The first calls of an Intercity Express Train (IET) at Melksham Station took place on Tuesday 2nd September, with three trains running direct to London in the late afternoon.
Melksham Station has been equipped to enable long-distance trains to call at the town, and software on the trains has been updated to include Melksham in their passenger stop database.
Chair of the Melksham Transport User Group, Graham Ellis, said, “Local passenger trains normally call at Melksham from around 06:30am to 23:00, but when the main line between London and the West Country is closed, expresses are diverted our way instead and they replace the local train. The calls at Melksham enable a service to be maintained where engineering work is planned in the future; we should now see through trains to London and to the West Country.”
The Melksham Transport Group looks after passenger interest in all public and sustainable transport. The committee will meet on Thursday 18th September and we have a public meeting on Wednesday 8th October. Venues and agendas will be published closer to the meetings.
If you would like to join the committee, contact Graham Ellis.
Pictured: The very first Intercity Express Train to call at Melksham Credit Thomas Isherwood
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