80% of the time, you don't get seen by a conductor, and THE ticket barriers are left open... 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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