I've been monitoring trains at Melksham since Monday ... and the 07:17 this morning (Wednesday) was the very first train to run on time.   We had 2 cancellations and 7 services a few minutes late up to that point ...

Are the timings too tight for the nodding donkeys?

If we could have a train every 2 hours but it took 50 minutes rather than 45, Swindon to Westbury, I think that woul dbe more than acceptable.  And I don't mind trains being a handlful of minutes late. What would worry me would be someone coming along later and telling us that they have withdrawn even [something] because it was always late and getting in the way of other services.

15:35 Chippenham to Westbury today left Chippenham about 6 minutes late - in fact the departure board was showing both the 15:35 and the following 15:41 to Bath / Bristol expected at 15:41.  Needless to say, it was a class 143.   The 150 in the opposite direction was on time.

I'm glad to report that we made it pastThingley without the 125 crashing into our rear ;-)

Loadings - 4 into Melksham on the "up" train, 1 got off, I was the only one waiting. 17 on the return trip from Chippenham, 5 got off at Melksham and no-one extra joined.   Looked like shoppers to Swindon, so I suspect they had gone up on the quarter past 9.