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Trains at Melksham, Swindon, Chippenham, Trowbridge, Westbury .......
and connections to over 2,500 stations in Great Britain
Buses ... local, and to Bath, Devizes, Chippenham, Trowbridge, Corsham and Bradford-on-Avon
And for newcomers to our public transport
February and March 2021 update
Current from 13th December 2020 ...
Public Transport to, from, within Melksham.
Next train departures here
Following are temporary sheets for February and March 2021
Sheet 3
Buses, Bath - Melksham - Devizes (271 - 273)
Sheet 4
Buses, Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Frome (x34)
Buses, Corsham - Melksham - Bradford-on-Avon -Trowbridge (68/69)
Coaches, Frome - Melksham - Swindon - London (402)
Sheet 5
Buses, Melksham Town (14,15)
Buses, Marlborough - Calne - Melksham - Bath (Royal United) (x76)
An app is available showing live train status for the next few hours at
TransWilts App . The App can also be downloaded to a Smart phone/tablet
from the Apple Store or Google Play.
Off peak fares are valid all day Saturday and Sunday, and after 09:29 Monday to Friday (08:29 on some journeys).
Children aged 5 to 15 travel at half the adult fare. Children under 5, dogs, bicycles (limited capacity) at no charge. Railcard discounts for holders of senior, disabled, two together, 16-25, and friend and family. Terms vary according to card; typically 34% discount.
Groupsave (for groups of 3 or more adults) also offers a 34% discount. Season tickets offering unlimited journeys between specified points (and intermediate stations) are available for periods ranging from 7 days to 1 year.
Tickets also available from Warminster, Frome, Dilton Marsh and Bradford-on-Avon to Swindon via Melksham at Westbury price. Tickets from Westbury and Trowbridge to Chippenham and Swindon are also avaialble via Bath Spa, but at higher prices. However there are some concessions during times of disruption to the Melksham services for engineering work, and travel via Bath may be possible at via Melksham prices
Tickets should be purchased prior to joining the train. Ticket machines are now available at all stations on the line, and all stations except Melksham also have staffed ticket offices. Some ticket machines do not accept cash; if there is no opportunity for you to purchase your ticket before you join, you may buy your ticket from the train manager.
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Supporting the use and growth of local and regional passenger train services on the Swindon to Westbury line via Chippenham, Melksham and Trowbridge, with service on to Dilton Marsh, Warminster and Salisbury.
Formerly the Melksham Rail User Group. Prior to that Melksham Rail Development Group
Founded 1995
 
Trains
Heading towards London until June 2024
Heading towards Southampton until June 2024
Rail User Group (West Wilts)
Online Forum (Great Western Coffee Shop)
Buses
Times - between towns
Times - town bus
Bus User Group (Option 24/7)
The Melksham [Rail / Transport] User Group and its predecessors have partnered with the train operators over the years to promote growth of services and their use. However, we are embarrassed to promote the current service with its awful reliability record. For regular users who are robust to the issues it is still useful - for newcomers there's a significant risk of their first planned use going wrong, quite apart from the worry beforehand of not knowing if it will run.
Four officers of the group met in December 2022, and we have decided on a hiatus until the spring. We'll maintain insurance and CRN membership; our annual Zoom account runs until mid-year and we will occasionally feed online media and deal with correspondence from it. In the meantime, we also recommend you to the groups linked above.
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