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« on: April 05, 2009, 18:14:26 »

Info Point at Melksham Station the info point at Melksham is still not working.
This is needed as Melksham is unmain a the trains do come either very early 06:40 & 07:17 or later 19.11 and 19.47 and with no public phone, you can feel you cut off from the land of FGW (First Great Western).
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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2009, 08:38:30 »

Info Point at Melksham Station the info point at Melksham is still not working.
This is needed as Melksham is unmain a the trains do come either very early 06:40 & 07:17 or later 19.11 and 19.47 and with no public phone, you can feel you cut off from the land of FGW (First Great Western).

It's a franchise committement, as I understand it, for the information point to be improved. Hmm - I wonder when that will happen.

It was also a franchise committement to look after signage, and there was a certain irony that Wessex Trains put up new signs about a month before their term ended, so that they could then pass the station on in an acceptable condition.  Someone then replaced the Wessex logo with the First logo a few days BEFORE the new franchise started ... which proves, I think, that things can be done quickly - even indecently quickly - when the will is there!
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« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2009, 09:08:55 »

I know my situation is not on the line, but I reported the information point out of order at Bugle, on the Par - Newquay Branchline about six weeks ago, I had a reply that it had been noted, but did not sound like it would get repaired.
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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2009, 21:25:18 »

Good News it is now working

A happy customer of FGW (First Great Western)  Smiley

Thanks FGW for getting it fixed .
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