Spring 2009 Campaign update
We've been quiet over the winter ... but there have been things going on behind the scenes. With the economic downturn that we're all hearing about, it might seem a strange time to be looking for rail service improvements on the TransWilts line ... but ... | 2009-03-13 |
Preserved Railways - a look forward
Bitton ... Blaenavon ... Bodmin ... Bristol Harbour ... Bronwydd Arms ... Buckfastleigh ... Cranmore ... Cricklade ... Didcot ... Helston ... Kingswear ... Lydney ... Minehead ... Okehampton ... Seaton ... Swanage ... Toddington ... Wallingford ... | 2008-08-17 |
Campaign update - news for December 08 / 09 / 10 / 11 ...
There are periods in every campaign where things appear to be going off the boil, when in fact there's a lot going on behind the scenes. And so it has been in the case for a TransWilts service improvement - although you've not seen much here, there have ... | 2008-07-14 |
One long journey ends and another begins
We travelled from Westbury to Minehead yesterday on the "Minehead Marauder" - a special train donated for the day by First Great Western, staff working unpaid, on behalf of The Railway Children charity. At Minehead, you'll find the end of the South ... | 2008-05-11 |
Road - busy ... railway - no trains, so no users
The A36 is closed for 12 weeks at Limpley Stoke, and the signposted diversion is along the A350 throught the outskirts of Melksham, parallel with the TransWilts Railway line
I had an appointment in Corsham at 9 O'Clock this morning - about 6 miles ... | 2008-04-29 |
Population growth, but congested roads
Major development is taking place near our local station - here's a view from the platform on Monday evening showing Spencer's Gate Development, which wasn't there 2 years ago, and which was advertised as being "close to the station"
There's a coupld ... | 2008-04-18 |
Loss of train - loss of job
"Hi Graham
I used to use this service. Then it was cut so I had to leave my job in Swindon as I couldn't get there by train. I am certainly willing to help on that one it used to be a really busy service - sadly they got basically rid of it."
Launching ... | 2008-04-03 |
Terminal 5 - a portent for the Olympics?
I'm hearing on the news that Heathrow's newly opened Terminal 5 was in a state of some chaos on its first day today, with "Hand baggage only" being order of the daym, and what started as a smooth operation in the morning turning into a chaos of queues ... | 2008-03-28 |
Senseless service - could become sensible
"It didn't make any sense." So said a delegate on this week's course that I'm running in Melksham. Looking to travel down from Oxford, where he lives, by train ... that's about 60 miles.
What did the train website tell him? To arrive for the 9 a.m. ... | 2008-03-27 |
Not a Swiss clock railway this morning
A Typical Morning in my Hotelier's diary here in Melksham, Wiltshire. The end-of-the-week business guests are leaving and making for their next destinations - the intenational set today (for the UK based folks left yesterday, today being Good Friday) ... | 2008-03-21 |
| The heart says "public transport", the head forces car | 2008-03-08 |
| Meeting Season | 2008-03-02 |
| Milk producers | 2008-02-16 |
| An unusual journey for me - some observations | 2008-02-12 |
| Want to comment? You're welcome on the forum | 2008-02-06 |
| Where has our train gone? | 2008-02-04 |
| Comparing a different part of the country | 2008-01-31 |
| Fare Strike Day | 2008-01-28 |
| On truthfully advertising the case | 2008-01-19 |
| Another slap in the face from First Great Western | 2008-01-16 |
| Asda - an opportunity that can be used or squandered | 2008-01-14 |
| How have trains being doing in the last 48 hours? | 2007-12-30 |
| Happy Christmas everyone! | 2007-12-25 |
