Trans Wilts line - General Information

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[Phil]

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.



Updated to provide current information - September 2013

[grahame]

Update on potential improvements from December 2008:

See the potential new timetable here

Read about the background and potentail here

Register your support here

[grahame]

Update on potential improvements from December 2013:

Potential new timetable (a discussion on how it should look but with 'probable' data!) here

Read about the background and potential here and here

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!