Great Western Coffee Shop

"Stream Dreams" are running special trains to Canterbury and Exeter this summer, with pickups on the TransWilts

08:30 Westbury
09:00 Melksham
09:10 Chippenham
09:30 Swindon
[Also Reading and Kensington Olympia]
to Canterbury - Tuesday 26th June

[From Banbury and Oxford]
10:15 Swindon
10:35 Chippenham
10:50 Melksham
11:15 Westbury
to Exeter - Thursday 20th September

"Motive power is likely to be from a pool of steam locomotives including; 60163 Tornado, 34046 Braunton, 35028 Clan Line, 6201 Princess Elizabeth, 4492 Dominion of New Zealand, 70000 Britannia and 71000 Duke of Gloucester."

Ticket prices from 99 pounds return per adult.

http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/9555714.Trains_steam_into_Melksham_railway_station_this_summer/
http://www.steamdreams.com

Pictures at Melksham via:

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/3784_Steam-train-calls-at-Melksham-Pictures.html

Due back into Melksham at 23:10 tonight

Excellent photos Grahame

Excellent day out too!  Just waiting to board the return at Canterbury West.  ;D

And here she is arriving in Melksham - a little late and very dark.

(http://www.wellho.net/pix/tornadoa.jpg)

From the bridge at Melksham station with the train part of the train in the platform.

(http://www.wellho.net/pix/tornadob.jpg)

And the most important picture of all - lots of customers getting back to their home town after a great day out

(http://www.wellho.net/pix/tornadoc.jpg)

This week's train to Exeter (20th September) has been postponed until May 2013, due to Industrial Action. 

http://www.facebook.com/CathedralsExpressSteamTrainTours/posts/406573029408636?notif_t=like

Along with three others operated by Steam Dreams

The September 2013 trip will now take place on the 21st May.  The trip has been changed from the previous plan and now runs from Banbury to Exeter and then on to Paignton followed by Kingswear for Dartmouth.

Final times have not yet been published but provisionally it will call at Melksham at around 10:30 and return at about 20:45 (almost sunset!).

Motive power has been changed a couple of times and is currently advertised as 4464 Bittern

Full details at  Steam Dreams. (http://www.steamdreams.co.uk/Executables/GT436TourCalendar.exe?ActionCode=TP&WebBookno=5163269&SS=SDSVR01\SQLExpress&DB=SteamDreams&Division=A&bookingtype=T&date5=41415&Tour=71561&Route=1&Board=MKM&Adults=2&Children=0&Infants=0)