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Its Christmas , So It Must Be Cancelled (27/12/2006) - 922/2613 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 27th December 2006 The Christmas spirit is alive & well at First Great Western , who have brought us these early cancellations / revisions : 09:00 Cardiff Central to Westbury due 10:50 This train has been cancelled. This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable. 09:32 Southampton Central to Westbury due 10:39 This train has been cancelled. This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable. Hope you all had a good one. Re: Its Christmas , So It Must Be Cancelled (27/12/2006) - 922/2622 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 27th December 2006 Here are the latest answers from First Great Western : "I am sorry that you have experienced delays caused by cancellations on the Cheltenham Spa to Westbury and the Melksham to Swindon services. I have included the reasons for the cancellations below as requested: 23 December 1946 Cheltenham Spa to Westbury, no train conductor available. 22 December 1950 Melksham to Swindon, no DMU engine unit available. 20 December 1950 Melksham to Swindon, no experienced driver to operate route. The 0717 Melksham to Swindon service you also refer to in your email was cancelled on 18 December 2006 because of problems with the depot and was short formed (but on time) on 21 December because of unit shortage, however it did run to time on 19 and 20 December. There are a number of reasons for cancelling train services and it would appear that you have experienced an unusually high level of disruption as a result of the cancellations. I am sorry if you have found travel with us difficult, I hope that your future journeys with us are more reliable." Its going to get busier for the Customer Services Team : 17:06 Westbury to Southampton Central due 18:17 This train has been cancelled. This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable. 15:39 Southampton Central to Westbury due 16:45 This train has been cancelled. This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable 14:12 Westbury to Southampton Central due 15:23 This train has been cancelled. This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable 15:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 18:39 This train has been revised. It will additionally call at: Dean, Dunbridge and Dilton Marsh 13:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 16:49 This train has been revised. It will additionally call at: Dilton Marsh, Dean and Dunbridge. 16:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due 19:49 This train has been revised. It will additionally call at: Dilton Marsh, Dean and Dunbridge. 18:48 Southampton Central to Westbury due 19:48 This train has been cancelled. 18:22 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central due 21:44 This train has been revised. It will additionally call at: Dilton Marsh, Dean and Dunbridge. 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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