Response from TransWilts CIC to South Western Stakeholder Consultation This is a response on behalf of TransWilts CIC that incorporated the CRP from January 2015. We represent views from Wiltshire communities using rail passenger transport. The TransWilts CRP has been operating since December 2013 between Swindon and Westbury, with a single carriage, 8 trains per day service (Appendix 1 Wiltshire route map). Passenger journeys have grown from 25,000 to 230,000 by December 2015, increasing by 30% in the last year (see Appendix 5). Melksham Station passenger growth is 7th largest in UK +117%. You have requested evidenced innovative proposals for the new franchise. In summary we are seeking the SW franchise specification to include extending the existing Swindon to Westbury service to Southampton Airport via Salisbury. This provides an hourly service by utilising the Three Rivers CRP service and existing and proposed TransWilts GWR rolling stock. The proposal includes the opening of a park and ride station at Wilton. This new station will serve Salisbury providing congestion relief, and also serve Stonehenge as a sustainable gateway. There is a need for the DfT to facilitate dual franchise arrangements between GWR and the SW franchisee to ensure a proper timetable and connectivity for Wiltshire.
Our responses to the consultation questions are listed below: Passenger Satisfaction Q: Do you support the key priorities that have been identified through the Transport Focus research?
A: We particularly support the first priority regarding better value for money train tickets. Westbury Station is a hub on the boundary of two franchises GWR Western Paddington routes and the SW franchise. The SW franchise offers an alternative route to London via Waterloo and at lower cost fares. (See Appendix 2). It is essential that the franchising specification continues to provide competitive options in Wiltshire which only receives a comprehensive regional service by being served by two franchises. We are concerned that the pressure for faster services to London from Cornwall does not have the consequence of GWR cutting out stops at Westbury which is a key boundary hub between franchises currently providing connectivity and fare competition to London via Waterloo.
Q: Are there other priorities you believe should be included to inform the new franchise specification?
A: Connectivity of services is an important issue to our passengers particularly in areas where there are infrequent services. The recognition of essential connections in timetabling and the disproportionate impact of cancelled or missed connections
could be usefully included.
Franchise Objectives
Q: Do you feel that these are appropriate objectives for the South Western franchise?
A: In Objective 5 regarding collaborative working, we would strongly seek the inclusion of the franchises that are adjacent to the South Western franchise and those which provide interconnecting services within the franchise area.
Q: Are there any further objectives you believe should be included?
A: See comment above.
Capacity
Q: Considering the planned schemes to deliver additional capacity, what are your views on additional opportunities to deliver more capacity elsewhere within the franchise area?
A: There are opportunities to make better use of existing rolling stock with relatively low cost changes to infrastructure. In particular at Salisbury Station where trains are split and held because of the current platform arrangements. Excessive train movements and substantial in platform results. Proposals exist for making platform 2 reversible and reinstating platforms 1 and 5 for passenger use. These will enable London Salisbury trains to continue further west to serve Wilton Station within the existing timetable and will permit the Romsey services to travel towards Westbury combining with the TransWilts service. The franchise should include the requirement to bring the existing platforms 1 to 6 into more effective service use, enabling the provision of cross platform connections at platform 2 and 3.
Q: Are there particular services or routes where you believe there is a need to introduce additional capacity to address overcrowding?
A: No comment.
Q: It may be possible to increase overall passenger carrying capacity by introducing different rolling stock that has more standing space and/or modifying the internal configuration of trains, including rebalancing first and standard class seating. Do you have views on these potential rolling stock changes?
A: Use of vertical cycle racks combined with large luggage space areas will increase the flexibility of use of rolling stock serving ports and airports. Current cycle storage arrangements are often inadequate and intrusive for passengers on crowded trains.
Future impacts on demand
Q: What factors may impact on demand for travel on the new South Western franchise, drawing on local impacts in particular? Please provide any evidence you may have.
A: Reference to the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership planning shows, a. A high growth economy with large residential developments down the Swindon to Salisbury corridor with a population equivalent to Bristol and Bath. (Appendix 3) b. A significant military presence – 25% UK troops c. National visitor attraction – Stonehenge d. Porton Science Park development
Train Service Specification Q: Where, if anywhere, would you like to see any changes to first and last trains on the South Western network and why? Do you have any evidence to support this?
