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Melksham Station on You Tube - 7059/11685 Written by Sion Bretton on Sunday, 20th April 2008 I was looking on you tube & found this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hNTZD2eoybI Re: Melksham Station on You Tube - 7059/11692 Written by Lee on Sunday, 20th April 2008 [quote author=Sion Bretton link=topic=7059.msg11685#msg11685 date=1208678450] I was looking on you tube & found this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hNTZD2eoybI [/quote] Isnt that fantastic? I'd seen plenty of photos, but never something as detailed as that Re: Melksham Station on You Tube - 7059/11693 Written by Nick on Sunday, 20th April 2008 I wonder how many people hate Dr. Beeching... Re: Melksham Station on You Tube - 7059/11696 Written by Graz on Sunday, 20th April 2008 Thanks Sion! That really was an interesting look at Melksham back in the day. Times were clearly much more relaxed back then- Melksham had a bright future it seemed, and look at the people on the track! Re: Melksham Station on You Tube - 7059/11756 Written by Industry Insider on Tuesday, 22nd April 2008 [quote author=Graz link=topic=7059.msg11696#msg11696 date=1208694191] Thanks Sion! That really was an interesting look at Melksham back in the day. Times were clearly much more relaxed back then- Melksham had a bright future it seemed, and look at the people on the track! [/quote] Yeah, Graham, if you're planning on a triumphant celebration like that when you get the service restored to a decent level, make sure you bring plenty of HV Vests for the public! Re: Melksham Station on You Tube - 7059/11846 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 24th April 2008 [quote author=Industry Insider link=topic=7059.msg11756#msg11756 date=1208863330] Yeah, Graham, if you're planning on a triumphant celebration like that when you get the service restored to a decent level, make sure you bring plenty of HV Vests for the public! [/quote] I like that word "when" ;) Not only the HV vests, but you can't have a band that's that near to the platform edge, I'm sure. Nor a train that doesn't have SDO to call ... in fact the latest twist of the knife is the news that a 125 may not be allowed to stop at Melksham even with SDO. Perhaps there would be less risk of injury by train if they has a 0 m.p.h. speed limit, and no-one was allowed to get on or off anywhere at all. 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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