Description of line

Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury.



2 trains per day each way on Monday to Saturday, 2 northbound trains only on Sunday. The service was reduced from 5 round trips a day in December 2006.



The remaining trains leave Swindon at 06:19 and 18:42, which is inconvenient for most potential travellers. As a result, a service that was used by 100,000 people per year has dropped back (my estimate) to just 8% of that - 8,000 journeys - projected for 2007.



The current service is TOTALLY UNSUITED to the traffic that's available and offered and there are strong moves for a return to an appropriate service from December 2007.



See here

Recent discussions:
Link to ... Extra short working from Chippenham to Swindon?
Link to ... Trowbridge is rail crime hot spot (This is Wiltshire 24/07/2010)
Link to ... Man hit by train near Warminster
Link to ... Melksham, Party in the Park, traffic flows questions
Link to ... TransWilts Community Rail Partnership Update
Link to ... Worcester to Southampton service curtailed due to Vandals near London!
Link to ... Didn't last long!
Link to ... Melksham International!
Link to ... BTP release CCTV images following assault on staff at Westbury on 25/3/2010
Link to .. 22nd May - TWCRP Working Group Meeting
Link to .. Where was I yesterday? A 'pictures from Melksham' question - but NOT a quiz!
Link to .. TransWilts CRP - steering group
Link to .. Go! Co-operative proposal - Open Access via TransWilts
Link to .. TransWilts Community Rail Partnership - public launch in Trowbridge, 26/3/2010
Link to .. GWRUS - final version
Link to .. Sunday service cuts
Link to .. Services through Melksham compared with Beaconsfield
Link to .. Melksham area members - please provide your views
Link to .. The Ghost Train
Link to .. Train station closed off after man hit by train at Warminster (14 January 2010)


Also ... blogs and other active groups:




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