A: Services to Southampton Airport should serve the first and last flights, departure and arrival. (Appendix 6)
Q: Where, if anywhere, would you like to see any changes to weekend trains on the South Western network and why? Do you have any evidence to support this?
A: Evidence from our 2015 passenger survey shows how important weekend trains are to our passengers. Volumes at the weekend are as high as on a weekday. During our on train survey passenger numbers counted on a Saturday were 101% of Monday’s and on Sunday 82% of Monday’s passenger numbers. (Appendix 5)
Q: Would you support a specification which is flexible enough to allow the operator to review how station calls are allocated to train paths in order to improve overall line capacity? What impact might this have on passengers?
A: The need for flexibility is understood but the impact is determined by the frequency of services and the connections to other services. Station hubs for connections such as Westbury and Salisbury should not have skip stopping. The stopping frequency of alternative services at stations including other franchises needs to be carefully considered to avoid stranding passengers at remote rural stations.
Q: Respondents are invited to propose any changes to the current service pattern which they feel should be considered and to explain their rationale, for example by identifying specific local factors which might influence the future level of passenger demand which should be reflected in a revised specification.
A: We welcome the extension of services to Frome via Westbury in the December 2015 timetable. We propose to extend the existing TransWilts service, Swindon to Westbury, to Southampton Airport by combining the use of the Three Rivers CRP service and existing rolling stock, which has significant timetable capacity. The combined GWR services and SW franchise service would provide an hourly service Swindon to Southampton Airport. This service incorporates existing infrequent local trains to Salisbury, Warminster and Southampton. The resulting service calling at Dilton Marsh and resolving the current unfathomable Halt timetable to Dilton Marsh, which serves a growing new housing residential area.
The new service would also serve a new station at Wilton Parkway, which with other existing GWR and SWT services, would provide a Park and Ride station for Salisbury A36 congestion relief and a station to serve Stonehenge 1.3 million visitors (8 miles to Visitor Centre). The service provides connections for Wiltshire business, access to ports, airports and coast. There are minimal infrastructure changes, signalling at Salisbury station with more flexible platform use and a signal at existing Wilton cross over. These infrastructure changes would facilitate the Waterloo to Salisbury service extending to Wilton Parkway. This service would enable promotion of day trips to Stonehenge from London Waterloo.
Q: Respondents who wish to promote service changes should clearly identify these in their response to this consultation, as well as any supporting business case or value for money (VfM) analysis.
A: Our extension of TransWilts service proposal substantially improves the utilisation of existing Three Rivers Romsey SW franchise rolling stock. The Wiltshire north-south economic corridor contains a 433,000 population, which is connected to airports and ports by the GWR and SW franchises. (See Appendix 3). Stonehenge is a national and international tourist destination, with 1.3 million visitors in 2014, which would be sustainably connected to visitors travelling from London by a station at Wilton, and to Southampton seaport and airport by rail. Day visits to Stonehenge are easily facilitated from London Waterloo using current and proposed service timetables.
The Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership - Strategic Economic Plan January 2016 Objective 2, identifies “Transport Infrastructure Improvements – we need a well connected and resilient transport system” to “Deliver packages of integrated transport schemes to support the development and regeneration plans for Chippenham, Salisbury, Swindon and Trowbridge”
Performance and reliability
Q: Are there any specific stations or services where you believe reliability or punctuality should be improved?
A: No comment, except that a 5 minute contingency provided in our timetable proposals eases delays with connecting services and resolves potential single line conflicts. A signal at Melksham Station would permit two trains in the Thingley Junction single track section, resolving potential conflicts with freight paths as passenger train volumes grow.
Q: Where possible, please explain your reasoning when responding to this question.
Managing disruption
Q: Respondents are asked to suggest what mitigating actions and steps the South Western operator should be expected to take to meet the needs of its passengers both during the planned disruption to the franchise as a result of enhancement
works and when ‘force majeure’ events, such as extreme weather or unplanned events that impact the smooth operation of the network.
A: No realistic alternatives to the current approaches.
Q: Respondents are asked to consider whether they would support replacing first/last train services with alternative transport where it can be demonstrated that a longer period of engineering access for Network Rail would improve the infrastructure reliability and reduce disruption overall.
A: Rural areas suffer disproportionate impact from cancelled services and significantly longer alternative bus journeys. These can leave passengers stranded late at night.
