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Key documents
9 21 Oct 2025
Diary for 2026 / Melksham and public transport
9 7 Oct 2025
Letter to Brian Mathew for support for Melksham Train
9 27 Aug 2024
Department for Transport - organisation chart
9 Jun 2024
Labour plans to fix Britains Railways
9 19 Dec 2024
UK Fare Easements
9 16 Oct 2023
TransWilts line status report
9 20 Feb 2023
Minimum service levels for passenger rail during strike action
9 14 Jun 2022
Great Western / National Rail Contract
9 6 Feb 2022
National Rail Conditions of Travel
9 Jul 2022
Guidelines for taking photos at stations
9 5 Jan 2021
Covid service reduction - suggested principles
9 17 Sep 2021
Department for Transport - FOI on Bristol to Waterloo
9 Apr 2021
GWR Train and Station facilities
9 7 Jun 2021
DfT email justifying Bristol - Waterloo removal (FOI)
9 15 Mar 2021
Bus Back Better - National Strategy for England
9 20 May 2021
Great British Railways The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail
9 2020
Decarbonising Transport - DfT - Setting the Challenge
9 31 Jul 2020
TRACTION DECARBONISATION NETWORK STRATEGY - Network Rail
9 29 Mar 2020
Emergency Measures Agreement ("EMA") The Secretary of State for Transport and - First Greater Western Limited
9 18 Feb 2018
Timetabling exercise – Swindon to Solent – request of 12.2.2018
9 10 Dec 2017
Swindon to Salisbury - techincal study
9 Jan 2016
Wiltshire Local Transport Plan Public Transport Strategy Review Public Consultation Paper
9 14 Apr 2016
The Way Ahead - Options 24/7 buses and trains
9 18 May 2014
Complete National Rail timetable
9 26 Aug 2010
Guidance for photographers from the police
9 1 Apr 1994
Railways Act 1993
9 27 Mar 1963
The Reshaping of British Railways (Beeching) - Part 1: Report
9 1 Jan 1948
Transport Act 1947
9 1 Jan 1923
Railway Act 1921

Important documents
7 10 Jul 2026
AI on Bristol to Waterloo
7 18 Apr 2026
Sixty years after Melksham Station Closed, looking forward
7 16 May 2026
Melksham (MTUG) summer timetables
7 17 Feb 2026
South Wales / TfW vision proposals
7 17 Apr 2026
Bus service 234 and x34 story
7 16 Jan 2025
Heart of Wessex / draft bus suggestions
7 21 Sep 2025
Melksham Public Transport Stretegy
7 16 Dec 2025
Melksham Public Transport Timetables / web
7 13 Dec 2025
Looking forward for passengers / TravelWatch
7 19 Sep 2025
User Group update, Coffee Shop
7 17 Sep 2025
User Group update, West Wilts
7 1 Apr 2025
MetroWest Bath and Wiltshire
7 16 Jul 2025
Current MTUG and Transport - Melksham
7 18 Sep 2025
User Group update, Melksham
7 17 Feb 2025
Integrated Transport response / Melksham
7 22 Aug 2024
About Network Rail - Wessex Region
7 4 Jul 2024
Labour Party Manifesti 2024
7 22 Aug 2024
About Western Gateway STB
7 22 Aug 2024
About Peninsular Transport STB
7 22 Aug 2024
About Transport Commissioners
7 22 Aug 2024
About Network Rail - Western Region
7 2 Feb 2024
Open Government License
7 2 Sep 2024
Melksham Town Council to Great Western Railway, letter of concern
7 Oct 2024
Wiltshire Rail Strategy
7 12 Oct 2024
Review for Melksham MP
7 23 Aug 2024
South West England as described on Wikipedia
7 4 Jul 2024
South West MPs 2024 and recent history
7 Dec 2023
About Urban Transport Group
7 4 Oct 2023
Network North transforming British Transport
7 15 Jul 2023
Changes to GWR ticket retailing
7 31 May 2023
TravelWatch SouthWest to WWRUG
7 12 Jan 2022
Devon rail report
7 Feb 2022
Wales and West Decarbonisation Strategy
7 22 Dec 2022
2 pound bus cap list
7 25 Apr 2022
Climate Change Adaptation and Transport Infrastructure
7 22 Aug 2022
Coffee Shop letter to Mark Hopwood
7 9 Dec 2021
Whole English Strategic Plan - Call for evidence
7 18 Apr 2021
Somerset Bus Partnership, Bus Back Better presentation
7 1 Oct 2021
Transport Focus - South Western Railway – December 2022 timetable consultation
7 13 Apr 2021
SWR to DfT on withdrawal of Bristol to Waterloo
7 21 Apr 2021
Bus Back Better / Option 24/7 slide set
7 23 Feb 2021
Routeing Guide Easements
7 2 Oct 2021
The Waterloo campaign poster (final)
7 24 May 2021
Melksham Transport Snapshot
7 19 May 2021
