Really one for our other (save the train) web site ... but the draft timetable for Melksham from December 2006 has been published.

As widely predicted, cut to two trains a day. Sadly, little notice has been taken of the requests for a slightly later arrival in Swindon in the morning of the commuter train (no - it now arrives a quarter of an hour earlier), nor for a slightly earlier departure in the evening (It's over half an hour later). I expect that these changes will drive away much of the existing commuter traffic - I hope that it will find a new traffic to replace the loss.

From a Well House Consultants viewpoint, the 09:12 arrival from London no longer runs - there are early morning trains into Melksham at 06:46 and 07:37 - too early for our customers, and neither has a connection from London because they're that early.

The 17:02 departure is gone too. At the end of a course, the best we'll be able to offer trainees from Melksham is an 18:38 departure that will get them to London at 20:51.

Not necessarily all doom and gloom. I expect we'll be encouraging delegates to travel down on the 17:00 or 17:33 trains from London the night before their course starts, and connect into trains that arrive in Melksham at 18:38 or 19:28. We'll be delighted to pick them up from Melksham Station and take them to Well House Manor where they can get a good nights sleep before starting their course fresh the next morning.

At the end of their course, we'll make arrangements for trainees to get to Westbury or Chippenham stations for a return train, or they'll be welcome to stay a further night and we'll take them for the early train to get them to London for a quarter past 9.
(written 2006-02-14 01:53:47)

 G101 - Well House Consultants - Getting to and from Melksham

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