Partnership working and collaboration
Q: We are interested in your view on the best way to achieve efficient operation of this railway through partnership and collaboration. Please describe how such working arrangements might support this objective.
A: There is a critical need to protect services in one franchise area from being affected by decisions in another. The DfT are in a position to help by facilitating the provision of services in boundary areas between franchises and by ensuring collaborative arrangements exist between franchisees to optimise connecting services and timetable frequency. There does not appear to be a process in the existing franchise arrangements for facilitating dual franchise services. These are required in Wiltshire. We are also concerned that ambitions in one region wholly within neighbouring franchises, such as the Peninsular Rail Task Force, can have knock on negative impacts on a neighbouring different franchise area. We particularly have in mind our need for all GWR services to connect at Westbury at the franchise boundary, it is the connecting hub for Wiltshire regionally and accesses the SW franchise for services to London via Waterloo and south coast access.
Community rail and other local partnerships Q: What opportunities are there for Community Rail Partnerships and other local partnerships to expand their role and range of activities to support local communities, businesses and other organisations?
A: Regional services and bus/rail connectivity are a key area where Community Partnerships can have an important role. We have seen the rapid rise of rail use on the TransWilts line where Melksham has the 7th largest passenger growth in the UK (117%). This has been achieved by providing connections, promoting its existence and surveying the passenger demographic. Stations need to be seen as the community gateway and much more can be done if the Community Partnerships are seen as more than station adoption teams, valuable as that work is. There is potential for more Community and Commercial sponsorship, we have had some initial success with our Friends scheme but the Partnership resource to pursue these opportunities is limited. The Community Partnerships understand their areas and in particular can contribute as a delivery partner with the franchise in local
timetabling, connectivity and linking transport – in particular buses. The SW franchise should include community funding for the Community Rail Partnerships in the region and appropriate project funds to facilitate local projects. The focus on local connectivity between rail and bus being particularly important.
Island Line Q: What factors do you consider should be taken into account in assessment of options for the Island Line?
A: Whilst out of our area of expertise we note that the IOW population is circa140,000, the Island Line serves approximately just over a quarter of the population. Can this line realistically ever be viable when compared to the cost of an effective Island bus service serving and connecting the whole Island? The contrast between the needs of the London Waterloo operation and the Island Line could not be more extreme.
Q: Do you have any innovative proposals for how the Island Line might operate on a more self-sustaining basis?
A: Is it really appropriate for the Island Line to be in the same franchise as the rest of the SW? There is no physical connection to the SW network. Would a more suitable relationship be with a franchise with more tourist line experience, GWR for example.
Third party funded changes
Q: Are you aware of any proposals for third party funded changes? A: No
Q: Please provide details in line with the requirements set out above, or provide sufficient detail for further dialogue to take place to understand the proposals. A: N/A
Stations Q: What improvements would you like to see at the station(s) you use to enhance your journey experience?
A: Improved platform arrangements at key interchanges to facilitate cross-island platform changes. These significantly reduce passenger objections to using connecting services (evidence by SW Travel Watch up to 25%), speed up service interchanges, and are particularly welcomed by those passengers who have mobility issues with stairs and carrying luggage. Our specific island platform infrastructure proposals in the SW franchise are for Salisbury platforms 2,3 and Westbury platforms 0,1.
Q: Please indicate the name of the station(s) and the rationale for your specific comments.
A: Salisbury – see the proposals already made above.
Westbury – bring into use platform ‘0’ which allows transfer of SW and GWR
franchise services cross platform. We propose a simple low cost 5 car modular extension of the platform outwards to reach the existing track. This would be an affordable solution, in contrast to the Network Rail high cost proposals involving building new track infrastructure to platform 0.
These platform infrastructure requirements could be included in the franchise where the delivered cost will likely be lower.
Door-to-door journeys
Q: What are your proposals for providing passengers better and safer access to different modes of transport at stations (including bus, car, cycling and walking)?
A: None in general. But note the revised pedestrian and cycle access proposals being made for access improvements to Melksham Station in the GWR franchise using a Community grant award of £8,000 made to TransWilts.
Q: What opportunities exist for improved integration between modes, citing relevant examples to support your comments?
