12th July 2008 - Party in Park - Melksham's Train Service


The Melksham Railway Development Group is campaigning for improvements at Melksham Station - not least for the provision of an APPROPRIATE train service.




Currently, the following trains call at Melksham:

on Monday to Friday

06:15 from Swindon to Westbury calls at 06:40 (GS)
07:02 from Westbury to Swindon calls at 07:17 (G)
18:45 from Swindon to Westbury calls at 19:11 (GS)
19:32 from Westbury to Swindon calls at 19:47 (G)

Connection off 07:17 arrives in London at 09:06
Connection off 19:46 arrives in London at 21:33
Leave London at 17:45 to arrive in Melksham at 19:11
No connection from London to the train that arrives at 06:40

on Saturday

09:03 from Westbury to Swindon calls at 09:18
15:04 from Westbury to Swindon calls at 15:19
15:19 from Swindon to Westbury calls at 15:45
21:08 from Swindon to Westbury calls at 21:34 (G)

Connection off 09:18 arrives in London at 11:09
Connection off 15:19 arrives in London at 17:09
Leave London at 14:00 to arrive in Melksham at 15:45
Leave London at 10:00 to arrive in Melksham at 21:34

on Sundays

17:20 from Westbury to Swindon calls at 17:36 (15E)
18:25 from Swindon to Westbury calls at 18:51 (6L)
19:35 from Westbury to Swindon calls at 19:52 (G)

Leave London at 17:30 to arrive in Melksham at 18:51
Connection off 17:36 arrives in London at 19:24
Connection off 19:52 arrives in London at 21:53


15E - 15 minutes earlier from 14th September
6L - 6 minutes later from 14th September
G - Service start from / continue to Gloucester / Cheltenham
S - Service continues via Salisbury to Southampton

All services also call at Chippenham (between Swindon and Melksham)
All services also call at Trowbridge (between Westbury and Melksham)

London connections are change at Swindon, London Paddington
Connections to Bath and Bristol at Trowbridge and Chippenham
Connections to Reading and London at Westbury and Swindon
Connections at Westbury to Salisbury, Southampton, Yeovil, Weymouth and the West

Prepared by "Save the Train" - http://www.savethetrain.org.uk