Save the Melksham Train
April and May '08 ...
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Would you like 6 trains a day each way, or just 2, next year? Draft timetables which will be implemented with sufficient public and political support have been prepared bt First Great Western, validated by Network Rail, and run through the County Council for whom this is a strategic route in their current local transport plan - see box above.

See here for discussion forum on all of FGW area. See also Blog and Forum for latest details ... of service development for the whole "TransWilts" and for improvements at Melksham. Also Forum archive ... Blog archive

Station and area improvements

The road to the station was resurfaced recently, a bicycle shelter provided, and other station improvements have been made. The station area is now much more inviting than it was previously and this should encourage traffic.

A footpath link into the new housing area, and through to MacDonalds, would both increase station awareness and ease of access.

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