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Topic: New traffic figure (Read 2776 times)
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Graham Ellis
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I have just received the following .... Guards counted passengers earlier in the year (spring) and found the following:
Swindon - Westbury
0630 Departure Number of passengers when leaving Swindon 7, leaving Chippenham 9, Melksham 11, Trowbridge 28
0846 Departure Number of passengers when leaving Swindon 11, leaving Chippenham 11, Melksham 12, Trowbridge 15
1423 Departure Number of passengers when leaving Swindon 9, leaving Chippenham 10, Melksham 8, Trowbridge 8
1743 Departure Number of passengers when leaving Swindon 38, leaving Chippenham 32, Melksham 21, Trowbridge 17
2211 Departure Number of passengers when leaving Swindon 11, leaving Chippenham 8, Melksham 5, Trowbridge 2
Westbury - Swindon
0537 Departure Number of passengers when leaving Westbury 5, Trowbridge 6, Melksham 8, Chippenham 7
0720 Departure Number of passengers when leaving Frome 13, Westbury 18, Trowbridge 30, Melksham 38, Chippenham 45
1320 Departure Number of passengers when leaving Westbury 5, Trowbridge 8, Melksham 8, Chippenham 11
1647 Departure Number of passengers when leaving Westbury 5, Trowbridge 9, Melksham 11, Chippenham 13
2118 Departure Number of passengers when leaving Westbury 4, Trowbridge 3, Melksham 2, Chippenham 2
These figures are based on an average of 8 or 9 days depending on the departure.
Those are central Government figures ... I'm just reading / assimulating ... |
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Graham Ellis
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OK ... that's a useful insite.
I'm ... gobsmacked ... that EVEN ON THESE FIGURES the bidders for the new frachise are asked to retain the evening train (with a maximum average of 4 persons on it from Westbury to Swindon) and yet trash the first train of the morning which pulls into Westbury with an average of 28 persons on board. That strikes me as operational convenience (I think they have a specific timetable and use of the train for the rest of the time on another line in mind!) rather than what's wanted or required.
I also note that the figures stop at Westbury. Why? The current service is SOUTHAMPTON to Swindon and there's also traffic and through traffic on the section South of Westbury. Shouldn't the figures made available for the current service include the complete route of the current service if they're to be meaningful?
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Nick Field
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It would be interesting to see if the late evening trains back from Swindon /Chippenham are busier on a Friday and Saturday as these nights are more popular 'going out' nights? (I know of some people who came to the Chippenham Beer Festaival back in April and caught the last train back to Melksham)
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Graham Ellis
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Following on ... did you see the even newer traffic figures that I got from the office of the Rail regulator showing a SEVEN FOLD increas in traffic to and from Melksham in five years? And yet the threat to the services. The word "Scandal" comes to my mind, but I won't use it because it's emotive and not helpful. See the new Stats page for that extra data. By "day of week"? The figures in this thread are said to be for 8 or 9 days depending on which train, so I'm sure there is at least on Thursday and at least one Friday. I wonder why "8 or 9" ... perhaps because of cancellations during the period ... |
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