| Trains to and from Melksham - Timetable from Dec07 to May08 | 2007-12-08 |
| TransWilts trains ceased a year ago. Lets look forward | 2007-12-07 |
| Santa Claus spotted at Swindon Station | 2007-12-03 |
| A pile of 160 train tickets for tomorrow | 2007-11-30 |
| First Great Western's Melksham service branded "a disgrace" | 2007-11-23 |
| Cancellations, Changes and Crass Christmas | 2007-11-18 |
| Rail user groups do NOT represent rail users? | 2007-11-10 |
| Staffing-go-round - but the campaigners carry on | 2007-11-08 |
| 30 late, and a bus not a train .... | 2007-11-04 |
| Campaigning Mantra - Philosophy behind the case | 2007-11-02 |
| Commutes are longer, and in the west we may know why | 2007-10-29 |
| Comparing a Wiltshire town with a Norfolk one | 2007-10-24 |
| And the week ends with two more cancellations! | 2007-10-21 |
| Does the new man want to play hard? | 2007-10-18 |
| A First to Stagecoach comparison | 2007-10-15 |
| Comment on December timetables | 2007-10-03 |
| Front page update | 2007-09-29 |
| Frustrated but not depairing | 2007-09-21 |
| FSB - North and West Wilts Commitee - Federation of Small Businesses | 2007-09-14 |
| How to fill platforms, and railway company coffers too! | 2007-09-01 |
| The Ghost Train, Purton | 2007-08-23 |
| A Comparison - travel in the USA by train | 2007-08-21 |
| Weymouth, Poor Provisional, and Sunday | 2007-08-09 |
| Radio - tomorrow morning? | 2007-07-23 |
| We have another hill to climb | 2007-07-14 |
| New faces - mayors and chairs. | 2007-06-24 |
| Diary notes | 2007-06-20 |
| News Roundup - a LOT is happening | 2007-06-09 |
| Update being updated! | 2007-06-08 |
| A roundup from a MELKSHAM perspective | 2007-06-08 |
| The way forward - improved service and improved station | 2007-06-01 |
| An update | 2007-05-14 |
| Gordon Dodge, Rest in Peace | 2007-04-16 |
| Helsinki and Heathrow to Melksham - Saturday | 2007-04-15 |
| Asking for the political and part views | 2007-04-12 |
| Government pressure to shut up. But let us look forward. | 2007-04-05 |
| Petition Response - detail, opinion, context | 2007-04-03 |
| Reply to Petition | 2007-03-31 |
| What is happening? | 2007-03-18 |
| Report - Monday night's meeting - press brief | 2007-03-07 |
| The traveller, not the train! | 2007-03-04 |
| A fast-moving story? | 2007-03-02 |
| Passengers or Customers? | 2007-02-24 |
| IMPROVED PUBLIC TRANSPORT LINKS ACROSS WILTSHIRE? | 2007-02-20 |
| Invite letter - 5th March 2007 meeting | 2007-02-12 |
| Save the Train v More Train, Less Strain | 2007-02-09 |
| End game? | 2007-02-01 |
| Keeping the diary rolling | 2007-01-24 |
| Key players | 2007-01-17 |
| PLEASE LOBBY - First, Dft, County Council, your MP | 2007-01-10 |
| Welcome to 2007 | 2007-01-06 |
| Christmas, 2006 | 2006-12-24 |
| "Told you so" | 2006-12-20 |
| New service - first impressions | 2006-12-14 |
| They're gone ... but ... | 2006-12-10 |
| Fizzle | 2006-12-08 |
| Last Week - Press Release | 2006-12-05 |
| Coming to a course in Melksham | 2006-11-28 |
| Fading away? | 2006-11-26 |
| 2 weeks to go | 2006-11-21 |
| Current and future summary | 2006-11-13 |
| End of term - don't care | 2006-11-07 |
| Returning from their UK course | 2006-10-28 |
| Is this fare? | 2006-10-26 |
| Behind the new timetable | 2006-10-19 |
| Passenger or lemmings | 2006-10-11 |
| More cancellations | 2006-10-10 |
| Taunton meeting | 2006-10-04 |
| From Ystrad Mynach | 2006-09-26 |
| Consultant's reports recommended a modest INCREASE | 2006-09-24 |
| A difficult choice for voters | 2006-09-23 |
| 20% service cut = 40% traffic cut? | 2006-09-17 |
| If its working well, change it so it doesnt. | 2006-09-15 |
| Is this train used? | 2006-09-04 |
| Bus connections to Melksham from Chippenham | 2006-08-29 |
| A year on - an empty bank holiday | 2006-08-29 |
| One year on | 2006-08-14 |
