Look and what do you see? Darkness and a train approaching an apparently empty platform.
This is the picture that the Whitehall mandrins and the current government have seen, and perhaps that's what's lead to the current threat to our services. But look more closely and in the dark shadows, you'll see
there are people there and they WILL be getting on the train - that's what our letters and publicity may tell the mandrins.
To those of you who have written to your MPs, to the DfT, and to other parties - [i]thank you for you help so far[i]. Please keep it up. I don't know whether we'll get a fair review for the Melksham services / the Swindon to Southampton line, but I
can tell you that people ARE being reached and are having to read / look at the case.
On the front page of this site, you'll see the text of a letter that I just got back from Derek Twigg, who's the government's minister for railways. His web site is at
http://www.derektwigg.org.uk/.
My MP also tells me that Roger Jones, the Divisional Manager for franchise specifications, will be replying to me in detail to my letter of early October.
And we've also been noticed by the national media - I'm anticipating that Melksham will be ... oh - I had better just say "watch this space" at the moment ... but things they are a'brewing!
P.S. As the train drew to a stop, people appeared from the shelter and from under the canopy for cycles by the gate. People who had lifts to the station jumped out of cars and the first train of the day left for Swindon with at least double figures of people on board.
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