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Title: Trans Wilts line - General Information Post by: Phil on February 11, 2008, 17:01:56 Service improved from 8th December 2013 ... now 8 trains per day each way (Monday to Saturday) and 6 northbound /5 southbound on Sunday. I am leaving the rest of this thread in tact as a historic record, but will be removing its sticky status - Grahame, 27th December 2013 Swindon to Westbury via Chippenham, Melksham and Trowbridge Description of line Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury. Service offered 2 trains per day each way on Monday to Saturday, 2 northbound trains and one southbound on Sunday. Peak flows The present trains leave Swindon at 06:12 and 18:44, which is inconvenient for most potential travellers. As a result, a service that was used by 100,000 people per year during the previous franchise has dropped back (our estimate) to just 8% of that - 8,000 journeys per year. Known issues The current service is unsuited to the traffic that's available and offered and there are strong moves for a return to an appropriate service from December 2013. These are discussed elsewhere on this board. (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/pix/fgwocms2.jpg) Updated to provide current information - September 2013 Title: Re: Trans Wilts line - General Information Post by: grahame on April 16, 2008, 06:28:55 Update on potential improvements from December 2008:
See the potential new timetable here (http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/tp.html) Read about the background and potentail here (http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/pabout.html) Register your support here (http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/pledge.html) Title: Re: Trans Wilts line - General Information Post by: grahame on September 23, 2013, 05:55:40 Update on potential improvements from December 2013:
Potential new timetable (a discussion on how it should look but with 'probable' data!) here (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=12948.msg140070#msg140070) Read about the background and potential here (http://atrebatia.info/twr_briefing.pdf) and here (http://atrebatia.info/to2014_10.pdf) See also the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership website at http://atrebatia.info for lots more information including briefing meetings, station groups, surveys, constitution, pictures, etc! This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |