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Train Services - Melksham to Bath and Bristol (and airport)

Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2010-07-05 18:58:11 - Graham Ellis

One of the most popular journeys from Melksham is to Bath (about 12 miles away) and Bristol (around 25 miles). Here's a complete timetable for Melksham to Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads for Summer, 2010 (probably unchanged to December 2010, but please check)

Monday to Friday

Melksham06:4107:1719:1119:47
Change atTrowbridgeChippenhamTrowbridgeChippenham
Bath07:2507:5920:1120:30
Bristol Temple Meads07:4508:1720:2920:44





Bristol Temple Meads06:0018:3018:49
Bath06:1118:4119:06
Change atChippenhamChippenham Trowbridge
Melksham06:4119:1019:47


Saturday

Melksham09:2015:2115:4621:34
Change atChippenhamChippenhamTrowbridgeTrowbridge
Bath10:0016:0016:3622:36
Bristol Temple Meads10:1516:1516:4822:44





Bristol Temple Meads08:2314:2315:0020:33
Bath08:3514:3515:1120:44
Change atTrowbridgeTrowbridgeChippenhamChippenham
Melksham09:2015:2115:4521:33


Sunday

Melksham17:2518:4519:52
Change atChippenhamTrowbridgeChippenham
Bath18:3919:2720:39
Bristol Temple Meads18:5319:3920:54





Bristol Temple Meads16:1318:0018:50
Bath16:2718:1219:01
Change atTrowbridgeChippenhamTrowbridge
Melksham17:2518:4419:52


Why am I providing this information here - because it's hard to find elsewhere. You have to correlate several timetables if you use paper, you have to make multiple enquiries to work it out on line. And you have to know how to do it!

Melksham is on the TransWilts line - see [here] for the railway campaign group for the line area, and [here] for the new TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. Wider rail issues in the South West are discussed in the Coffee Shop.

The journey from Bath to Bristol is also possible by bus - roughly once an hour during the day. Example - Melksham 10:08, Bath (change buses) 10:54 to 11:12, Bristol 12:08. In reverse, Bristol 08:45, Bath (change buses) 09:42 to 10:00, Melksham 10:40. Last connection back from Bristol if off the 22:00 bus, 23:08 from Bath, arrives Melksham 23:43. Services 271, 272 and 273 Melksham to Bath, and X39 and 339 Bath to Bristol.

Check train times and prices with First Great Western. Check bus times with First Bus, Bristol. This page is provided to the best of my ability to read their timetables, but I can't be held responsible for errors, nor the consequences thereof ... and certainly not for late running, cancellations, and traffic jams making a complete mockery of the timetables in bad weather or when there's a major something going on!




Going to Bristol Airport? Connecting buses - the Bristol Flyer - run every 10 minutes (every 20 minutes in the evening) from Temple Meads Station to the Airport. Example journey, Monday to Friday:

17:45 leave Bristol Airport
18:10 to 18:30 changing at Bristol Temple Meads (bus to train)
18:53 to 19:01 changing at Chippenham (other side of the platform)
19:11 arrive Melksham Station

07:17 leave Melksham
07:30 to 07:45 changing at Chippenham (other side of platform)
08:17 to 08:40 changing at Bristol Temple Meads (train to bus)
09:05 arrive at Bristol Airport

Connections shown are official connections from the First Great Western Timetable planner.

If you're not using a bus timetable, plan to be at the bus stop at Bristol Airport 60 minutes before you train leaves Temple Meads, and to arrive at Temple Meads at least 60 minutes before you want to arrive at the airport.