Fares up by around 2.6% on 1st March 2021. This page being updated.
For early information see (here)
Fares to Other Destinations
See
local fares,
London fares or
Bath and Bristol fares pages as appropriate. If you are headed
Somewhere else ...
Some Days out for 2019 - to be revised for 2020
Melksham to Weymouth
Off peak day return fare via Yeovil Pen Mill - £18.60
(timing works well on a Sunday - 09:51 from Melksham, 11:54 in Weymouth; return at 17:56, get to Melksham 19:56 - but check for engineering works before you travel)
Melksham to Salisbury
Off peak day return - £13.90
Melksham to Southampton
Off peak day return - £24.20
Melksham to Weston-super-mare
Off peak day return - £18.60
You can save 34% even on these excellent fares with most railcards, or if you're travelling in a group of 3 with "Groupsave" - which you would need to buy from the train manager, or online before you travel.
Ranger and Rover tickets
Ranger and Rover tickets allow you to travel as much as you like (or, sometimes, as much as the trains will allow) within a certain area. Prices are typically revised in May (rather than January for most other tickets) - but appear to have been revised Jan 2019
Railcard discounts do apply to these tickets.
Click on each map to get a full view of the area covered
Heart of Wessex Day Ranger, 1 day - £21.50
From Bristol and Swindon to Yeovil, Dorchester and Weymouth
Mon to Fri: valid from 08:20. Also valid from when the "off-peak day return" ticket becomes valid if earlier
Great West Way Discover (West), 1 day - £24.00
From Frome, Hungerford and Salisbury to Swindon and to Bristol Temple Meads. Includes selected buses such as D3 Melksham to Bath
Monday to Friday valid from 09:30, any time Saturday and Sunday
Great West Way Discover (West), 7 day - £69.00
From Frome, Hungerford and Salisbury to Swindon and to Bristol Temple Meads. Includes selected buses such as D3 Melksham to Bath
Monday to Friday valid from 09:30, any time Saturday and Sunday
Freedom of Severn and Solent, 3 days in 7 - £63.00
From Portsmouth to Cardiff, Swindon to Axminster, Weymouth to Malvern and all point between
Mon to Fri: valid from 09:00. Also valid from when the "off-peak day return" ticket becomes valid if earlier
Freedom of Severn and Solent, 8 days in 15 - £84.50
Mon to Fri: valid from 09:00. Also valid from when the "off-peak day return" ticket becomes valid if earlier
Great West Way Discover (Global), 7 day - £239.00
From London to Bristol via Swindon, via Pewsey and via Salisbury. Also valid at Frome and Melksham. Includes selected buses such as D3 Melksham to Bath
Monday to Friday valid from 09:30, any time Saturday and Sunday
Freedom of South West, 3 days in 7 - £106.00
From Portsmouth, from Swindon, from Malvern from Cardiff all the way to Penzance near the tip of Cornwall
Mon to Fri: valid from 09:00. Also valid from when the "off-peak day return" ticket becomes valid if earlier
Freedom of South West, 8 days in 15 - £148.50
Mon to Fri: valid from 09:00. Also valid from when the "off-peak day return" ticket becomes valid if earlier
All line Rover, standard class - 7 days, £510.00, 14 days £772.00 (to be checked for 2019)
Covers (almost) all of the network and valid on (almost) any train - not valid on Eurostar nor into Heathrow nor underground or local metro tram systems. Some Monday to Friday time restrictions of Cross Country, Virgin and East Midlands trains.
All line Rover, first class - 7 days, £772.00, 14 days £1179.00 (to be checked for 2019)
Covers (almost) all of the network and valid on (almost) any train - not valid on Eurostar nor into Heathrow nor underground or local metro tram systems. Some Monday to Friday time restrictions of Cross Country, Virgin and East Midlands trains.