This 6:44 6:47 business is beyond a joke now. Everyone travelling from Melksham to Trowbridge wants that train. Us pulling up as it is pulling out is becoming more and more common, yet we haven't caught one for a month now. It would have to be moved significantly to guarantee the connection, but we don't want it guaranteed, just something that gives us half a chance. I could really do with the 6:44 right now but that would cost me an extra ^5 in petrol a day just because FGW^▸ (First Great Western) fail to run an appropriate service.

The connection from Trowbridge leaves after the one from Westbury. The whole 'service' makes no sense. The freight this morning was going in the Westbury direction, so it would have been worse had it been going the opposite way.

Another one....

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Tonight, I paid ^5 to come home early from Trowbridge. Due to FGW^▸ (First Great Western) delays, I was only about 10 minutes earlier than I would have been had I waited for the TransWilts. I can just about deal with them wasting either my time or my money, not both 

Looks like we're in for a day of fun and misinformation on FGW^▸ (First Great Western) today:

- While waiting for the 06:38 TransWilts, the information at Melksham displays 'arrived Chippenham 16:26.'
- When arriving into Trowbridge on the above service at 6:46, it is displaying as expected 6:54. It is then changed to 6:56, and then delayed, even though the train has already called at the station.

6 is Bath I think.

Feeling for anyone who left their car at Melksham this morning. The train now seems to be starting from Gloucester and running to Swindon, non-stop from Chippenham to Trowbridge and restarting from Westbury. Given that they only run 4 trains a day, it would make more sense to run non-stop between some of the other stations. Yet another reason why the Melksham passenger numbers are lower than they could be.

Thanks Grahame. Made it to Chippenham just in time; Melksham train showing as on time at the station.

For a published connection, the 18:30 runs too close to the wire too many times. I would go as far as to say it's more unreliable than the Melksham trains.

Have ended up on the 18:30 from Bristol. Looking like making the connection is unlikely. Anyone on that train? No sign of a conductor and no apologies for the delay, only the fact that there are no seat reservations!!

Just been shopping in Asda. Was coming out and a HST^▸ (High Speed Train) is heading to Chippenham. Can't help but think the service could be much enhanced if they just stopped every train that was diverted through here.

So the summer timetable commences today. Same old diabolical service. I read the timetable wrong and thought that there was a train departing for Melksham at 18:25 I wish.

Something you want to watch on TV? Guess the usual practice is to get an earlier train. Not on this line.

I HATE FGW^▸ (First Great Western)!! I already waste two hours of my time per day due to this shambles of a service, now I'm missing Coronation Street 

I just love sitting here listening to the summer timetable announcements over and over. Guess they're not going to do anything remotely useful

HAD ENOUGH OF THIS

No news yet on what happened with the taxi situation last night.

Spoke to a semi-regular commuter on the line this morning and his point just emphasises the fact that the current service is of no use to anyone that cannot use flexitime in the same way that he can. Due to extra hours built up because of the timings of the TransWilts, he has earned three days to take off since Easter. That's to Filton Abbey Wood, having a longer journey time than the majority of passengers who do use the line.

Can't see where the improvement will come though; as Grahame said above, passengers who would be prepared to schedule their lives around the current timings are put off by the fact that they can't travel without a Plan B. This is why I always take someone with me to the station and never leave the car there.

Brizzle is Bristol.

18:30 got to Chippenham at 19:09, Melksham connection left at 19:04. I thought they were supposed to hold the last connection. There is bound to have been at least one person wanting that train; will try to find out how the taxi situation went. They would argue not within the control of the railway, but it surely was within their control to take our on time service and cancel it to run a delayed service, knowing that the next available service was almost guaranteed to be late because of the route of that service.

Edit: I know the 18:30 comes from Weston Super Mare, but the 18:00 doesn't, does it?! Isn't that an arrival from London sent on the reverse journey upon arrival? Poor service if so FGW.

Edit: Oops, accidentally quoted above. Sorry.