I've got a couple of meetings (including one that may be pivotal) coming up this week ... so I have been analysing the data collected from almost 500 (of whom about 60 have yet to confirm) respondents to our request for support at http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/pledge.html.

Of the respondents, some 80% live in Wiltshire - specifically Melksham (25%), Chippenham (13%), Trowbridge (11%), Salisbury and Swindon (8% each), Westbury (5%), Warminster (4%) and Dilton Marsh (1%) with the remainder elsewhere in the county.

44% are daily Wiltshire travellers, and a further 20% travel most weeks. 22% say they travel "from time to time", and only 12% say they travel only occasionally. The final 2% would 'rather not say' or never travel in Wiltshire.

What do I make of these figures?   I'm impressed by how appropriate the signatures are - we have collected a whole lot of valid names of people who really would use the service which was / is exactly the intent.   And I'm impressed too by the spread around the various places served by the line.   Historically, around 25% of passengers used Melksham station and the other 75% passed through and that is reflected in the figures.

YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP - and please do so - via http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/pledge.html Thanks!