Great British Railways: for the passenger - DfT Press Release
7 Jul 2021
Decarbonising Transport: A Better, Greener Britain
7 Jun 2020
Extra Help customer cards
7 13 Jan 2020
Melksham Area Buses: A proposal for implementation Spring 2020
7 Sep 2020
Covid-19 Positive Case Notification and Action Process - GWR
7 22 Jun 2020
Station adoption - GWR Covid rules for volunteers
7 22 Jun 2020
Station security - GWR briefing
7 2020
Southern Region Decarbonisaton Strategy
7 11 Jan 2020
Melksham Area Buses – a proposal for implementation, Spring 2020
7 9 Feb 2019
Coffee Shop Constitution meeting
7 6 Apr 2019
Railway Development Across Wiltshire - Graham Ellis for RailFuture
7 18 Apr 2018
Pilning SEWWEB leaflet
7 Jun 2018
Melksham Carnival 2018, 16 page leaflet
7 Apr 2018
Experience Swindon by rail
7 Oct 2018
DfT Rolling Stock Perspective Fourth edition
7 4 Mar 2017
Achieving Productive Alliances
7 11 Jul 2017
Competition and Marketing Authority agreement on London to Exeter flow
7 19 Jul 2017
Principles for changes at timetable re-casting
7 Jun 2015
Outstanding Volunteer Contribution - Lee Fletcher
7 May 2015
RailFuture nomination - TransWilts line – to gain and retain an appropriate service
7 14 Dec 2014
Melksham Rail Link Bus
7 Nov 2009
Coffee Shop input to GWR Route Utilisation strategy
7 24 Jan 2007
Hansard on First Great Western problems
7 7 Sep 2005
Save the Train Blog - Archive 2005 to 2008
7 19 Sep 1997
Southall rail accident
7 1981
Department of Transport and British Railways Board - Review of Main Line Electrification
7 27 Mar 1963
The Reshaping of British Railways (Beeching) - Part 2: Maps
7 1955
British Transport Commission - The system of electrification for British Ralways

General documents
5 19 Mar 2026
Wiltshire Council sustainability forum slides
5 20 Apr 2026
Melksham Transport User Group - newsletter
5 19 Jun 2026
Graham Ellis on TransWilts future questions
5 12 Mar 2026
MTUG Public Meeting Slide Set
5 28 Jan 2025
Melksham bus route 16 v1.1
5 26 Nov 2025
GWR presentation to WWRUG on transport integration
5 May 2025
Report on 205 bus route consultation
5 30 Sep 2025
Melksham Town Council Community Vision Survey
5 27 May 2024
Vision for Melksham
5 22 Aug 2024
Restore your railway - looking at why it was cancelled
5 22 Aug 2024
Rail and Urban Government report
5 18 Sep 2024
GWR to WWRUG presentation - business update and performance
5 Aug 2024
Melksham Neighbourhood Plan
5 19 Nov 2024
Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 4; Carbon
5 11 Oct 2024
TravelWatch SouthWest slide set
5 16 Dec 2024
Mark Hopwood and Tom Lydon to Stakeholders webinar
5 19 Nov 2024
Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 4; Sub Strategies
5 19 Nov 2024
Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 4; Place Based
5 15 Dec 2024
Swindon to Westbury Dec 24 - May 25
5 15 Nov 2024
ORR to Go-op
5 19 Nov 2024
Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 4; Cabinet Report
5 19 Nov 2024
Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 4; Core
5 Sep 2023
Wilthshire Local Plan main document
5 Aug 2023
Wiltshire Council Public Transport Policy
5 10 Jun 2023
Friends of Chippenham Station to Weymouth
5 11 May 2023
TransWilts Chairman Role Descriptio
5 30 Oct 2023
Rememberance Travel for services
5 4 Oct 2023
Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan II draft
5 8 Dec 2023
Ten Years on - TransWilts Service
5 10 Jun 2023
Friends of Chippenham Station to Cardiff
5 10 Jun 2023
Friends of Chippenham Station to Salisbury
5 10 Jun 2023
Friends of Chippenham Station to Stroud
5 10 Jun 2023
Friends of Chippenham Station to Romsey
5 10 Jun 2023
Friends of Chippenham Station to Bristol Harbour
5 Mar 2022
Wiltshire Enhanced Bus Partnership
5 2 Nov 2022
Update from GWR to WWRUG
5 19 Jan 2022
First West of England ticket guide
5 Nov 2022
Pewsey Vale Mobility Study
5 Aug 2022
Urban Transport Group - An Introducion to UK Transport Governance
5 Nov 2022
Wiltshire BSIP review
5 20 Oct 2021
Trowbridge [Waterloos] meeting
5 Jul 2021
GWR Community Rail Booklet 2020/21
5 20 Apr 2021
FavBug and Somerset Bus Partnership - Bus Back Better
5 19 Oct 2021
