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Canxed - 801/2324 Written by James on Monday, 11th December 2006 1827 SOU - Cheltenham via Melksham has been canxed from WSB! Re: Canxed - 801/2325 Written by Sion Bretton on Monday, 11th December 2006 Well look at that a train cancelled on the First weekday of the new time table. Re: Canxed - 801/2327 Written by James on Monday, 11th December 2006 Along with 1830 Bristol to Paddington not calling at Bath, Chippenham & Didcot 17:30 Cardiff to Portsmouth H, started from Newport 22:06 Bristol to Gloucester, cancelled 20:50 Severn Beach to Bristol, cancelled 20:11 Bristol to Severn Beach, cancelled 18:27 Southampton to Cheltenham , terminated at Westbury 16:30 Paddington to Bristol, revised (doesn't say how!) 16:02 Cheltenham to Taunton due, started from Bristol 14:30 Cardiff to Portsmouth, reinstated 15:10 Exeter to Paddington, cancelled. 0702 Bristol to Southampton cancelled 0604 Bristol to Weymouth cancelled 0630 Cardiff to Portsmouth cancelled 0617 Westbury to London Paddington cancelled 1022 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff cancelled Re: Canxed - 801/2329 Written by Graz on Monday, 11th December 2006 ^ Yep! Re: Canxed - 801/2338 Written by James on Monday, 11th December 2006 ALSO now the 0529 Gloucs. WSB has been canxed, surley it is not planned allready, but it says so on the FGW site, also gone now are: 2105 OXF - PAD 2005 OXF - PAD (terminated at RDG) 2008 Shalford - RDG (started from Guildford Re: Canxed - 801/2339 Written by James on Monday, 11th December 2006 2110 Basingstoke - Reading canxed Re: Canxed - 801/2341 Written by streety7 on Monday, 11th December 2006 [quote author=James link=topic=801.msg2327#msg2327 date=1165861880] Along with 1830 Bristol to Paddington not calling at Bath, Chippenham & Didcot 17:30 Cardiff to Portsmouth H, started from Newport 22:06 Bristol to Gloucester, cancelled 20:50 Severn Beach to Bristol, cancelled 20:11 Bristol to Severn Beach, cancelled 18:27 Southampton to Cheltenham , terminated at Westbury 16:30 Paddington to Bristol, revised (doesn't say how!) 16:02 Cheltenham to Taunton due, started from Bristol 14:30 Cardiff to Portsmouth, reinstated 15:10 Exeter to Paddington, cancelled. 0702 Bristol to Southampton cancelled 0604 Bristol to Weymouth cancelled 0630 Cardiff to Portsmouth cancelled 0617 Westbury to London Paddington cancelled 1022 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff cancelled [/quote] I noticed, had to get the 1602 from Cheltenham to get to work, had to wait for an already-10 minute late connection. Good first day and whoever said 'went according to plan' should re-consider their words (putting it nicely), delays and cancellations all over the shop like you have put above... good work on all the above by the way :) Re: Canxed - 801/2344 Written by James on Monday, 11th December 2006 I got them from Various sources on the SWRG, thanks to them BTW (sorry, didn't credit 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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