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London to Calne, Corsham, Melksham, Bradford-on-Avon, Chippenham by public Transport

Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2010-08-13 17:11:43 - Graham Ellis

Headlines ...

* National Express have suspended services to Box and Corsham for August.
* National Express have introduced a new daily Calne to London service.
* First Great Western will introduce through Bradford-on-Avon to London trains, 12/2010
* In spite of the Network Rail report recommending an hourly rail service to Melksham (via connection) it is yet to materialize.

Here's a current summary - August 2010 - of through London services:

National Express Coach services from West Wiltshire and nearby to London:
Bradford-on-Avon - No Service
Calne - Service 403, once daily
Chippenham - Service 403, 9 times a day
Corsham - Service 403, No service. But 9 times a day from September 2010
Devizes - Service 402, once daily
Frome - Service 402, once daily
Melksham - Service 402, once daily
Trowbridge - Service 402, once daily
Warminster - No direct service (change off service 300)
Westbury - No Service

Direct train services from West Wiltshire and nearby to London:
Bradford-on-Avon - 3 per day to Waterloo (plus 2 to Paddington from December 2010)
Chippenham - 2 per hour to Paddington
Frome - Several per day to Paddington
Melksham - NO THROUGH SERVICE but one or two trains per day have connections
Trowbridge - 3 per day to Waterloo (plus 2 to Paddington from December 2010)
Warminster - 3 per day to Waterloo
Westbury - 3 per day to Waterloo PLUS around 8 per day to Paddington
No operating stations at Calne, Corsham or Devizes.

For train times, check with National Rail
Below are the National Express times for the "once daily" services - for other times, check with National Express.

National Express now calling at Calne - service 403

06:17 Monday to Friday,
... to London (Heathrow) at 08:25
calls at Earl's Court (hand baggage only) at 09:25
... to London (Victoria Coach Station) at 09:35

06:32 Saturday and Sunday,
... to London (Heathrow) at 08:30
calls at Earl's Court (hand baggage only) at 09:25
... to London (Victoria Coach Station) at 09:35

starts from Bath; also calls at Chippenham
via Lyneham, Wootton Bassett, Swindon [3 stops], then fast to Heathrow

Return

20:30 daily London (Victoria)
20:40 calls at Earl's Court (hand baggage only)
21:15 daily London (Heathrow)
... to Calne at 23:00

fast to Swindon Bus Station, then Wootton Bassett and Lyneham.
continues to Chippenham and Bath.

National Express from West Wiltshire to London - service 402

Daily

07:05 Frome
07:30 Trowbridge
07:45 Melksham
07:55 Sells Green
08:05 Devizes
to London (Heathrow) at 10:15, Earl's Court at 11:00 and Victoria at 11:15

from Victoria at 18:00, Heathrow at 18:45 (NOT Earl's Court) to
20:50 Devizes
21:00 Sells Green
21:05 Melksham
21:15 Trowbridge
21:40 Frome

Also serves Beckhampton, Marlborough, Froxfield, Hungerford and Newbury