I notice that figures I've been quoted by the Depratment for Transport (and I've posted elsewhere) only quote traffic figures / they only did a survery, it seems, from Swindon to Westbury and back.   And yet the current service carries on to Salisbury and beyond.

I'm told of a study that comes down in strong favour of increasing the service from Salisbury to the North West through Warminster to half-hourly - apparently it's a big, well reasoned study very much supported by the County Council, so really the current running of the service from Chippenham to Trowbridge via Melksham ... and extended to Salisbury is logical and fits in well with that.

For the future, this is perhaps evidence that the service continues to fit in well AS A THROUGH SERVICE at least to Salisbury ... and perhaps if the Department for Transport already has plans for "our" train at Swindon during the day, a half hourly Salisbury to Westbury with one train on to Bath and Bristol could become a half hourly service from Salisbury to Westbury with alternate trains going to to Bristol and Swindon ....

That was a typo - but perhaps a freudean slip.  The requested service level and details of the TransWilts line look absurd in isolation - but I've been assured by the depratment that they have other plans for the same train during the day and that resources are limited. I conclude that either "depratment" is correct, or there's an overriding good reason that I've not been told.

I do have a sense of humour - sometimes so dry that it's not taken as humour.  I writing I tend to be careful and - especially on subjects that may effect people's whole livelyhoods / daily life in a significant way - I don't risk poking much fun.