A: Studies made at local stations facilitated by CRPs such as the example above are cost effective and draw on local skills and knowledge. The importance of recognising the need to coordinate bus services with rail timetables is underestimated. The rail timetable changes 6 monthly, detailed liaison between bus companies is constantly required to coordinate services, even more important when rural connecting services are infrequent. TransWilts issued a combined bus/rail mini guide as the timetable from December 2016 (Appendix 7)
Our October 2014 passenger survey showed 15% of passengers used the bus to the Melksham Station and 80% of passengers used wheeled transport at the end of the route i.e. car/taxi/bus/cycle.
Fares and Ticketing
Q: What are your views on the availability of retail staff and the ability for passengers to have widespread access to ticket buying opportunities (e.g. through new and improved approaches such as smart ticketing, increased advance purchase ticketing or via mobile phones), adequate measures to ensure vulnerable passengers are not disadvantaged, and more effective customer service by both station and on-train staff?
A: Our own on line survey results show that 49% passengers buy tickets at the station either at ticket office or TVM and 40% buy through the internet. The questions we receive from our passengers are more related to train choices, fares and routes. There seems to be an increasing acceptance of unmanned ticket offices, however the need for a source of information is growing. Potentially this is another area where Community Rail organisations can add real value.
Q: Do you have any evidence to support your views?
A: See Appendix 4
Smart ticketing
Q: What are your experiences of using smartcard technology within the franchise area to date?
A: No comments
Q: To what extent do you believe that smartcard technology could be used to manage passenger demand and to create an integrated journey experience for passengers?
A: No evidenced opinion.
Passenger Information
Q: Are there areas of improvement in customer information and engagement you would like to see before, during and after your journey? A: No comments
Service quality Q: What areas of customer service within your end-to-end journey would you expect to see monitored and reported on to improve the service quality for passengers?
A: The performance of connections and consequential delays with connecting services
Passenger compensation Q: Please provide details of your experience with the current delay repay passenger compensation arrangements, and suggestions for how this might be modified in the new franchise to make compensation more transparent and convenient for passengers. A: No relevant comments
Security and Safety Q: Do you have any proposals to improve security and safety at stations and on trains that you would like us to consider?
A: No comments
Q: Please provide details of the stations(s) and/or train(s) where appropriate that have informed your comments, and provide supporting information where available.
A: See attached Appendices 1 - 7 below and refer to the transport sections of the Swindon and Wiltshire LEP Strategic Economic Plan January 2016, which includes the requirement for 42,480 new homes to be built between 2015 and 2026. Transport Objectives refer to “ packages of integrated transport schemes to support the development and regeneration plans for Chippenham, Salisbury, Swindon and Trowbridge”.
Appendices Index
1 Route Schematics
2 Westbury Fare Comparison
3 Wiltshire population corridors
4 Train Users Survey (web based TransWilts.org)
5 On Train TransWilts Survey results December 2015
6 Southampton Airport
7 Mini Guide Bus/Rail Timetable
APPENDIX 1
Wiltshire Route Schematic
APPENDIX 2
Westbury Fare Comparison to London
Fare and London destination choice from Westbury provides fast services to Paddington with lowest cost options to Waterloo. Examples shown below
The need for the train services provided by both Western and Wessex regions to be coordinated for Westbury hub is another factor in developing the best regional solution. Currently there are separate consultations by region, with no formal Network Rail process for ensuring cross region service integration. The current pressure on GWR services from Devon and Cornwall being to get services through Wiltshire rather to serve Wiltshire.
APPENDIX 3 Wiltshire Population Corridors
APPENDIX 4 TransWilts Train Users Survey 2015 - Summary Results
The survey was conducted using the web site linking to a Survey Monkey questionnaire. Total of 150 respondents. The demographic of the reponses will be naturally biased towards the North of Wiltshire recognising the TransWilts Swindon – Westbury route.
1. Frequency of travel by rail? a. 3 or more times per week 21.48% b. Once or twice per week 14.77% c. 1 to 3 times per month 34.23% d. Once every 2 or 3 months 22.1% e. Once or Twice per year 7.38%
2. Top Departure Stations a. Chippenham 33.6% b. Pewsey 21.5% c. Melksham 7% d. Bedwyn 7% e. Westbury 6% f. Bradford on Avon 6% g. Salisbury (SWT) 4% h. Bath 2%
3. Top Destinations a. London Paddington 43% b. Bristol 14% c. Bath 12% d. London Waterloo (SWT) 6% e. Reading 4% f. Swindon 3% g. Chippenham 3% Cont/......