Trowbridge slides
5 16 Jan 2021
Melksham Bypass (A350) Consultation input from MRUG
5 16 Oct 2021
Coffee Shop AGM, Mark Hopwood slides
5 9 Mar 2021
Melksham Rail User Group response to Wiltshire Local Plan consultation
5 4 Oct 2021
Department for Transport to TWSW
5 1 Oct 2021
The Waterloo campaign poster (draft)
5 26 Jul 2021
SWR December 2022 consultation
5 5 Dec 2021
Community Report at conclusion of the Waterloo - Bristol Campaign
5 Oct 2021
Wiltshire Bus Service Improvement Plan
5 16 May 2021
Timetable Swindon via Westbury to CLC and Salisbury
5 23 Oct 2021
GWR v SWR comparison - Bristol to Waterloo and Paddington
5 29 Mar 2021
Back Better / Option 24/7 slide set
5 9 Mar 2020
Proposal to update Melksham bus services
5 2 Jun 2020
Getting back on Public Transport - Tuesday Club
5 12 Aug 2020
ConnectedCities: Metroisation of the Railways - Graham Ellis talk
5 Apr 2020
Bus Stop Design Standards - Derbyshire
5 May 2019
Railfuture Severnside newsletter 41
5 Dec 2019
Douglas Oakervee CBE, FREng review of HS2
5 Aug 2018
Cycling by train - GWR leaflet
5 21 May 2017
Melksham Bus Partnership Suggestion for service changes from January 2018
5 11 Jan 2016
Horse's Mouth Blog - Option 24/7 - 2016 Campaign
5 Sep 2015
Wilton Parkway leaflet
5 23 Aug 2015
Bath to Salisbury bus timetable, route 265
5 15 Jun 2015
LSTF report
5 Jun 2013
Rail Study - Hampshire County Council - Halcrow
5 13 Oct 2012
Horse's Mouth Blog - Community Rail, Melksham - 2012 to 2017
5 4 Mar 2008
Horse's Mouth Blog - TravelWatch SouthWest - 2008 to 2015
5 5 Jun 2006
Horse's Mouth Blog - Public Transport, Rail - 2006 to 2018
5 Jun 2004
Mark Annand on Bristol to Waterloo

for record only documents
3 12 Feb 2026
Minutes, MTUG
3 12 Mar 2026
Chair notes, MTUG
3 8 May 2025
Ordnance Survey 1:50000 index
3 14 Mar 2025
Melksham Town Council (Reasons)
3 13 May 2025
Update for Melksham Transport User Group
3 16 Dec 2025
Melksham Public Transport Timetables / printable
3 22 Jan 2025
Local Transport Plan 4 WC - response from GE
3 24 Oct 2025
TravelWatch SouthWest slide set
3 4 Jun 2025
EPF Particiapant Welcome
3 18 Sep 2024
Great Risk and Great Opportunity premiminary
3 2 Jun 2024
Melksham / Cardiff, Portsmouth Train Timetable
3 22 Aug 2024
About Economic Heartland STB
3 1 Apr 2024
Local Enterprise Partneships no more
3 22 May 2024
TransWilts to West Wilts Rail User Group
3 16 Jul 2024
Local Cycle and Walking Infrastucture Plan, Melksham
3 2 Jun 2024
Melksham / London Train Timetable
3 2 Jun 2024
Melksham local Train Timetable
3 8 Nov 2024
Chippenham to Melksham - eyes of a newcomer
3 2 Jun 2024
Melksham / Salisbury, Weymoouth Train Timetable
3 Sep 2023
Wiltshire Local Plan for Melksham
3 1 Mar 2023
West Wiltshire to Sicily slides
3 2 Mar 2022
Melksham for GBR HQ?
3 17 Jan 2022
SWR WoE temporary timetable
3 11 Nov 2022
Option 247 and Somerset Bus Partnership to TravelWatch SouthWest
3 28 Nov 2022
Interail - the log
3 10 Jul 2022
Groupsave Melksham to London
3 29 Oct 2021
Wiltshire BSIP Final
3 May 2021
A350 Corridor Alliance, minutes
3 27 Oct 2021
Cirencester Community Rail Project to Railfuture
3 1 Dec 2021
WikiPedia on Serpell Report
3 27 May 2018
Day out by train - Swindon Chippenhamand Melksham to South
3 Sep 2017
Well House Manor Trip Advisor text
3 Sep 2017
Well House Manor Trip Advisor reviews
3 Jun 2016
2016 Melksham leaflet
3 9 May 2016
TWR Big reach poster v2
3 Jan 2016
Well House Manor Trip Advisor reviews
3 27 Nov 2015
TransWilts Corridor rail and bus combined timetable
3 31 Jan 2013
Well House Manor Trip Advisor
3 11 Jan 2013
Digital Spy / Four in a Bed / Well House Manor
3 7 Mar 2011
Horse's Mouth Blog - Melksham Campus - 2011 to 2015
3 Mar 2008
Train service across Wiltshire. An opportunity to provide an appropriate service once again.
3 12 May 2008
Horse's Mouth Blog - Public Transport, Walk and Cycle - 2008 to 2013
3 5 Jun 2006
Horse's Mouth Blog - Public Transport, Road - 2006 to 2016
3 7 May 2006
Horse's Mouth Blog - Public Transport, Water - 2006 to 2016
3 5 Jun 2006
Horse's Mouth Blog - Getting to Melksham - 2006 to 2013

 
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