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Melksham Station - as at May 2016 - Part 1

Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2016-05-28 08:12:09 - Graham Ellis

There's a picture I keep coming across ( [here] ) of Melksham Station - the one on Wikipedia - and it must be five or six years old now. But being available on a commons license it's widely reproduced, and it's been providing an outdated view ... I picked up the following comments of a Facebook group the other day

"How sad to see this disrepair!" and "What a shame it's been allowed to get into such a state" and "hope they restore it and make it look a lot better". ... all of which are a great shame in themselves because the station has improved out of all recognition (and so has the service and the use) in the last three years.

It's still very much an ongoing project; indications are that improvements and growth in passenger numbers can continue for some years - so you won't find everything A++ pretty, nor all the facilities you would want in place yet - but it's coming along!

Here - part one - are some picture taken over the last day or two going round and showing each element of the station. The majority are new since the Wikipedia picture was taken, and the prominent decaying bus shelter has GONE! to be replaced by something modern, larger, in good condition, lit at night, ad housing a ticket machine so you can now buy before you travel.

Links: part 1, part 3, part 3, part 4 and part 5 (conclusion, fares and timetable)