4. Transport to/from Station a. Walk 40.27% b. Car as Driver 38.26% c. Car as Passenger 8.05% d. Bus 7.38% e. Taxi 3.36% f. Cycle 2.68%
5. Where normally purchase ticket a. At station either at booking office or TVM 49.32% b. Internet 40.54% c. On the Train 8.78% d. Travel Agent or Tourist Information Office 1.35%
6. Respondent profile a. Male/Female 57% / 43% b. Age 60+ 38.6% c. Age 51-60 16.5% d. Age 36-50 28.3% e. Age 26-35 13.1% f. Age 19-25 3.5% g. Age 18 & below 0.0%
APPENDIX 5 On Train Survey Results December 2015 Survey was conducted Saturday12th, Sunday13th, Monday14th December 2015 (the two year anniversary of the commencement of the TransWilts service).
1. Summary a. Number of Passenger Journeys pro rata to survey 230,000 per year b. Compares to 18,000 pre-service in 2013, and 183,400 in 2014
2. Maximum number of passengers recorded on a single car train was 98. (Saturday 12th December)
3. Issues & information/feedback a. Disruption during the year arising from electrification line closures in Bath area. b. Football supporter traffic to Swindon on Saturdays c. Passenger feedback/requests for i. More frequent services ii. 2 carraiges iii. Salisbury services iv. Better timetable information on connections v. Buffet trolley vi. Less overcrowding, more cycle places
4. Passengers on trains a. Saturday 12th, 16 trains, 666 passengers (101%) b. Sunday 13th, 11 trains, 544 passengers (82%) c. Monday 14th, 16 trains, 662 passengers (100%)
APPENDIX 6 Summary of Swindon to Southampton Airport service proposal
A. First and Last Trains Route First Flight Last Arrival Amsterdam 06.45 21.15 Jersey 07.05 21.30 Newcastle 07.00 21.20 Paris Orly 07.15 21.25 Train to serve routes 06.00 22.15
Allow 45 minutes checkin/customs means first train arrival 06.00 and last train departure 22.15
B. Train route times from stations on a TransWilts service to Southampton Airport Swindon 1.55 Chippenham 1.37 Westbury 1.13 Wilton Parkway (proposed new station) 0.41 Salisbury 0.37
C. Top 10 Southampton Airport busiest routes, ‘000 passengers 2014 Edinburgh 203 Glasgow 173 Jersey 155 Dublin 138 Guernsey 136 Amsterdam 125 Manchester 122 Belfast 107 Newcastle 99 Paris Orly 77
APPENDIX 7 TransWilts Mini Guide Bus/Rail Timetable
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Buses between Swindon and Chippenham 55 55 55A 30 Bus travel time in minutes 55A MONDAY - FRIDAY Southbound 55A SATURDAYS Southbound SUNDAYS Southbound Swindon 0530 • 0615 0625 0645 0700 0725 0753 0808 0825 0845 0910 and 1430 1445 1505 about 1645 1710 1725 1805 1850 and 2150 0555 0640 0700 0730 0800 0815 0830 and 1730 1810 1850 and 2250 0830 0925 and 1725 1830 1930 2100 18 Rail travel time in minutes Royal Wootten Bassett 0555 • 0640 0651 0711 0726 0751 0819 0834 0852 0912 0937 every 1457 1512 1532 every 1715 1740 1755 1835 1922 every 2222 0618 0703 0724 0754 0824 0842 0857 every 1757 1837 1922 every 2322 0857 0955 every 1755 1858 1958 2128 3 Walking time in minutes Calne 0625 0645 0710 0721 0741 0756 0823 0851 0906 0921 0941 1006 20 min 1526 1545 1601 20 min 1745 1810 1825 1905 1945 hour 2245 0645 0730 0753 0823 0853 0911 0926 20 min 1826 1906 1945 hour 2345 0921 1019 30 min 1819 1922 2022 2152 Town stop Bus route varies Chippenham 0645 0705 0730 0747 0809 0824 0849 0915 0930 0942 1002 1027 until 1549 1608 1626 until 1809 1834 1849 1929 2002 until 2302 0705 0750 0814 0844 0914 0932 0947 until 1847 1927 2002 until 0002 0937 1040 until 1840 1938 2038 2203b 55 55 55A 55A MONDAY - FRIDAY Northbound 55A SATURDAYS Northbound SUNDAYS Northbound Bus Routes Rail Route 4 SWINDON Chippenham 0628 0650 0710 0735 about 0835 0900 and 0955 about 1735 1800 1815 1840 1900 1935 2010 and 2310 0710 0740 about 0940 0955 about 1835 1900 1935 2010 and 2310 0005 0945 1045 about 1845 1945 2045 2205 b 55 SWINDON 55A
