Save the Melksham Train
STOP PRESS - we have heard from First Great Western in the last few days, as follows:

"We had hoped that we could organise an additional service through Wiltshire serving Melksham in particular. We looked very carefully at all the options, but whilst the plan received good support, and remains something we want to do, the cost of the new service is considerable. It will not be covered by the revenue that the service will generate, and as a commercial organisation we can only therefore proceed if we can find some joint funding to offset the costs. Despite our efforts this has to not proved possible to date, and we will not be able to offer any extra services in the next timetable due out in December.

"We will continue to discuss the plans with stakeholders and will keep looking for a partner to help finance the service, but this will not be possible before the December 2009 timetable (at the earliest)."

See who has signed up to pledge support, more details of the validated service that has just had the plug pulled and some personal comment
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Next Meeting - Working Group - 27th September

Objectives:
1. To organise / plan our activities
2. To arrange for research and survey into requirements
3. To plan effective representation of the users and potential users
4. To discuss / evalute options for the future service
Meeting - 20th September 2005

Purpose. A first get-together to discuss subjects relating to the train service from Melksham, with especial regard to current threats to the majority of services.

Presentation by Graham Ellis
Web form of presentation
Discussions
Meeting agreed that service proposed from December 2006 was inadequate and bizarre. Meeting agreed that we should (a) publicise existing service, (b) work with existing operator to increase useage, (c) survey and investigate to look for viable alternatives that would be used, (d) lobby to get our alternatives seen / known / considered favourably.
Conclusions
Follow up "Working Group" meeting to consider alternatives listed above and also look to organising ourselves, next Tuesday.
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