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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Follow up to "Save the Train" meeting
27th September 2005.


Minutes - Meeting at 404, The Spa, Melksham on 27th September at 19:30

Attended by 10 persons

A meeting to follow on the subjects discussed the previous Tuesday.

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a) Survey and gathering information.
b) Promotion of existing service
c) Evaluation of options for future service
d) Campaigning
e) Organisation of the group to make it as effective as possible and to work with (or within) other groups as appropriate.

Kiss and ride and other publicity / web site will proceed. There were discussions as to the formalisation of the group in some way, but no decisions were reached along those lines and no further meetings planned. A request was made for the various groups to work in conjunction with each other so that a single contact point might be established with (for example) county hall.
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