Comparative Journey Times - Swindon to Melksham

In response to a request for a comparison today:

By car, the AA says 42 minutes, but it would be more like 55 to 60 minutes at the the peak due to traffic (source - my delegate who followed the AA route this morning)

By bus:  route 55 Swindon to Chippenham - 70 minutes + 10 minute wait + route 234 Chippenham to Melksham 20 minutes = 100 minutes
or: route 49 Swindon to Devizes - 48 minutes + 45 minute wait (hourly services / lousy connection) + 272 or 273 Devizes to Melksham 19 minutes = 112 minutes
Connection times are daytime ones

By train - 25 minutes (06:15 and 18:45 only)

By train to Chippenham (15 minutes) + 29 minutes wait + 20 minutes (234 bus) = 64 minutes
        - that is an evening journey I made last week; train every 30 minutes, bus left 1 minute BEFORE next train arrived.
        - for a daytime journey, you would have to walk across Chippenham as the bus goes from the bus station only, not the new interchange :-(


As a bar chart - one x per minute
train:
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car, off peak:
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train and then bus:
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bus [via Chippenham]
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bus [via Devizes]
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