Right at the tail end of the second full day of the train petition I mentioned yesterday ... and we're already in the top 150 petitions out of over 2000. Not bad - it shows that people ARE concerned and we can reach them, that they'll sign up there names.
Not a regular reader? Campaign is for an appropriate train service, basedon but not necessarily identical to the one we had before the swinging cuts in December. My main concern is the Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury - Warmisnter - sSlisbury service - see
here. Petiton is
here and also covers better train service for everywhere from A to Z in the area - Avonmouth, Bedminster, Clifton, Dilton Marsh, Eastville, Filton, Gloucester, Henleaze ....
(written 2007-01-19 23:59:00)
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[2634] London to and from Melksham by public transport - (2010-02-13)
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[2557] Rail Campaign - response to core consultation - (2009-12-31)
[2556] Railway Station Survey - please complete today or tomorrow - (2009-12-30)
[2533] Five guests, three groups, one car - (2009-12-11)
[2529] Santa Special, 2009 - (2009-12-06)
[2522] Integrated public Transport - what could be done for Melksham - (2009-12-01)
[2513] Wiltshire Council purchases Melksham Station Land - (2009-11-26)
[2511] The story of the railway land at Melksham Station - (2009-11-24)
[2486] Santa Special - Trowbridge and Melksham to Swindon - (2009-10-31)
[2477] By train ... - (2009-10-25)
[2473] Exploring Old Railways - (2009-10-24)
[2457] Railway Arithmetic - (2009-10-16)
[2438] Listening to The Minister - (2009-10-05)
[2395] From Lymington by train - last of the slammers - (2009-09-05)
[2391] Great Western Route Utilisation Strategy - Draft for Consultation - (2009-09-02)
[2372] Public Transport from (and to) Melksham on Sundays - (2009-08-23)
[2328] Melksham - no trains, no southbound buses through the town - (2009-08-08)
[2318] For Lua Programmers AND for Town Planners - (2009-08-02)
[2268] Westbury Bypass Refused - looking forward - (2009-07-04)
[2133] Bigger and better this year! - (2009-04-20)
[2057] Train and Coach fares from London (and airports) to Melksham - (2009-02-26)
[2042] Wiltshire Rail Service Update - (2009-02-15)
[2026] Melksham Climate Friendly Group - (2009-02-05)
[2024] Carry on Training - in spite of the weather - (2009-02-03)
[1999] How low can you sink? - (2009-01-17)
[1966] Background to the TransWilts Train Fiasco - (2008-12-29)
[1965] How much does a train service actually cost - (2008-12-29)
[1964] Why hasnt the fiasco been put right - (2008-12-29)
[1905] A Gold Star for First Great Western Customer Service - (2008-11-24)
[1858] Camera with night vision, youth with no vision - (2008-10-28)
[1848] 30th November - Santa Trip from Melksham - (2008-10-19)
[1757] Preserved railways - struggling to the future? - (2008-08-17)
[1729] Back from the future - (2008-07-30)
[1708] A Train Service Update for Melksham Party in the Park - (2008-07-13)
[1616] Not daring to be an anorak - (2008-04-19)
[1567] Melksham - Swindon. Train v Bus v Car - (2008-03-07)
[1558] Getting somewhere with the train service - (2008-02-28)
[1530] Railway Acronyms and Abbreviations - (2008-02-03)
[1452] Santa on the train to Melksham - (2007-12-01)
[1428] Travel Across Wiltshire - the game - (2007-11-11)
[1424] Closer than you think - the next step - (2007-11-08)
[1358] Look forward with a new broom - Wiltshire Train Service - (2007-09-19)
[1314] Business travel by train in the USA - (2007-08-22)
[1303] Heading Upstate New York - (2007-08-14)
[1291] Day trip to Weymouth - (2007-08-05)
[1274] Radio coverage for railway issues - (2007-07-23)
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[1228] Some progress on the train campaign - (2007-06-10)
[1139] Overcrowded trains around Bristol - (2007-04-08)
[1097] Train and business balls all in the air! - (2007-03-02)
[1093] Wiltshire Train - can YOU come on 5th March? - (2007-02-25)
[1076] Save the Train - an update - (2007-02-12)
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[1063] Bradford-on-Avon - 150 years of passenger trains - (2007-02-03)
[1044] Call for appropriate train services - Swindon, Bristol, Bath, West Wilts, Severn Beach etc - (2007-01-18)
[1033] Empty at Easleigh, Missing at Melksham, Overflowing at Oldfield - (2007-01-14)
[976] Santa at the station - (2006-12-09)
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[952] Coming from London to Melksham by train for a course - (2006-11-28)
[814] Melksham Railway Calendar 2007 - (2006-07-25)
[790] Shadow Transport Minister to visit Melksham - (2006-07-02)
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[648] West Wilts Railway Users Group and trains to Lacock - (2006-03-16)
[632] Moral dilemma - (2006-03-04)
[527] Greater Western Franchise Awarded - (2005-12-13)
[524] Santa comes to Melksham - (2005-12-11)
[488] Looking for railway groups and users - Swindon, Salisbury, Southampton - (2005-11-06)
[486] Rail services under threat - Swindon, Melksham ... and Newquay and Bicester too - (2005-11-05)
[447] Tomorrow's meeting. - (2005-09-19)
[434] Through public transport connection, Chippenham to Salisbury, to cease - (2005-09-02)
[428] Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury train service - (2005-08-29)
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