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Recommended service - hourly, according to the GWRUS. Let's work towards that service and towards ensuring all services are used.
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To those who use the train between Swindon and Westbury
« on: January 09, 2007, 07:44:00 PM »

Hello. I am new to this forum, so I am still trying to build a fuller picture of how things are at the moment. If anyone feels they have a story to tell, please do so. I am a Uni student looking to do a dissertation on "rural railways" so any understanding of the key issues involved here would be useful.

ALSO - To those floating around in the "Guest" ether.. HELLO!! Come, join in, tell us your stories and join in the campaign to restore reliable rail services to wiltshire!

Daniel
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Re: To those who use the train between Swindon and Westbury
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2007, 09:18:56 PM »

Hi, Welcome Daniel ....

We're feeling a bit shellshocked at the moment ... we've dropped from 68 trains a week with a 3% to 4% cancellation rate to 26 scheduled, with up to 50% of them cancelled.   So that's just ONE weekday train from Swindon to Westbury each day this week ... assuming it doesn't get cancelled any day!
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Re: To those who use the train between Swindon and Westbury
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2007, 09:23:33 PM »

Have the cancellations been a continual theme since the new TT or are they recent? Is this likely to still be the case over the next few weeks when I do my Patron Count?
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