Save the Melksham Train
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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.

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


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