As from 19th May, the first southbound tarin will run EVEN EARLIER - it will depart Swindon at 06:15, call at Melksham at 06:40 and arrive in Westbury at 06:57.   The second and final southbound train remains at 18:45 from Swindon, and gets to Westbury at 19:35.

Regrettable there are no extra services and as such the service level remains totally inappropriate for the corridor - the service should run at least once every 2 hours.

There is one good element to the change in timings.  The old 06:18 from Swindon / 07:02 at Westbury was TOO EARLY from Swindon to provide a London connection, and TOO LATE at Westbury to give a reliable connection into the London train - in other words, it used to be the worst of both worlds.  However, we now have an excellent London Connection at Westbury:

Melksham 06:40
Trowbridge 06:50
Westbury arrive 06:57
Westbury depart 07:05
London Paddington arrive 08:39

The return train from London at 17:45, change at Swindon, gives a Melksham arrival home at 19:11, and a Trowbridge arrival at 19:21 - that's a restored opportunity for a 9 to 5 day in the capital.  One Cheer for First Great Western ... they can have three cheers more (and a LOT of support) if they put an appropriate service or something approaching it back between the first and second last services

Please visit our pledge page if you would like to pledge your support for our campaign for an appopriate service, using draft timetables already prepared by First Great Westren and validated by Network Rail.

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