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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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Graham Ellis
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And still it grows
« on: October 03, 2006, 06:53:19 AM »

I caught the 18:06 from Chppenham to Melksham last Saturday.

About a dozen passengers got off, and a dozen on at Chippenham; too busy / confused to do an exact count ....

There were FORTY EIGHT people on that 1 coach train from Chippenham to Melksham, three waiting on the platform to join at Melksham and TWENTY got off.   Sorry about the SHOUTING - I've used this train before, the levels of passengers are always very good, and accoding to the only / early draft I've seen this service cesases in 2 months time - it seems to defy all logic to 'pull' the service!
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Re: And still it grows
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2006, 08:42:44 AM »

Were any of these folk wearing Swindon Town Shirts?  This service is perfectly timed for people travelling back from a game at the County Ground, and also afternoon shoppers.

I have also used the 0902 from Chippenham (Melksham 0912)  3 times over the last couple of weeks and that one is getting busier too, didnt do any exact counts but it is a very well used service
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« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2006, 07:05:04 PM »

I would thin a sizable minority of the passenger had been to the match; some had been shopping by the looks of things (demeanour, what they were carrying, etc) and remember that a dozen joined at Chippenham.
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