Save the Melksham Train
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Friday, 26th March 2010. Launch of TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. Bridge House, Trowbridge, from 19:30
An exciting new step forward to rejeuvenation of the line, its service and its use
BUSY, EXCELLENT MEETING ... see [here] for initial report
Train service remains dire - southbound from Swindon at 06:15 and 18:45, northbound from Westbury at 07:02 and 19:35. Please pledge your support if you would like to see an increase to six trains a day -
arriving Swindon at 07:48 08:53 11:50 14:50 17:36 and 20:19,
returning at 06:18 09:02 12:02 15:02 17:55 and 18:45.


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As well as updates on this site, Graham Ellis also writes about the campaign from time to time on his daily "Horse's Mouth" where the latest article curently is Open Source Programming - Training Course Schedule

This site is dedicated to the support of the train service along the Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury corridor, presently with some onward service to Warminster, Salisbury, Romsey and Southampton. The service is currently threatened with severe curtailment.

Support for an appropriate TransWilts Train service (sf.html)
Pledge your Support for an appropriate TransWilts Train service (pledge.html)
An appropriate TransWilts Train service (pabout.html)
TransWilts Timetable (tp.html)
Trains Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury (index.html)
Open Access Proposal (open.html)
Melksham train - tourism (reason11.html)
Street and station improvements at Melksham (reason3.html)
Flawed statistics from last year? (reason6.html)
Melksham train - no suitable alternative (reason9.html)
Save the Melksham train (save.html)
Signatories to petition (signers.html)
Swindon to Southanpton via Melksham by train (sofar.html)
Support us in saving daytime trains to Melksham (support.html)
Newsletter / update - 3rd September 2005 (upd20050903.html)
Update - October 2005 (octupdate.html)
Old Pictures of Melksham Station (oldpics1.html)
To Alison Forster, First Great(er) Western (openletter.html)
Better signposted is improving traffic levels (reason2.html)
A poor mechanism to choose the service (reason5.html)
Recent extra capacity as Swindon helps reliability. (reason8.html)
Travel by train from Salisbury to Chippenham and Swindon (salisbury.html)
Current train services (service.html)
Some Useful links and pictures (sitnames.html)
Recent usage Statistics (stats.html)
Swindon to Westbury, Salisbury and Southampton - December 2006 and beyond (swptuf.html)
London (Central and Heathrow) to West Wilts and Weymouth (whatif.html)
Save the train - About this site and author (about.html)
Top Banner pictures (aboutpix.html)
YOU can still influence the future (addresses.html)
Melksham Station Approach (approach.html)
Bidders for the new franchise (bidders.html)
TransWilts update - 28th February 2008 (boa.html)
Buses replace trains - weekend rail engineering works (bustitution.html)
Case study - Melksham train usage (casestudy.html)
train or bus - Chippenham to Melksham, Trowbridge and Westbury (chippenham.html)
First Great Western Coffee Shop (coffeeshop.html)
TransWilts Community Rail Partnership (community.html)
Railway stations in the Devizes Constituency (devizes.html)
Dilton Marsh and Warminster - train service cuts from 12/07? (diltonmarsh.html)
Melksham - main line trains (diverts.html)
Decision Makers (dmaker.html)
Summary of situation - Westbury - Melksham - Swindon public transport (early.html)
Melksham Station facilities (facilities.html)
Flyer - December 2005 (flydec.html)
Rail Franchise map - 2005 (franchmap.html)
Letter from Alison Forster of First (fulltext1.html)
Train service from Melksham - how to make it appropriate and profitable (fulltext2.html)
Train timekeeping records - Melksham (fulltime.html)
TransWilts train service - help restore the cuts (help.html)
The history of the train service to Melksham (history.html)
TransWilts Timetable (hnewstudy.html)
Save the Melksham Train - latest news (latest.html)
Recent Correspondence (letters.html)
Christmas Card, 2005 (xmascard.html)
Train / bus - London connections from 12.2006 (loncombined.html)
Melksham to London by train or coach (london.html)
Maps showing Melksham and its rail connections (maps.html)
March 5th, 19:30 - TransWilts Rail Meeting (marmtg.html)
Masked Ball in aid of Cancer Research, Cerebral Palsy and MacMillan Nurses (maskedball.html)
Melksham Train - meetings, 20th and 27th September 2005 (meeting.html)
A little about Melksham (melksham.html)
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Minutes - meeting of 20th September 2005 (minutes20050920.html)
Minutes - meeting of 27th September 2005 (minutes20050927.html)
Timetable from December 2006 (newtimes.html)
Melksham train - it's NOT too late (o2index.html)
DfT letter - October 2005 (octletter.html)
Save the train - Melksham (oldindex.html)
Around the railway in Melksham - old pictures (oldpics2.html)
Melksham train - environmentally friendly (reason10.html)
New residential Development in Melksham (reason1.html)
Major new railway business (reason4.html)
Melksham train use is increasing (reason7.html)
Bristol Trains - Appropriate service petition (restore.html)
Swindon and Chippenham to Salisbuy and Southanpton (scss.html)
Sitemap of http://www.savethetrain.org.uk (sitemap.html)
Travel by train from Southampton to Chippenham and Swindon (southampton.html)
train or bus - Swindon to Melksham, Trowbridge and Westbury (swindon.html)
A Question for First about their sincerity (whytrust.html)
What YOU say ... (yousay.html)
What YOU say ... (yousay.html.html)
TransWilts Timetable (itw.html)
TransWilts Timetable (tx.html)
TransWilts Rail Service - Appropriate service for 2010! (keynote_2010.html)
Trains Swindon - Melksham - Westbury - SLASHED by the DfT and First (index_to_mar_10.html)
TransWilts/ Party in Park 12th July 2008 (pipx.html)
TransWilts/ Party in Park 12th July 2008 (pip.html)


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