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« on: October 10, 2007, 15:45:30 »
Can any of you "railway types" help me with this one?

I've established that there's 2 trains a day at more or less the same time as current on Mondays to Fridays from December.

Sunday service ... northbound at 17:21 and 19:50, southbound a new service at 18:51.   I think.

Saturday a bit of a mystery. On 15th December, bustitution (I think) and on 22nd I can ONLY find a northbound at 09:18 and a southbound at 21:33.  That's only half of the SLC▸ (Service Level Commitment) specified service.

When do the other Saturday trains run??

All times mentioned are at Melksham
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« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2007, 15:48:02 »
Saturdays are slightly different, theres a swi-wsb at about 1530 I think???
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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2007, 15:53:05 »
Quote from: vacman on October 10, 2007, 15:48:02
Saturdays are slightly different, theres a swi-wsb at about 1530 I think???

At the moment, yes .... but it's not there on 22nd December :-( ... nor is the wsb-swi that it passes (at the moment) between Chippenham and Swindon.
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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2007, 16:03:26 »
Quote from: grahame on October 10, 2007, 15:53:05
Quote from: vacman on October 10, 2007, 15:48:02
Saturdays are slightly different, theres a swi-wsb at about 1530 I think???

At the moment, yes .... but it's not there on 22nd December :-( ... nor is the wsb-swi that it passes (at the moment) between Chippenham and Swindon.

OK ... I may have been panicked because of the vagaries of the timetable site.  I have now found a 15:18 northbound from Melksham where an hour back I was told "no suitable services" for an almost identical query.

For 15th December, I'm offered a 2 hour journey with three changes to Swindon - by bus to Trowbridge, train to Bath, train to Chippenham, and bus on to Swindon. Wow - what a lot of travel for a little money!  Cheesy
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« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2007, 16:20:16 »
Looking at the current Saturday time table it looks almost useable if you want to go shopping in Swindon! Wow, two whole trains per day!!!!!!
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« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2007, 17:08:48 »
Quote from: grahame on October 10, 2007, 16:03:26
For 15th December, I'm offered a 2 hour journey with three changes to Swindon - by bus to Trowbridge, train to Bath, train to Chippenham, and bus on to Swindon. Wow - what a lot of travel for a little money!  Cheesy

I bet you would get challenged though!
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