Thanks, yes ... virtually no change on the TransWilts.

Newquay, sees an increase in services from 4 trains each way per day to 7 - which I think is even more significant than the Hereford route.  Newquay has been compared on a number of occasions with Melksham:

* At this time of year, the populations are similar
* Both have been served by a very lean timetable indeed from First Great Western

There are, however, differences:

* The lean timetable provided to Newquay, even before the changes, was twice that of the TransWilts (4 trains a day not 2)
* The commuter flows (road / rail) from Melksham and Newquay probably differ - but I am not an expert on Newquay, so I'll bow to the expertise of others
* Newquay is at the end of a line that has few (if any) large population centres on it, whereas the service via Melksham also takes in Swindon, Chippenham, Trowbridge and Westbury even in its current short form
* The local Transport authority for Newquay is Cornwall, who support mixed mode public transport, whereas our local Wiltshire Council are very much in the road lobby.

With the exclusion of the last point, I would have thought that most of these differences would say "if Newquay can have a service of 7 trains a day, then SURELY the TransWilts including Melksham should have many more that 2".  So I congratulate Newquay on the better service, and continue to suggest that the appalling service on the TransWilts is a travesty - even more of an anacronsim that needs to be corrected.   December 2009, perhaps?