| Has our publicity reached the right people? | 2006-08-10 |
| Flowers for Melksham. Flowers at Melksham. | 2006-08-06 |
| A desire for honesty | 2006-08-03 |
| Open Access case strengthened | 2006-07-30 |
| Press Release - Open Access operator negotiations | 2006-07-26 |
| In praise of estate agents | 2006-07-22 |
| Bad news coming? | 2006-07-19 |
| Pivotal decison - to grow or to strangle? | 2006-07-16 |
| Rail future - the First Alternative | 2006-07-11 |
| Friday, 7th July - Melksham | 2006-07-08 |
| Visit by Chris Grayling and Michael Ancram | 2006-07-07 |
| Welcome for Michael Ancram and Chris Grayling | 2006-07-06 |
| Important but not refreshing meeting | 2006-07-05 |
| Letter from Derek Twigg | 2006-06-28 |
| Selling off any possibility of improvement | 2006-06-27 |
| Internet connection issues | 2006-06-25 |
| How to catch the 18:48 from Chippenham - the DfT suggests | 2006-06-16 |
| Political pressure - press release | 2006-06-15 |
| ... is part of a planned war | 2006-06-12 |
| Our battle .... | 2006-06-12 |
| Lies, damned lies and statistics | 2006-06-09 |
| Put yourself in their shoes | 2006-06-01 |
| Home soon. | 2006-05-31 |
| Carrying fresh air around? | 2006-05-19 |
| Bus service costs 25 pounds per passenger to run? | 2006-05-18 |
| Every so often, stop and look | 2006-05-16 |
| It gets worse | 2006-05-15 |
| Friday meeting - invite and details | 2006-05-11 |
| First way to get rid of customers? | 2006-05-09 |
| RailFuture meeting - some gems | 2006-05-07 |
| RailFuture meeting today | 2006-05-06 |
| Waverley | 2006-05-04 |
| Diary Date - 12th May | 2006-04-29 |
| First back down or buses too. | 2006-04-26 |
| Parliamentary Debate, 25th April | 2006-04-25 |
| Meeting, 21st - notes | 2006-04-23 |
| What SWPTUF says | 2006-04-23 |
| Friday's meeting | 2006-04-23 |
| Meeting, tonight | 2006-04-21 |
| Celebrating a closure | 2006-04-17 |
| Meeting, Friday 21st | 2006-04-17 |
| Friday, 21st, Trowbridge | 2006-04-12 |
| Southampton to Westbury RESTORED | 2006-04-11 |
| Constituency Changes | 2006-04-07 |
| First - transforming travel | 2006-04-04 |
| An update - BAD, BAD news for Melksham ... | 2006-04-03 |
| UPDATE - new timetables | 2006-04-03 |
| High emotion | 2006-04-03 |
| Someone can't wait! | 2006-03-31 |
| Real time train monitoring | 2006-03-30 |
| The Waiting Game | 2006-03-29 |
| Service failure looses more customers | 2006-03-22 |
| Not just the TransWilts and Melksham ... | 2006-03-21 |
| On supporting other campaigns ... | 2006-03-14 |
| New pages and information | 2006-03-12 |
| Ploughing back OUR money, not theirs. | 2006-03-09 |
| A whole pile of responses | 2006-03-08 |
| Meetings and Consultation Responses | 2006-03-08 |
| INPUTS NEEDED by 8th March | 2006-03-05 |
| Safer current trains - the 06:56, 07:45 and 18:09 | 2006-02-28 |
| Roger Jones answers 5 months later! | 2006-02-27 |
| A week is a long time | 2006-02-26 |
| Three and a half answers out of 4 | 2006-02-22 |
| Draft timetables (continued) | 2006-02-21 |
| Background and opinion | 2006-02-17 |
| On the 05:52 this morning | 2006-02-16 |
| Out with the old users, in with the new | 2006-02-15 |
| Draft Timetable is here | 2006-02-14 |
| Today or tomorrow | 2006-02-13 |
| Meeting with a local MP | 2006-02-11 |
| Waiting, with baited breath | 2006-02-09 |
| Timetable consultation coming up | 2006-02-08 |
| From my postbag ... | 2006-02-07 |
| Recent Correspondence | 2006-02-05 |
| Keep watching - coming to the boil! | 2006-02-03 |
| Further threats | 2006-01-30 |
| Current status ... | 2006-01-29 |
| Were they purchasing votes? | 2006-01-29 |
| Repeat - PLEASE write in with your aspirations | 2006-01-22 |
| First want to hear your aspirations | 2006-01-19 |
| Winners and losers in the Devizes constituency | 2006-01-17 |
| Railway statistics and Melksham comparisons - how do we stand? | 2006-01-16 |
