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No trains this morning - 7958/12869 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 5th February 2009 I've woken up to an even blanket of three inches of snow here in Melksham, and the TransWilts service this morning totally suspended between Swindon and Westbury. No statement as to whether replacement road transport will be provided. Re: No trains this morning - 7958/12870 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 5th February 2009 20090205 05:19 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09 short working, weather issues Full report: "This train will be terminated at Swindon.It will no longer call at: Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Dilton Marsh, Warminster, Salisbury, Romsey and Southampton Central.This is due to poor weather conditions. Last Updated: 05/02/2009 03:30 " 20090205 07:02 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 09:03 short working, weather issues Full report: "This train will be started from Swindon.It will no longer call at: Westbury, Trowbridge, Melksham and Chippenham.This is due to poor weather conditions. Last Updated: 05/02/2009 03:37 " 20090205 06:59 Westbury to Southampton Central due 08:10 Full report: "An additional train service has been planned to operate as shown 06:59 Westbury to Southampton Central due 08:10 run on 05/02/09. Last Updated: 05/02/2009 03:31 " Re: No trains this morning - 7958/12871 Written by Sion Bretton on Thursday, 5th February 2009 And also no Buses this AM at 7am to Bath, Chippenham or Trowbridge Re: No trains this morning - 7958/12872 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Thursday, 5th February 2009 Rather better this evening ... [quote] 20090205 17:02 Worcester Foregate Street 20:46 Southampton Central reinstated Full report: "This train has been reinstated. Last Updated: 05/02/2009 17:04 "[/quote] I hope that there weren't too many people who had been put off / made other plans to get to Melksham. Oh - wait - they hadn't been able to get out of town in the fist place ;) 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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