Rail Replacement buses - 5th and 6th September 2020

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Rail Replacement buses - 5th and 6th September 2020

« on: September 02, 2020, 10:28:50 »

Timetables below - from Melksham Rail User Group web site - http://www.mrug.org.uk/timetable.html

Congratulations to GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) for scheduling the Westbury to Chippenham bus service to connect properly at Chippenham into the Chippenham to Swindon buses (and vice versa). That may sound like a small thing, but the connections on what is a through train on other dates are vital, and in the past passengers have had to wait nearly an hour at Chippenham. Passengers can understand that a 25 minute journey takes an hour and 10 minutes this weekend - we know buses are much slower than trains. And an hour and ten minutes is far better than 2 hours which has been taken on some previous rail replacement dates!


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Re: Rail Replacement buses - 5th and 6th September 2020

« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2020, 07:09:56 »

Weekend services showing up on MRUG^» live trackers via http://melksh.am/trains and, yes, we track (at least in timetable terms) the buses:

I suppose I could change the word "train" to "bus" where there are no trains left ... but how far does one go?


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Re: Rail Replacement buses - 5th and 6th September 2020

« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2020, 08:16:01 »

Probably worth noting here, as a reminder, buses will also replace trains through Melksham on the weekends of the 3/4th, 10/11th and 17/18th October too.

However a bonus on the weekend of 26/27th September - through trains to Portsmouth Harbour (for connections to the Isle of Wight!).


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