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And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2506 Written by streety7 on Monday, 18th December 2006 From the FGW website, 18/12/2006: 18:27 Southampton Central to Cheltenham Spa due 21:27 This train will be cancelled. This is due to an earlier train fault. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2507 Written by Lee on Monday, 18th December 2006 It aint a kind of magic....... Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2509 Written by Nick Field on Monday, 18th December 2006 The show must go on Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2510 Written by Nick Field on Monday, 18th December 2006 At this rate though we will all be going slightly mad Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2513 Written by Lee on Monday, 18th December 2006 Dont stop me now. 17:28 Cheltenham Spa to Westbury due 19:24 This train has been cancelled. This is due to an earlier train fault. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2515 Written by Sion Bretton on Monday, 18th December 2006 The trains due at Melksham Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2517 Written by Nick Field on Monday, 18th December 2006 Well I expect however is to answer for this will turn out to be 'the invisible man' tomorrow Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2518 Written by Nick Field on Monday, 18th December 2006 I just wish all concerned would have 'one vision' when it comes to the railways sorry board admin a little of topic but I couldnt resist :D Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2520 Written by James on Monday, 18th December 2006 Not again ::) Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2524 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 19th December 2006 To avoid any "innuendo" , lets give FGW Customer Services a chance to clear up yesterdays mess : "Thank you for your emails of 18 December 2006. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2525 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 19th December 2006 Further to the above , I am informed that FGW Customer Services have told others that the 0717 Melksham train DID run. Who is correct? Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2597 Written by Lee on Saturday, 23rd December 2006 SATURDAY 23/12/2006 From the First Great Western website : 19:46 Cheltenham Spa to Westbury due 21:35 This train has been cancelled. Road transport will be provided. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2623 Written by Lee on Wednesday, 27th December 2006 WEDNESDAY 27/12/2006 18:27 Southampton Central to Cheltenham Spa due 21:27 This train has been cancelled. This is due to train crew having been unavailable earlier. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2645 Written by Lee on Friday, 29th December 2006 FRIDAY 29/12/2006 18:27 Southampton Central to Cheltenham Spa due 21:27 This train has been cancelled. This is due to This is due to a shortage of servicable trains. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2658 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Saturday, 30th December 2006 Yesterday - Friday 29th ... 1519 Swindon to Westbury - Cancelled. Replaced by road transport between Chippenham and Westbury departing Chippenham at 1550. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2709 Written by streety7 on Wednesday, 3rd January 2007 From the FGW website: 18:27 Southampton Central to Cheltenham Spa due 21:27 This train will be started from Westbury. It will no longer call at: Southampton Central, Romsey, Dunbridge, Dean, Salisbury, Warminster and Dilton Marsh. This is due to train crew having been unavailable earlier. So we are hanging on to this service at the moment if the train crew member decides to show up at Westbury. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2719 Written by Sion Bretton on Wednesday, 3rd January 2007 With all these trains being cancelled, may we should buy a few share in Frist Group and then bring this matter buy at thier AGM. As a share holder you have the write to ask questions. ;D Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/2755 Written by Lee on Friday, 5th January 2007 [quote author=Graham Ellis link=topic=984.msg2750#msg2750 date=1168011756]Need I say more. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/3030 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Monday, 15th January 2007 To - Customer services ... The 06:44 from Melksham to Westbury is cancelled yet again this morning. I also understand that you are adding extra sets to trains such as the 06:47 Frome to Bristol. 1. Are you robbing Peter to pay Paul - i.e. withdrawing the train completely from the Swindon line so that you can make the journey more comfortable for passengers on other services? 2. At what point do you expect to be able to offer a reliable service on the Westbury to Swindon route? End quote No, I do NOT bedrudge extra stock on trains such as the one up from Frome, but I don't thinks it's acceptable for Melksham to loose its servcei to strengthen others. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/3032 Written by Sion Bretton on Monday, 15th January 2007 Yes I kn ow it was canceeled so I drove to Trowbridge Yes that train from Frome was 4 carriages long. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/3037 Written by Ruthg on Monday, 15th January 2007 Just to let you know, the Westbury to Cheltenham train via Melksham this morning was a single carriage 153. Are we going back to these trains on that line to allow for more carriages from Frome and other overcrowded areas? Departure time from Westbury this morning was 7.00 rather than 7.02 like it has been (I've emailed FGW to find out correct time) and passenger numbers at Melksham this moning - none off (?) and definitely none on! In total there were about 30 arriving at Swindon. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/3041 Written by Lee on Monday, 15th January 2007 [quote author=Graham Ellis link=topic=875.msg3030#msg3030 date=1168842553] To - Customer services ... The 06:44 from Melksham to Westbury is cancelled yet again this morning. I also understand that you are adding extra sets to trains such as the 06:47 Frome to Bristol. 1. Are you robbing Peter to pay Paul - i.e. withdrawing the train completely from the Swindon line so that you can make the journey more comfortable for passengers on other services? 2. At what point do you expect to be able to offer a reliable service on the Westbury to Swindon route? End quote No, I do NOT bedrudge extra stock on trains such as the one up from Frome, but I don't thinks it's acceptable for Melksham to loose its servcei to strengthen others. Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/3042 Written by Ruthg on Monday, 15th January 2007 It might be worth mentioning this to More Train, Less Strain at their meeting tomorrow evening at the United Reform Church, Grove Street, Bath at 6.15pm. I'm sure they wouldn't want Peter to be robbing Paul anymore than we would. Is anyone going, I'm hoping to? Re: And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... - 875/3046 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Monday, 15th January 2007 Thanks, Ruth. I know of a couple of folks going. I would love to except I have a 6 p.m. with the BBC in London on non-railway matters. link to index of articles |
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Save the Train was the campaign to bring an approriate train service back to and through Melksham. Most big contributors are still around writing at the Coffee shop forum where new members are very welcome. The train has been saved - sort of - we have stepped back up from an unusable service to a poorish one but it's doing very well. We did that through setting up the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. That fulfilled its early objectives; it has been taken over by local and regional government types who are now doing medium and long term work. The team from this forun can also be found at the Melksham Rail User Group (which was the Melksham Rail Development Group at the time these articles were written and we had no users. We mustn't loose sight, though, that the train service remains poor and needs our community support in marketing and campaigning to keep it going in a positive direction ... and all the more so when we're expecting to find a different normallity once we get out of the Coronavirus Pandemic and head for zero carbon via the climate crisis. Yes, it's saved ... it's now a key community facility ... the need for enhancement and the strong and near-universal local support remain, and the rail industry and goverment remain slow to move and provide the enhancements even to level us up with other towns. Please support the Melksham Rail User Group - now very much in partnership rather than protest with the rail industry and local government, including GWR, TransWilts and unitary and town councils. And please use the trains and buses, and cycle and walk when you can. -- Graham Ellis, (webmaster), February 2021 | |||
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