Calne 0649 0716 0736 0801 every 0857 0922 every 1017 every 1758 1823 1838 1858 1918 1953 2028 every 2328 0731 0801 every 1002 1017 every 1853 1918 1953 2028 every 2328 0022 1006 1106 every 1902 2002 2102 2216 BUS STATION 5 http://www.transwilts.org Great Western Royal Wootten Bassett 0716 0744 0804 0829 20 min 0925 0950 20 min 1045 20 min 1827 1852 1907 1920 1940 2015 2050 hour 2350 0757 0827 20 min 1033 1048 20 min 1915 1940 2015 2050 hour 2350 0044 130 1130 30 min 1927 2027 2127 2241 Outlet
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Chippenham Bus Station 0645 0720 0735 0835 0905 0935 1005 1035 1105 1135 1205 1235 1305 1335 1405 1505 1550 1630 1735 • Missed the last Lyneham Motor Co 65 17
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Chippenham Railway Station • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1411 1511 1558 1638 1741 • Monday-Friday X34 Lyneham www.faresaver.co.uk MOD gate Chairman - Johnson Paul Southbound bus? 15
Melksham Market Place 0705 0741 0801 0902 0932 1002 1032 1102 1132 1202 1232 1302 1332 1402 1439 1539 1626 1706 1810 • Tere are later trains First Bus Calne Town Hall 0153 459 0845 Tel:
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Trowbridge Town Hall 0728 0815 0827 0932 1000 1032 1100 1132 1200 1232 1300 1331 1400 1428 1504 1609 1656 1733 1835 from Chippenham www.frstgroup.com 6 7NY SN12 wiltshire Melksham, Station to Melksham Studley Crossroads Road Spa 48
Trinity Church for Trowbridge Station 0731 0819 0830 c 0935 1003 1035 1103 1135 1203 1235 1303 1335 1403 • 1508 1613 1659 1736 • •
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Chippenham 55 Bus times correct at 14th December; bus Partnership Rail Community TransWilts Frome Market Place 0757 0850 • 0954 1027 1054 1127 1154 1227 1254 1327 1354 1427 • 1536 1640 1720 1800 • • 1753, 1909 and 2029 Bus Station 55A times may change at six weeks’ notice 2
X34 MONDAY - FRIDAY 6 Northbound us Contact CHIPPENHAM X34 FOLD Frome Market Place • 0706 0736 0806 • 0935 1002 1035 1102 1135 1202 1235 1302 1335 1402 1445 1545 • 1645 1725 Missed the last SUNDAY X34 HIGH STREET FOLD 3 Trinity Church for Trowbridge Station • 0730 0755 0832 • 0954 1026 1054 1126 1154 1226 1254 1326 1354 1426 1506 1611 1641 c 1709 1749 Monday-Friday SERVICE Chippenham Northbound bus? Travelling on a Sunday? Hospital Trowbridge Town Hall 0638 0738 0806 0846 0936 1006 1036 1106 1136 1206 1236 1306 1336 1406 1431 1515 1620 1650 1720 1758 3 Tere are later trains Tere is no bus service on Chippenham TransWilts Corridor TW Sainsbury’s 16w Melksham Market Place 0702 0809 0830 0916 1005 1035 1105 1135 1205 1235 1305 1335 1405 1435 1454 1543 1648 1715 1748 1820 from Trowbridge this route. See overleaf for 4 26 10 Rail/Bus • Winter 2015-2016 Chippenham Railway Station 0726 0837 0851 0939 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Station to Melksham train service that runs about and Chippenham at every two hours. 