Save the Melksham Train
This is an archived page.
Please see [here] if you're looking for the current "Save the Train" home page.
Please see [here] for the TransWilts site.
Friday, 26th March 2010. Launch of TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. Bridge House, Trowbridge, from 19:30
An exciting new step forward to rejeuvenation of the line, its service and its use
BUSY, EXCELLENT MEETING ... see [here] for initial report
Train service remains dire - southbound from Swindon at 06:15 and 18:45, northbound from Westbury at 07:02 and 19:35. Please pledge your support if you would like to see an increase to six trains a day -
arriving Swindon at 07:48 08:53 11:50 14:50 17:36 and 20:19,
returning at 06:18 09:02 12:02 15:02 17:55 and 18:45.


Keynote for 2010

Forum archive ... Blog archive

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As well as updates on this site, Graham Ellis also writes about the campaign from time to time on his daily "Horse's Mouth" where the latest article curently is GW franchise - my response

This site is dedicated to the support of the train service along the Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury corridor, presently with some onward service to Warminster, Salisbury, Romsey and Southampton. The service is currently threatened with severe curtailment.

Major new railway business (reason4.html)
Recent extra capacity as Swindon helps reliability. (reason8.html)
Top Banner pictures (aboutpix.html)
Newsletter / update - 3rd September 2005 (upd20050903.html)
Summary of situation - Westbury - Melksham - Swindon public transport (early.html)
TransWilts train service - help restore the cuts (help.html)
Maps showing Melksham and its rail connections (maps.html)
New residential Development in Melksham (reason1.html)
TransWilts Timetable (hnewstudy.html)
Current train services (service.html)
Timetable from December 2006 (newtimes.html)
Rail Franchise map - 2005 (franchmap.html)
Some Useful links and pictures (sitnames.html)
TransWilts Timetable (itw.html)
Sitemap of http://www.savethetrain.org.uk (sitemap.html)
TransWilts Timetable (tp.html)
Masked Ball in aid of Cancer Research, Cerebral Palsy and MacMillan Nurses (maskedball.html)
Update - October 2005 (octupdate.html)
Melksham Station Approach (approach.html)
train or bus - Swindon to Melksham, Trowbridge and Westbury (swindon.html)
Melksham Station facilities (facilities.html)
A poor mechanism to choose the service (reason5.html)
Swindon and Chippenham to Salisbuy and Southanpton (scss.html)
Melksham train - it's NOT too late (o2index.html)
Melksham Train - meetings, 20th and 27th September 2005 (meeting.html)
Signatories to petition (signers.html)
Melksham - main line trains (diverts.html)
TransWilts Community Rail Partnership (community.html)
Christmas Card, 2005 (xmascard.html)
Save the train - Melksham (oldindex.html)
Melksham train - no suitable alternative (reason9.html)
Travel by train from Southampton to Chippenham and Swindon (southampton.html)
Flyer - December 2005 (flydec.html)
Melksham train use is increasing (reason7.html)
Train service from Melksham - how to make it appropriate and profitable (fulltext2.html)
YOU can still influence the future (addresses.html)
Trains Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury (index.html)
Swindon to Westbury, Salisbury and Southampton - December 2006 and beyond (swptuf.html)
Save the Melksham Train - latest news (latest.html)
Old Pictures of Melksham Station (oldpics1.html)
Recent usage Statistics (stats.html)
Save the Melksham train (save.html)
TransWilts Timetable (tx.html)
The history of the train service to Melksham (history.html)
%title% (mine.html)
Minutes - meeting of 27th September 2005 (minutes20050927.html)
March 5th, 19:30 - TransWilts Rail Meeting (marmtg.html)
TransWilts update - 28th February 2008 (boa.html)
Support us in saving daytime trains to Melksham (support.html)
TransWilts/ Party in Park 12th July 2008 (pipx.html)
Trains Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury (index.html.old)
Save the train - About this site and author (about.html)
A Question for First about their sincerity (whytrust.html)
First Great Western Coffee Shop (coffeeshop.html)
Railway stations in the Devizes Constituency (devizes.html)
TransWilts/ Party in Park 12th July 2008 (pip.html)
Travel by train from Salisbury to Chippenham and Swindon (salisbury.html)
An appropriate TransWilts Train service (pabout.html)
Better signposted is improving traffic levels (reason2.html)
Train timekeeping records - Melksham (fulltime.html)
Trains Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury (index.tojuly12.html)
Bidders for the new franchise (bidders.html)
Case study - Melksham train usage (casestudy.html)
Flawed statistics from last year? (reason6.html)
Around the railway in Melksham - old pictures (oldpics2.html)
Train / bus - London connections from 12.2006 (loncombined.html)
Dilton Marsh and Warminster - train service cuts from 12/07? (diltonmarsh.html)
Trains Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury (index.tofeb17.html)
Melksham train - environmentally friendly (reason10.html)
Support for an appropriate TransWilts Train service (sf.html)
What YOU say ... (yousay.html.html)
What YOU say ... (yousay.html)
Decision Makers (dmaker.html)
Bristol Trains - Appropriate service petition (restore.html)
Trains Swindon - Melksham - Westbury - SLASHED by the DfT and First (index_to_mar_10.html)
train or bus - Chippenham to Melksham, Trowbridge and Westbury (chippenham.html)
Melksham train - tourism (reason11.html)
A little about Melksham (melksham.html)
Buses replace trains - weekend rail engineering works (bustitution.html)
Recent Correspondence (letters.html)
Pledge your Support for an appropriate TransWilts Train service (pledge.html)
TransWilts Rail Service - Appropriate service for 2010! (keynote_2010.html)
Open Access Proposal (open.html)
Swindon to Southanpton via Melksham by train (sofar.html)
London (Central and Heathrow) to West Wilts and Weymouth (whatif.html)
To Alison Forster, First Great(er) Western (openletter.html)
Minutes - meeting of 20th September 2005 (minutes20050920.html)
DfT letter - October 2005 (octletter.html)
Street and station improvements at Melksham (reason3.html)
Letter from Alison Forster of First (fulltext1.html)
Melksham to London by train or coach (london.html)


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