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A transport group in Melksham has applied for grant funding to reopen the railway station’s cafe and information point.
Melksham Transport User Group (MTUG) has applied for £3,500 from GWR’s Customer and Community Infrastructure Fund to support the project.
The group hopes to reopen the facilities two years after the former cafe, Melksham Hub Cafe, closed in 2023 due to rising costs and low footfall.
Chair of MTUG Graham Ellis said discussions with Wiltshire Council have been ongoing since the closure.
“I have been in touch with Wiltshire Council since that point. Opening [the facilities] immediately after Covid was not clever but also a lot of lessons have been learnt from that; this is something very different. The main drift is to help people use public transport,” he said.
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A transport group in Melksham has applied for grant funding to reopen the railway station’s cafe and information point.
Melksham Transport User Group (MTUG) has applied for £3,500 from GWR’s Customer and Community Infrastructure Fund to support the project.
The group hopes to reopen the facilities two years after the former cafe, Melksham Hub Cafe, closed in 2023 due to rising costs and low footfall.
Chair of MTUG Graham Ellis said discussions with Wiltshire Council have been ongoing since the closure.
“I have been in touch with Wiltshire Council since that point. Opening [the facilities] immediately after Covid was not clever but also a lot of lessons have been learnt from that; this is something very different. The main drift is to help people use public transport,” he said.
Read more on our website. The link is in our bio.
Pictured: Members of the Melksham Transport User Group at Melksham Railway Station")
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