3 Newport Cheltenham Spa Didcot Cardiff Gloucester Reading Chippenham Bus Station 0730 0843 0856 0944 01030 1058 1130 1158 1230 1258 1330 1358 1430 1500 • 1608 1708 1738 1808 • 1838 and 1938 The George Swansea London South Wales X34 SATURDAYS Southbound X34 SATURDAYS Northbound Midlands The North Swindon Chippenham Bus Station • 0805 hourly 1405 1520 1620 1720 Missed the last Frome Market Place • 0735 0825 0935 hourly 1335 1435 1535 1706 Missed the last 4 9 MELKSHAM Melksham Bristol Saturday South- Saturday North- Chippenham Railway Station • • • • 1526 1626 1726 Trinity Church for Trowbridge Station • 0759 0850 1000 hourly 1400 1500 1600 1731 5 Bath Chippenham bound bus? Tere bound bus? A later Spa Melksham Market Place 0710 0831 hourly 1431 1553 1653 1753 Melksham are later trains from Trowbridge Town Hall 0710 0805 0858 1010 hourly 1410 1507 1607 1738 train departs from Avoncliff hourly Trowbridge Station 6 Trowbridge Town Hall 0732 0900 1500 1620 1720 1817 Chippenham Station Melksham Market Place 0736 0831 0926 1041 hourly 1441 1534 1634 1805 Semington Leapgate Melksham Somerset Arms 29 10 to Melksham and to Melksham, Weston- Trinity Church for Trowbridge Station 0735 0903 hourly 1503 1623 1723 • Chippenham Railway Station 0802 0855 • • • • • • • 9 Bradford- Trowbridge Newbury Trowbridge at 1753, Chippenham and Hilperton super-Mere on-Avon Reading Horse Road London Frome Market Place 0759 0927 hourly 1527 1647 1747 • 1953 and 2125 Chippenham Bus Station 0806 0859 0950 1105 hourly 1505 1558 1658 1829 Swindon at 1838 9 Westbury Pewsey 8 Taunton 3 TROWBRIDGE Buses between Trowbridge and Westbury TROWBRIDGE X34 X34 Exeter Dilton Marsh Bedwyn TOWN HALL 265 265 Plymouth Frome 265 MONDAY - FRIDAY Southbound 265 SATURDAYS 265 SUNDAYS Penzance Warminster Southbound 9 White Horse and about Andover Trowbridge Trinity Church 0736 0812 c 0823 n 0920 1520 1553 1625 c 1630 n 1659 1734 1809 1835 1900 1925 2003 2253 2353 0751 0822 0922 0950 1552 1633 about 1831 1900 1925 2003 2253 2353 1022 and 1621 Business Park Yeovil Basingstoke every every every every 2 Weymouth London Longs Arms Yarnbrook 0751 0840 0840 0938 30 min 1538 1610 1650 1650 1716 1751 1827 1853 1913 1938 2016 2306 0006 0807 0838 0938 1008 30 min 1609 1650 1849 1913 1938 2016 2306 0006 1036 1636 Yarnbrook 30 min 2 hours The Long Arms 30 18 Salisbury Westbury Railway Inn 0803 0852 0852 0948 until 1549 1621 1701 1701 1727 1802 1837 1903 • • • • • 0817 0848 0948 1018 until 1619 1700 until 1859 • • • • • 1046 until 1646 4 Yeovil Axminster Outstation Link Road Tisbury Dean 265 Honiton 265 MONDAY - FRIDAY Northbound 265 SATURDAYS Northbound SUNDAYS c - college 7 Romsey days Cranbrook 5 WESTBURY Exeter Portsmouth Westbury Railway Inn • • 0641 0711 0742 0813 0822 0855 0927 about 1557 1625 1701 1728 1831 1929 • 0649 0718 0751 0830 0858 and 1527 1556 1624 1658 1725 1826 1929 1120 and 1720 only Southampton WESTBURY 265 every every every RAILWAY INN Longs Arms Yarnbrook 0549 0614 0653 0723 0755 0826 0835 0908 0940 30 min 1609 1637 1713 1740 1844 1938 0610 0659 0728 0803 0842 0910 30 min 1539 1607 1635 1709 1736 1839 1938 1132 1732 n - non- 3 2 hours college Trowbridge Trinity Church 0605 0630 0709 0741 0816 0840 0859 0929 0959 until 1629 1702 1733 1800 1903 1953 0626 0715 0747 0822 0901 0929 until 1558 1626 1654 1728 1755 1858 1953 1146 until 1746 days WESTBURY HAYNES ROAD 265 MINI GUIDE
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