Description of line
Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury.
Service offered
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.
Peak flows
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.
Known issues
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.
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Wiltshire County Council Passenger surveyLink to ...
Early Train Cancelled (30/06/2008)Link to ...
Dilton Marsh UpdateLink to ...
Class 153 Unit On Early TransWilts Service (12/06/2008)Link to ...
New high in cancellations?Link to ...
Wiltshire Station Improvements Link to ...
TransWilts Timetable - May to September 2008Link to ...
Melksham to / from Bath and Bristol, Summer 2008Link to ...
New Timetable Link to .. Evening TransWilts Service Cancelled (16/05/2008)
Link to .. Murrison Disappointed By Harris Response To Plea For Better Services
Link to .. How has the TransWilts got here? Where should it be going?
Link to .. 19.01 From Chippenham 22/04/08
Link to .. Melksham Station now on "You tube"
Link to .. Railtour through Melksham (19/04)
Link to .. Dilton Marsh May 2008 Timetable
Link to .. Bradford Junction
Link to .. Saturday 5th April 21.37 Chippenham to Melksham
Link to .. Network Rail Evaluating The Potential For Container Freight Route Via Melksham
Link to .. Eh?
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