Not sure if this exactly the right board for this as it's a "station comparison" ...

From time to time, I compare station services and facilities in our own area with those elsewhere in the country - doing a sanity check to ensure that what we're asking for id fair and reasonable, given our population.   Lee has posted some pictures up on the "raildocuments" site from Upwy, near Weymouth, taken over the last few days.

From the first two, I notice Safety lines on the platform, some sort of ticket machine, a screen which gives information about trains that are expected, and a help point which (I suspect) reaches a real human being.   All of these are missing from Melksham.





There's a wide variety of services advertised too, though a for one of those destinations at least you would now have to change.



Wikipedia tells me that the population of Upwey (when combined with neighbouring Broadwey) was 4349 at the 2001 census - so I suppose the comparison with Melksham is actually quite a poor one as Melksham's population is four to five times that. But then wouldn't you think that Melksham would have far better facilities and services than Upwey, and not far worse?

Link to Lee's picture Index for Upwey