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My last service moves, Saturday 9th DEc - 793/2303 Written by James on Sunday, 10th December 2006 Sorry if this is a bit of a ramble, but just incase anyone is interested in what I did on Saturday Booked 0637 TRO - WSB 0643 (Canxed) 0655 WSB - FRO 0704 (Unable to Catch) 0735 FRO - SWI 084X (Caught from TRO 085X SWI - WSB 0930 1320 WSB - SWI 14XX 14XX SWI - WSB 1504 (arrived 30 late) 1645 WSB - SWI 17XX 1751 SWI - WSB 1830 (Jumped at MLK with the group, got a lift to WSB) 1850 WSB - BTH 1915 (20 late) 2035 BTH - WSB 2059 2133 WSB - SWI 2217 (No heating) 2225 SWI - TRO 2301 (No heating) WAs a good day, especially covering all the Melksham services Re: My last service moves, Saturday 9th DEc - 793/2306 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Sunday, 10th December 2006 Probably even more journeys than the Wessex staff there ;-) You didn't by any chance see tonight's trains did you? Know anything about the loading? Re: My last service moves, Saturday 9th DEc - 793/2322 Written by James on Monday, 11th December 2006 [quote author=Graham Ellis link=topic=793.msg2306#msg2306 date=1165789058] Probably even more journeys than the Wessex staff there ;-) You didn't by any chance see tonight's trains did you? 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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