This article mentions Melksham , so I thought it'd be good for here!

The Bath Chronicle

RAIL OPERATOR 'FORCED TO BACKTRACK' OVER BATH TO BRISTOL SERVICE CUTS

11:15 - 11 December 2006
Government orders have forced a rail operator to lay on an extra rush hour train service between Bristol and Bath, transport campaigners have claimed.Today, a new timetable for services between London and Bath, and across Somerset and Wiltshire, comes into force.

It is the first timetable train operator First Great Western has published since taking over the west country rail franchise in April.

On Government orders the total number of services between London and Bath has been slashed, as has the number of stops at Keynsham and Oldfield Park stations.

But at the end of last week, First Great Western announced "late changes" to the new timetable - including the new service between Bristol and Bath.

David Redgewell, of campaign group Transport 2000, said: "This new service wasn't down to First Great Western.

"It has happened because of pressure from the highest possible level - the rail minister.

"The Department for Transport identified that there was a problem with the level of trains calling at places within the Bath area.

"We are hopeful that after May the minister will insist on a review of the services run in the west and will put the required amount of resources into the trains serving Freshford, Avoncliff, Trowbridge, Melksham and Bath, so we can get trains back.

"We need those back for the economy, for the tourists we depend on, and for the prosperity of the area."

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