Since January 2014, the Coffee Shop has hosted an extra board - the "TransWilts Community Rail Partnership" board - which since its formation has attracted over 1000 posts in 130 topics. The main reasons for a separate board were to avoid cluttering the main forum with yet
topics about the Swindon to Westbury line for Coffee Shop members who were not conceded with this particular line, and to allow posts which discussed ideas which - whilst not private - were not things that we wanted shouted in public (
).
With the TransWilts service now very much established as a regular part of the franchise service, we can consider it to be "grown up", and the TransWilts
- is making some changes. In particular, The Board has asked that the link between the Coffee Shop and TransWilts, which could be read as a formal link because of the presence of that special board, be removed. The Coffee Shop and the TransWilts CRP are thus more clearly defined as separate from each other now. Members of the Coffee Shop who were designated "TransWilts Members" will revert to post-count membership, and (except for those with very few posts indeed) will find that nothing has really changed.
This TransWilts board decision is a good one - it allows the Coffee Shop to be confirmed as being independent of Train Operator Community Rail funding, and it enables the TransWilts Board to confirm that views expressed on the Coffee Shop may not be views supported / sponsored in any way by The Board.
Over the past three days, all threads on the TransWilts CPR board (except the one there announcing this change) have been moved to other boards as appropriate. [edit - have just moved that final thread
in "Frequent Posters"]. They have not been re-dated, so may appear all down those other boards. Most (as you might expect) are now on the TransWilts line area; second most popular target is Frequent Posters. But there are perhaps a dozen other boards that have received a few posts as well. Please
if you feel I have made any errors in the relocation - it's been a long manual task, and as regular members know I am not errrrrror-freeee.
A further benefit of this move is that much of our archive material which is no longer confidential is now available in public, and in due course will become visible through search engines. I anticipate that this, together with the
shortlisting and other activities, will help us continue to maintain our post and interest level even in a world where much of the forum traffic has been replaced by social media streams.
Please follow links in the first column (thread no.) to read the moved posts. Please quote that thread number to me if you want to raise issues about any specific thread relocation, as that will help me find it. Please note that if you are a guest of a member who has made very few posts, you will not be able to see the body of anything I have moved to "Frequent Posters" even though you can now see the title.
Thread No. | Thread Title | Thread is dated ... | Initial post length |
16491 | Update to Melksham Rail Development Group | 21st Nov 2015 | 22069 |
18104 | TransWilts data - sanity check please | 19th Mar 2017 | 14812 |
18496 | Wash up report on passenger services offered during 8 to 16 July period | 23rd Jul 2017 | 13484 |
13488 | Next Steps - 2016 and onward | 24th Jan 2014 | 12958 |
15021 | On revenue collection, etc | 9th Dec 2014 | 12840 |
13532 | To accompany the business plan - a review | 1st Feb 2014 | 12407 |
14043 | An update - for comment | 23rd May 2014 | 11043 |
18424 | Capturing my notes from the TWSW» meeting | 4th Jul 2017 | 11011 |
15838 | LSTF▸ at Melksham - what has been achieved, and where we have to go | 15th Jun 2015 | 9989 |
14096 | Commentary on TWSW threads | 6th Jun 2014 | 8357 |
19504 | Disquiet at line being shut a day earlier than necessary for severe weather | 18th Mar 2018 | 7945 |
15691 | Chippenham Conservative candidate Michelle Donelan's election leaflet - concerns | 1st May 2015 | 7720 |
18309 | Arithmetic of a bus connection at Melksham Station | 25th May 2017 | 6333 |
18890 | Holt Halt? | 24th Oct 2017 | 6123 |