| What does First pay the government for Greater Western? | 2006-01-15 |
| Wilts County Council could save the Melksham / Transwilts train | 2006-01-14 |
| Reply from MD of First Great Western | 2006-01-12 |
| The Meeting Season | 2006-01-11 |
| New Sign | 2006-01-08 |
| Bustitution - buses for trains on Saturdays and Sundays | 2006-01-06 |
| New year, 2006 | 2006-01-01 |
| Update | 2005-12-29 |
| Christmas service - unrequired, or just unprovided? | 2005-12-26 |
| A comparison across the world | 2005-12-24 |
| Even new stations don't always survive | 2005-12-23 |
| No final decision yet | 2005-12-21 |
| New fares from 2nd January 2006 | 2005-12-20 |
| Every journey has a story | 2005-12-19 |
| Upside Down | 2005-12-18 |
| Melksham rail traffic up 33% in 3 months | 2005-12-17 |
| Should badgers be culled? | 2005-12-16 |
| Virtually no service - or excellent service. Request the latter. | 2005-12-15 |
| First specific Melksham rumour ... | 2005-12-14 |
| First Group - First answer on Melksham | 2005-12-14 |
| Greater Western Franchise awarded | 2005-12-13 |
| Train service fading away too? | 2005-12-12 |
| Santa Claus at Melksham Station | 2005-12-10 |
| A Quandry | 2005-12-09 |
| From the rumour mill | 2005-12-08 |
| Melksham and TransWilts train service - closure by stealth? | 2005-12-06 |
| At Temple Meads today | 2005-12-05 |
| Latest official answer | 2005-12-04 |
| Driving customers away? | 2005-12-04 |
| Don't drink and drive - drink and train. | 2005-12-02 |
| Keeping the campaign tail up | 2005-11-30 |
| STILL worth writing. To MP, To Dft, to bidders. | 2005-11-25 |
| A bustle before the 17:02 | 2005-11-24 |
| Plus a footnote - Melksham to London | 2005-11-21 |
| Timetable - Melksham to Reading and London | 2005-11-20 |
| What does it cost to run a train? | 2005-11-16 |
| A THOUSAND visitors | 2005-11-15 |
| Forum Archives available | 2005-11-12 |
| Busy train at Melksham | 2005-11-11 |
| Monday morning, Melksham Station | 2005-11-08 |
| Some scenes at Melksham Station | 2005-11-06 |
| A disappointing letter | 2005-11-03 |
| The storm's eye? | 2005-10-25 |
| Warminster Bus Running Day, 2005 | 2005-10-23 |
| The system is overcomplex - no wonder some odd things happen | 2005-10-21 |
| A case of the tail wagging the dog?? | 2005-10-20 |
| Kiss and Ride report | 2005-10-18 |
| Ready for Tuesday | 2005-10-16 |
| Bump from Glasgow | 2005-10-14 |
| New stats prove it - the service IS used | 2005-10-12 |
| Tracking codes for TransWilts stations | 2005-10-11 |
| Try the train on 18th October | 2005-10-09 |
| And more train users ... | 2005-10-08 |
| Six NEW factors why the TransWilts train that serves Melksham should be enhanced and not cut | 2005-10-07 |
| Tuesday, 18th October - Kiss and Ride day | 2005-10-04 |
| Quotes from Government | 2005-10-02 |
| Would this government close a station completely? | 2005-10-01 |
| An easy timetable - Melksham to Chippenham and Swindon | 2005-09-30 |
| Didn't you read page 52 of web document? | 2005-09-29 |
| Core meeting | 2005-09-27 |
| Regularity, Reliability, Realistic connections | 2005-09-25 |
| Swindon to Trowbridge | 2005-09-24 |
| 35% Growth in one year - Melksham ticket statistics | 2005-09-23 |
| Great meeting but just a start. | 2005-09-21 |
| Meeting! | 2005-09-19 |
| Old pictures. Not to be repeated event | 2005-09-18 |
| Don't believe everything you hear | 2005-09-16 |
| Excursion! | 2005-09-15 |
| Official (Government) view ... and I agree | 2005-09-14 |
| Encouraging traffic not just warm words | 2005-09-13 |
| Meeting, 20th September - getting nervous | 2005-09-11 |
| Don't let this become history! | 2005-09-10 |
| Looking slightly wider | 2005-09-09 |
| The story so far | 2005-09-08 |
| Welcome to News and Views | 2005-09-07 |
| Welcome to News and Views | 2005-09-07 |
