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02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
18th Apr (1966)

Melksham Station closed (link)

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Maybe we should be glad we didn't get National Express	John R	7	3209	December 17, 2008, 17:18:08 by Electric train
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A scope for better use of this station?	grahame	13	8769	January 17, 2009, 17:30:00 by Lee
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Greater Britain Rail News Round-Up (20/01/2009)	Lee	1	1804	January 20, 2009, 22:04:37 by Btline
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