18800 | DfT» request - earlier and later trains, sunday frequency, current +nl trains | 30th Sep 2017 | 5816 |
13592 | Melksham Rail Link | 14th Feb 2014 | 5654 |
16938 | Draft summer leaflet timetable | 17th Apr 2016 | 5612 |
18129 | Bus route 49 - the TransWilts Express from Swindon to Trowbridge | 26th Mar 2017 | 4819 |
14137 | A throwback to the bad old days? Temporary - I hope! | 16th Jun 2014 | 4284 |
18307 | Status update - May 2017 | 24th May 2017 | 4178 |
13677 | TwCRP / ACoRP membership application. | 8th Mar 2014 | 3980 |
14230 | Looking forward - increasing capacity | 7th Jul 2014 | 3955 |
19541 | An update on the Go-op Open Access proposal | 25th Mar 2018 | 3616 |
17620 | Problems at Bradford Junction - 30/31 Oct 16 | 3rd Nov 2016 | 3280 |
14648 | Late bus changes | 28th Sep 2014 | 3234 |
14539 | River Festival - report on a marketing opportunity | 7th Sep 2014 | 3210 |
15646 | TransWilts CIC vision 2020 - station sites | 19th Apr 2015 | 3199 |
16836 | Melksham TVM▸ - accepting but not returning coins? | 19th Mar 2016 | 3102 |
17852 | Councillor proposal for steam train base at Melksham | 6th Jan 2017 | 3080 |
13530 | TransWilts Community Rail Partnership | 1st Feb 2014 | 2999 |
15267 | Heart of Wessex new web site | 25th Jan 2015 | 2970 |
14076 | Sunday morning | 1st Jun 2014 | 2779 |
14955 | Ongoing signalling problems effecting the TransWilts | 26th Nov 2014 | 2718 |
13425 | TransWilts - ongoing experienced supporter discussions and information | 8th Jan 2014 | 2601 |
16538 | Counters - 12th, 13th, 14th December 2015 | 10th Dec 2015 | 2597 |
17979 | Permissive working - Swindon and Westbury | 13th Feb 2017 | 2542 |
17751 | Personal thanks from Mark Hopwood of Great Western Railway | 14th Dec 2016 | 2495 |
13918 | On crowd control for special trains | 23rd Apr 2014 | 2321 |
17640 | Electrification Works in the Bath Spa area - Easter 2017 | 8th Nov 2016 | 2280 |
13415 | Agenda for AGM▸ / 7th February 2014 | 5th Jan 2014 | 2222 |
14059 | Connections To/From London Paddington @ Swindon | 27th May 2014 | 2217 |
18626 | Three Rivers Log | 27th Aug 2017 | 2192 |
14263 | Gatwick Flyaway Tickets from TransWilts Stations | 14th Jul 2014 | 2156 |
19936 | Learning from stand duty | 15th Jun 2018 | 2135 |
15550 | 17:36 relief | 26th Mar 2015 | 2128 |
15151 | Santa Train Account - December 2014 | 3rd Jan 2015 | 2121 |
13666 | Some thoughts about TW services | 6th Mar 2014 | 2061 |
13849 | Starting to monitor the leisure traffic | 11th Apr 2014 | 2057 |
10746 | Bidders / Contacts | 1st May 2012 | 2037 |
18921 | On prioritising trains and getting appropriate alternatives | 30th Oct 2017 | 2006 |
18561 | Meltdown ... | 9th Aug 2017 | 1990 |
13490 | The 08:49 - can it run earlier? | 24th Jan 2014 | 1985 |
14608 | Behind the scene - Westbury and Trowbridge yesterday | 22nd Sep 2014 | 1863 |
14019 | What happened to the early trains / lessons to learn | 18th May 2014 | 1851 |
14683 | Counts and surveys - 11th to 14th October | 5th Oct 2014 | 1846 |
19409 | Turbo issues - TransWilts | 28th Feb 2018 | 1779 |
15511 | ACoRP designated lines seminar | 17th Mar 2015 | 1738 |
17015 | Fare evasion on and near TransWilts | 8th May 2016 | 1727 |
13540 | Loadings, cancellations and other issues | 2nd Feb 2014 | 1725 |
15416 | Suggestion - extra early evening peak train | 21st Feb 2015 | 1625 |
17107 | Seaside trips - Summer 2016 | 28th May 2016 | 1599 |
14056 | Handling of negative feedback | 26th May 2014 | 1564 |
15022 | An interesting evening in the TransWilts | 9th Dec 2014 | 1559 |
14506 | Early departure - what are passenger's rights? | 3rd Sep 2014 | 1554 |
14545 | Dates in the diary | 7th Sep 2014 | 1540 |
15026 | A year on - looking forward | 11th Dec 2014 | 1526 |
18182 | An elephant never forgets | 6th Apr 2017 | 1522 |
16184 | Wizard - how it does when it is not on the TransWilts | 5th Sep 2015 | 1514 |
17323 | TransWilts ACoRP award entries for 2016 | 3rd Aug 2016 | 1507 |
13420 | Loss of customer - failed connection, 17:45 ex Paddington | 7th Jan 2014 | 1477 |
13419 | Passenger Count data - from January 2014 - also concern / issues raised log | 6th Jan 2014 | 1451 |
14978 | Advertising of trips out by train | 30th Nov 2014 | 1426 |
