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You jest but with Manvers Street closed to vehicles, the walking routes to either side of the works are not particularly good* and there needs to be a signed accessible route + more guidance. The bus station's slowly gaining paper notices but these are all pretty perfunctory. All else aside, this must surely be having an effect on bus service profitability/viability.
The east side of the street, the two vehicle entrances to what was the police station, the ramp for those extends across the entire pavement and must be in excess of 10%, I'm not sure that people using wheelchairs would even be prepared to attempt to cross them.
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« Reply #376 on: June 29, 2026, 16:16:36 » |
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96.6% ran again last week.
I'm sure this week will be much more challenging.
Indeed it was. Just over 77% of trains through Melksham ran - probably in line with the overall GWR▸ figure in what was a pathetic challenging week! |
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« Reply #377 on: June 29, 2026, 18:29:45 » |
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Great - that's commute plans A & B out of the window then  Plan C - bus to Manvers Street. Oh no, wait, that's closed for engineering works at the moment.  In the end I got my morning walk in by picking up the first 271 bus at Melksham Market Place instead of the nearest stop, had a bonus walk from Bath Grand Parade to the station, and caught the 07:47 Weston train at Bath. Bus again coming home - should have caught the 15:00 Paddington train from Temple Meads to connect with the Melksham train at Chippenham, but the former was running late and would have missed the latter (it's a bit tight, but an official connection). So caught the 15:04 Frome train to Bath, walked up to Guildhall and caught the 272 bus back. Ho hum. |
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« Reply #378 on: June 29, 2026, 18:55:12 » |
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Not good, sending props, and that Manvers Street walk rapidly gets old. (Been hiking it since 2021 when First Bristol Bath incarsterated the 6/7 bus routes...)
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« Reply #379 on: July 05, 2026, 08:55:44 » |
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14:04 Frome to Swindon due 14:57
14:04 Frome to Swindon due 14:57 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
15:44 Swindon to Frome due 16:38
15:44 Swindon to Frome due 16:38 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
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« Reply #380 on: July 05, 2026, 11:34:01 » |
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14:04 Frome to Swindon due 14:57
14:04 Frome to Swindon due 14:57 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
15:44 Swindon to Frome due 16:38
15:44 Swindon to Frome due 16:38 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Much of that now appears to be uncancelled - hope not too many people were put off! Now down to: 14:04 Frome to Swindon due 14:57
14:04 Frome to Swindon due 14:57 will be started from Westbury.
It will no longer call at Frome.
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« Reply #381 on: July 05, 2026, 23:23:08 » |
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Not a great start to the week with the first two trains cancelled, but after that everything ran through Melksham to give a 98.28% reliability score for the week.
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« Reply #382 on: July 06, 2026, 08:39:37 » |
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Not a great start to the week with the first two trains cancelled, but after that everything ran through Melksham to give a 98.28% reliability score for the week.
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« Reply #383 on: July 06, 2026, 08:59:06 » |
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Not a great start to the week with the first two trains cancelled, but after that everything ran through Melksham to give a 98.28% reliability score for the week.
Looked like they were running bus replacements through Melksham at least one day over the weekend (can't remember when I noticed it); presumably that was planned? First train to Swindon and back was - planned - replaced by a bus to Chippenham on Sunday. Yes, preplanned. We pragmatically accept that this first train is more prone to pre-planned engineering bus replacement than other services. An eye is kept on ensuring that connections work, especially at Chippenham where there have been very long waits for Swindon in the past. Yesterday, the bus arrived at Chippenham at 09:03 and the train left onwards at 09:26. In the opposite direction, the bus left for Westbury at 09:23 and the first train from London - due at 09:08 - arrived at 09:25. I hope the bus waited. Although trains and local buses here have real time tracking, rail replacement buses don't and. But the service is more reliable than it has been - far more reliable. We still keep a watchful eye, and get loads of criticism on social media from both historic reports from people who have been put off, and we must remember that if a train is cancelled, there isn't another one along half an hour later. |
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« Reply #384 on: July 06, 2026, 18:01:00 » |
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The crossed legs express!
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06
Facilities on the 17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06.
Toilet facilities are not available. Disabled toilet facilities are not available.
This is due to a fault on this train.
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« Reply #385 on: July 07, 2026, 19:13:28 » |
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17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06 will be terminated at Westbury.
It will no longer call at Dilton Marsh, Warminster and Salisbury.
It has been delayed at Gloucester and is now 15 minutes late.
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« Reply #386 on: July 08, 2026, 18:09:21 » |
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This is odd - on the 18:00 Chippenham Melksham train and we've just stopped a mile or 2 before Melksham (single track).
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« Reply #387 on: July 08, 2026, 18:21:24 » |
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« Reply #388 on: July 08, 2026, 19:50:43 » |
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This is odd - on the 18:00 Chippenham Melksham train and we've just stopped a mile or 2 before Melksham (single track).
Going again now; no announcement...
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13:14 Swindon to Westbury due 13:57
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