http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/ en-us 2008-05-11T09:12:30+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/05/one_long_journe.html 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... gje 2008-05-11T09:12:30+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/04/road_busy_railw.html 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... gje 2008-04-29T16:51:13+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/04/population_grow.html 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... gje 2008-04-18T16:47:49+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/04/loss_of_train_l.html "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... gje 2008-04-03T06:46:27+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/terminal_5_a_po.html 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... gje 2008-03-28T06:09:15+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/senseless_servi.html "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... gje 2008-03-27T08:13:38+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/not_a_swiss_clo.html 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) "When's... gje 2008-03-21T07:41:46+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/the_heart_says.html Isn't it ridiculous? I'm going to an event called "Social Enterprise and the railways" today - and I'm Driving there - to Swindon. How silly can you get - well - I could have left of the direct train at... gje 2008-03-08T05:38:18+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/meeting_season.html This is the meeting season! On Thursday, I was at the West Wilts Rail User Group public meeting in Bradford-on-Avon, on Friday at the Major's reception in Melksham, and yesterday at TravelWatch SouthWest - the organisation runs, twice a year,... gje 2008-03-02T10:00:35+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/02/milk_producers.html Why do we drink cow's milk, but not pig's milk? Cows can produce around 65 pints of milk a day, whereas pigs produce around 17 pints. And pigs milk has to be collected from goodness knows how many teats, whereas... gje 2008-02-16T21:57:10+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/02/an_unusual_jour.html A Single ticket window open, and a long queue; a mature couple making what seemed to be a refund enquiry for a lost ticket. Sign saying "Why queue twice" extolling value of tickets to include London Travel cards, and I... gje 2008-02-12T23:26:02+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/02/want_to_comment.html I welcome comments on this blog. There's no way that I want to stop any readers coming back with comments on what I have said - such disussions make a very lively ongoing debate on certain subjects, and other viewpoints... gje 2008-02-06T11:07:48+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/02/where_has_our_t.html I was in Nottingham last week ... and I was impressed by the quality and range of services on offer by rail. I commuted from there to Beeston (up to six services per hour) and took a few pictures to... gje 2008-02-04T06:01:09+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/01/comparing_a_dif.html I'm training this week in Beeston, in Nottingham, with a view from my training room over the station. I'm struck by the number of trains that come through, the high proportion that seem to stop, and by how modern they... gje 2008-01-31T18:33:43+00:00 http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/01/fare_strike_day.html It's the morning of More Train Less Strain's highly publicised train strike, and I note that First Great Western's services are on best behaviour. Of course there are many problmes that are outisde their control and there's an element of... gje 2008-01-28T07:32:05+00:00