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30th November - Santa Claus on the train Melksham -> Swindon -> Melksham - 7925/12780 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Monday, 15th September 2008 Sunday, 30th November, 2008 (Note - provisional) From Melksham at 17:15 to Swindon, getting back into Melksham at 19:00. Re: 30th November - Santa Claus on the train Melksham -> Swindon -> Melksham - 7925/12781 Written by James on Monday, 15th September 2008 Mr. Morgan again sir, or have MRDG recruited someone else to have a trip out on a pacer this time round? Re: 30th November - Santa Claus on the train Melksham -> Swindon -> Melksham - 7925/12782 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Tuesday, 16th September 2008 You can read more about Santa Claus at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus (I don't profess to be an expert on him!) Re: 30th November - Santa Claus on the train Melksham -> Swindon -> Melksham - 7925/12828 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Saturday, 8th November 2008 [quote author=James link=topic=7925.msg12781#msg12781 date=1221499301] Mr. Morgan again sir, or have MRDG recruited someone else to have a trip out on a pacer this time round? [/quote] We have Santa Claus this year ;D Just giving you an update - I understand that the stock scheduled is a class 150 unit, though of course that's subject to change due to operational issues. We ARE booking for 2 coaches, and with Sant coming up and down that means we should not be disappointing any children this year by having to say "sorry - fully booked" Re: 30th November - Santa Claus on the train Melksham -> Swindon -> Melksham - 7925/12831 Written by James on Sunday, 30th November 2008 Sadly it's not producing the either of the last 2 Wessex 150's! 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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