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Cheap Day Returns to Melksham? - 480/1418 Written by Graz on Monday, 11th September 2006 I was hoping to travel to Melksham next wednesday in the middle of the day to see the rail line and station before the cuts are introduced, hopefully travelling both sides of the line (to Trowbridge and then back via Chippenham). However, after checking the rail times, I was surprised there wasn't a cheap day return option availible from Oldfield Park (or Bath Spa) to Melksham, only standard day returns (on which I can't use my student railcard discount.) Is it just the National Rail site playing up, or can you get one? Re: Cheap Day Returns to Melksham? - 480/1421 Written by Lee on Monday, 11th September 2006 You are correct , Graz. However , Cheap Day Returns ARE available from Keynsham or Bristol Temple Meads - Melksham ( Re: Cheap Day Returns to Melksham? - 480/1426 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 12th September 2006 You have certainly got me thinking there. From just how many stations in our current timetable area CAN you get a Cheap Day Return to Melksham? You CAN get one from these stations : Patchway , Filton Abbey Wood , Bristol Temple Meads , Keynsham , Yeovil Pen Mill , Thornford , Yetminster , Chetnole , Maiden Newton , Dorchester West , Upwey and Weymouth. But you CANT from these : Cardiff Central , Newport , Severn Tunnel Junction , Oldfield Park , Bath Spa , Freshford , Avoncliff , Bradford - on - Avon , Swindon , Chippenham , Trowbridge , Westbury , Frome , Bruton , Castle Cary , Dilton Marsh , Warminster , Salisbury , Dean , Dunbridge , Romsey , Eastleigh , Southampton Airport Parkway , Southampton Central , Fareham , Cosham , Fratton , Portsmouth and Brighton. Quote from the First Great Western website (link below.) http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=36 "Cheap day single and return tickets are available on most local journeys and valid only for the date displayed on the ticket. Travel is permitted for off-peak travel only." Erm..... exactly what definition of "most local journeys" is being used for Melksham? I am sure that Graham would appreciate an e-mail from anyone "in the know." Of course , in practical terms , you wont be able to get a Cheap Day Return to Melksham from ANY of the stations listed above (or from anywhere else) from December 2006 (link below.) http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Documents/Custom/Rev%20Dec%20TTs/SX%20-%20Cardiff%20-%20Bristol%20to%20Weymouth%20-%20Portsmouth%20-%20Brighton.pdf Just out of interest , Graz , what type of railcard have you got? Apparently , you can get a discount on standard day returns with a Young Persons Railcard. Re: Cheap Day Returns to Melksham? - 480/1437 Written by Graz on Wednesday, 13th September 2006 Hey Lee, this is turning out to be pretty interesting and mysterious at the same time! I've just checked, and you can also get cheap day returns to Melksham from: Bedminster, Lawrence Hill, Stapleton Road, Bristol Parkway, and Yate ( Re: Cheap Day Returns to Melksham? - 480/1441 Written by Lee on Thursday, 14th September 2006 [quote author=Graz link=topic=480.msg1437#msg1437 date=1158187900]And as for the Young Persons railcard discount...it turns out I can! I felt sure when I asked at Bath Spa, I was told I couldn't....maybe she thought I was travelling earlier, or something! Still, a cheap day return would still be a lot more favourable...[/quote] She may have been trying to warn you of the following quote , Graz (link below.) http://www.youngpersons-railcard.co.uk/terms_conditions.htm "Minimum fares / Time restrictions. Travelling before 10am minimum fares: This applies to all tickets except the Off-Peak Day Travelcard (All Zones only) which has separate minimum fare conditions. On or before 10am Monday to Friday (except Public Holidays and during July and August) there is a minimum fare that applies to all purchases with a Young Persons Railcard. This is either Re: Cheap Day Returns to Melksham? - 480/1444 Written by Lee on Thursday, 14th September 2006 [quote author=Graz link=topic=480.msg1418#msg1418 date=1157989836]I was hoping to travel to Melksham next wednesday in the middle of the day to see the rail line and station before the cuts are introduced, hopefully travelling both sides of the line (to Trowbridge and then back via Chippenham). However, after checking the rail times, I was surprised there wasn't a cheap day return option availible from Oldfield Park (or Bath Spa) to Melksham, only standard day returns (on which I can't use my student railcard discount.) Is it just the National Rail site playing up, or can you get one?[/quote] I have just been reminded by the link below that you can save 1/3 off integrated PlusBus tickets as well. http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=45 Could come in handy..................(link below.) http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=424.msg1249#msg1249 link to index of articles |
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Save the Train was the campaign to bring an approriate train service back to and through Melksham. Most big contributors are still around writing at the Coffee shop forum where new members are very welcome. The train has been saved - sort of - we have stepped back up from an unusable service to a poorish one but it's doing very well. We did that through setting up the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. That fulfilled its early objectives; it has been taken over by local and regional government types who are now doing medium and long term work. The team from this forun can also be found at the Melksham Rail User Group (which was the Melksham Rail Development Group at the time these articles were written and we had no users. We mustn't loose sight, though, that the train service remains poor and needs our community support in marketing and campaigning to keep it going in a positive direction ... and all the more so when we're expecting to find a different normallity once we get out of the Coronavirus Pandemic and head for zero carbon via the climate crisis. Yes, it's saved ... it's now a key community facility ... the need for enhancement and the strong and near-universal local support remain, and the rail industry and goverment remain slow to move and provide the enhancements even to level us up with other towns. Please support the Melksham Rail User Group - now very much in partnership rather than protest with the rail industry and local government, including GWR, TransWilts and unitary and town councils. And please use the trains and buses, and cycle and walk when you can. -- Graham Ellis, (webmaster), February 2021 | |||
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