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« on: January 20, 2014, 17:20:15 »
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17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:21 This train will be cancelled.
This is due to a train fault.
Road transport will be used for services to and from Melksham.
For the latest rail travel news, why not follow us on Twitter @FGW▸ (First Great Western).

Well ... trains break down occasionally.

Glad to see that road transport is being laid on rather than a 75 minute wait, and that the information has been conveyed on this.
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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2014, 18:45:06 »
Information wasn't THAT well conveyed - it consisted at Chippenham of a man walking up and down the platform shouting "Anyone for Melksham" about 2 minutes after the train was due to have departed. There was no information at Swindon other than "Cancelled" on the displays (as a consequence of which I hopped onto an HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) that stopped at Chippenham hoping for the best from there, as I had happened to be on business over in Swindon today)

A taxi was provided at Chippenham for 3 of us going to Melksham. One girl was trying to get to Bratton and in two minds whether to get a train to Bath and dogleg across to Westbury. Turned out another passenger was going to Bratton as well and had his car parked at Melksham, so he gave her a lift from there.

Sadly FGW▸ (First Great Western) lost two regular passengers today as a result of the breakdown. Can't be helped though I suppose.
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