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November 08, 2005
Monday morning, Melksham Station
Monday morning saw me down at the station to meet a client off the morning train from Swindon (one of the one's that's threatened, remember) and it was heartening to see half a dozen people getting off and four getting on. Not great numbers, but a great deal more that I would have dreamed of seeing there even a couple of years ago.
Did I tell you that the new Greater Westerrn Francishe bidders have been requested to draw up their plans for the next 7 years based on an average traffic growth of between 1% and 2% per annum? Did I tell you that ticket sales from Melksham (the only statistic that anyone's able to quote me to cover entire periods not just snapshots) have risen by a compound average of 50% per year for the past 5 years (3000 to 27000)? Did you hear that apporval has just been given for another 750 new houses to be built in Melksham?
Posted by gje at November 8, 2005 06:23 AM