13432 | People not happy with disappearing "via Melksham" fare | 9th Jan 2014 | 1307 |
14229 | Signalling on the TransWilts | 7th Jul 2014 | 1306 |
14447 | This Friday - Claire Perry in Melksham | 26th Aug 2014 | 1296 |
13807 | Not a Happy Bunny | 2nd Apr 2014 | 1142 |
15631 | Change to summer plans | 15th Apr 2015 | 1117 |
14142 | TransWilts CRP response to GW▸ Consultation | 17th Jun 2014 | 1112 |
14802 | Connections to/from Warminster | 25th Oct 2014 | 1077 |
13427 | More trains on the main line today ... | 8th Jan 2014 | 1053 |
14157 | Claire Mahoney | 20th Jun 2014 | 1047 |
13775 | Car Parking at Melksham Station | 26th Mar 2014 | 1010 |
13898 | Please check - correctness of ticket message | 19th Apr 2014 | 1009 |
18124 | TransWilts wins campaign award | 24th Mar 2017 | 977 |
20084 | 2019 timetable - early(ish) draft and fine tuning sought | 14th Jul 2018 | 972 |
13669 | Staffing issues - what happened? | 6th Mar 2014 | 960 |
18040 | Care needed - ice on Melksham platform | 28th Feb 2017 | 946 |
16926 | The Community / TOC▸ relationship? | 14th Apr 2016 | 863 |
15467 | Photo Call | 6th Mar 2015 | 849 |
13868 | TransWilts Brochure - summer 2014 | 13th Apr 2014 | 806 |
18151 | Station of the year nomination | 1st Apr 2017 | 803 |
13461 | Step Free on the TransWilts | 16th Jan 2014 | 794 |
15221 | New funding opportunity for local bus / rail? | 17th Jan 2015 | 788 |
15130 | Scatter plots - TransWilts users during our survey in October | 30th Dec 2014 | 755 |
13994 | Great Western Franchise Consultation / TransWilts [area] responses | 11th May 2014 | 724 |
14767 | 25 year celebration - West Wilts Rail User Group | 19th Oct 2014 | 706 |
15559 | TransWilts posters at Swindon Station | 29th Mar 2015 | 687 |
15798 | Still doing the Bath dogleg ... | 4th Jun 2015 | 683 |
18630 | TransWilts (public) update | 29th Aug 2017 | 652 |
19270 | GW Franchise Consultation - initial thoughts for a TransWilts response | 22nd Jan 2018 | 651 |
18995 | Ideas for Westbury - Salisbury from start of 2019 | 20th Nov 2017 | 643 |
16115 | Claire Perry to (re)open the new Trowbridge Station, 18th September | 18th Aug 2015 | 625 |
13790 | Getting the message across | 30th Mar 2014 | 593 |
18231 | Melksham Sunday Starter from September | 23rd Apr 2017 | 588 |
15387 | Summer 2015 - disruptions, etc | 15th Feb 2015 | 587 |
15074 | Melksham Help Point | 22nd Dec 2014 | 585 |
17218 | Swindon as a day trip destination | 6th Jul 2016 | 579 |
15747 | Early summer newsletter and passenger counts | 17th May 2015 | 555 |
18790 | Trains all day, every day. Wow! | 29th Sep 2017 | 534 |
16702 | 23rd July 2016 - Melksham Carnival | 2nd Feb 2016 | 491 |
16053 | Industrial action effecting the Weymouth Wizard? | 3rd Aug 2015 | 474 |
15605 | More uncollected fares | 10th Apr 2015 | 461 |
19834 | TransWilts annual designation review | 18th May 2018 | 446 |
16370 | Ooops | 22nd Oct 2015 | 438 |
18144 | A green 153 | 29th Mar 2017 | 426 |
13405 | Delay / cancellation log - LSTF service | 13th Dec 2013 | 397 |
13438 | Recently posted / written answers | 11th Jan 2014 | 397 |
14976 | TransWilts Line brochure / timetable for the winter | 29th Nov 2014 | 392 |
13634 | Swindon TW poster | 25th Feb 2014 | 384 |
14518 | MRDG» - 5th September 2014 | 5th Sep 2014 | 383 |
18087 | Presentations from 3 new station seminar day / 15th March 2017 | 16th Mar 2017 | 381 |
16169 | MOVED: TransWilts volunteer shortlisted for national outstanding contribution award | 1st Sep 2015 | 369 |
18177 | MOVED: Unused freight paths to be removed | 5th Apr 2017 | 329 |
18019 | Extra train, 2nd March, Swindon to Salisbury and back | 23rd Feb 2017 | 320 |
16490 | Replacement Buses 21st November | 21st Nov 2015 | 304 |
16009 | TransWilts CIC Vision 2020 - Swindon and Solent | 26th Jul 2015 | 230 |
14144 | Glastonbury | 17th Jun 2014 | 227 |
14800 | Experimental web pages | 25th Oct 2014 | 213 |
16703 | Wessex Wander along the TransWilts | 2nd Feb 2016 | 190 |
15582 | Saturday 28th March 2015 - Person hit by train, Beanacre near Melksham | 3rd Apr 2015 | 175 |
17192 | Leisure marketing with the older generation in mind | 26th Jun 2016 | 151 |