I had the pleasure today of travelling down the line via Melksham today for the first time.  I made a special journey up to Westbury from Cardiff to take the 1320 Westbury into Swindon.  Being a train enthusiast and regular traveller within South Wales and the West, I realised that this was probably my last opportunity for a year at the very least to go through Melksham, so I took the opportunity.

It was touch and go at Westbury, and having read about all the cancellations in recent months here, it was good to see the 1320 eventually leave for Swindon.  The 153-unit was moderately loaded which was good to see, a good number got on at Melksham, and about 40 got off at Swindon on my fingers and thumbs!

It is a shame that I wont have the opportunity to do this again at a reasonable hour, to enjoy the beautiful countryside in the daytime. For regular users of this service it is of course much more of shame that they might not be able to get to work, go shopping, go for a day out etc. 

Lets hope December 2007 is better for Melksham than what is ahead in a weeks time.

Keep up the campaign, lots of regulars on this site have put in a lot of effort, and lets hope it pays off in 12/07!