Why are people using the TransWilts?
Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2014-12-29 12:38:22 - Graham EllisAlthough the TransWilts train service just runs (at present) from Swindon to Westbury, with a few extensions to Salisbury, people are making use of the line to connect far and wide. Here's a map showing start and end stations from the surveys (over 3 days) in October 2014:
There were over 100 different answers to the "where are you starting" and "where are you ending up" questions, as mapped above - here's the data in tabular form, excluding those stations which were only mentioned on a single form (for data privacy reasons!)
| SWI - 249 - Swindon CPM - 180 - Chippenham TRO - 169 - Trowbridge MKM - 136 - Melksham WSB - 117 - Westbury PAD - 52 - Paddington WMN - 15 - Warminster FRO - 14 - Frome WEY - 11 - Weymouth SAL - 11 - Salisbury GCR - 11 - Gloucester OXF - 10 - Oxford TAU - 10 - Taunton SOU - 8 - Southampton Central EXD - 8 - Exeter St. David's BTH - 8 - Bath Spa CNM - 7 - Cheltenham Spa BMH - 7 - Bournemouth STD - 7 - Stroud CDF - 7 - Cardiff Central BRI - 6 - Bristol Temple Meads CLC - 6 - Castle Cary DCW - 5 - Dorchester West | SWA - 5 - Swansea KEM - 4 - Kemble SHU - 3 - Stonehouse BHM - 3 - Birmingham New Street BOA - 3 - Bradford-On-Avon PLY - 3 - Plymouth PMS - 3 - Portsmouth & Southsea RDG - 3 - Reading PEW - 2 - Pewsey YVP - 2 - Yeovil Pen Mill NTA - 2 - Newton Abbot CHI - 2 - Chingford SAU - 2 - St.Austell DID - 2 - Didcot Parkway FRM - 2 - Fareham BTN - 2 - Brighton PMH - 2 - Portsmouth Harbour ECR - 2 - East Croydon LDS - 2 - Leeds FTN - 2 - Fratton SHF - 2 - Sheffield ESL - 2 - Eastleigh HAV - 2 - Havant |
Please note - that's number of forms completed, not number of passengers - one form was filled in per group - and ranges from one person up to 8 or 9 in a party.