| Along the corridor - Swindon to Bath - seeking inputs Posted by grahame at 07:30, 8th November 2024 |      |
A request for updates - I'm taking a look at the state of public transport along the Swindon to Bath corridor and in particular where it could be improved and/or there are elements that are outdated and no longer fit for purposes
West Swindon
Royal Wootton Bassett
Lyneham
Christian Malford
Calne
Chippenham
Thingley
Corsham
Box
Batheaston
Bathampton
Bath
It's just 22 minutes by train from Swindon to Bath ... and at present just one intermediate station. You have substantial intermediate communities that are not rail served, some of which are substantial enough to have their own in-town local buses too, and you have services that take people to and from the corridor in which rail - to Chippenham especially - acts as an artery to supply people to the veins to other places not yet mentioned such as Malmesbury, Lacock, Castle Combe, Melksham, Devizes, Avebury etc
Seeking inputs from members (and public readers) on the current status.
| Re: Along the corridor - Swindon to Bath - seeking inputs Posted by Bob_Blakey at 08:29, 8th November 2024 | |
.....elements that are outdated and no longer fit for purpose.....
I guess this is not exactly what you had in mind but I think the lack of OHLE between Thingley Junction & Bath (and obviously onward to BRI) is something that should be rectified ASAP.
Also change the track layout / signalling at Thingley Junction so that trains running NE off the Melksham branch don't need to run 'wrong line' at all.
Definitely a new station, with platform loops, at Royal Wootton Bassett (population c.15,000).
| Re: Along the corridor - Swindon to Bath - seeking inputs Posted by Mark A at 09:08, 10th November 2024 | |
Not so much the buses and trains: world + dog took it into their heads to drive into central Bath on Saturday, arriving at silly times**, which impacted the bus timetables as the buses were bitten by the congestion. The railway land opposite Thingley Junction now has good access... park and ride site, right there, though where to magic up the capacity on the railway is another matter.
Mark
** Traffic fairly stuffed at 2pm. What's that about?
| Re: Along the corridor - Swindon to Bath - seeking inputs Posted by TaplowGreen at 09:34, 10th November 2024 | |
Not so much the buses and trains: world + dog took it into their heads to drive into central Bath on Saturday, arriving at silly times**, which impacted the bus timetables as the buses were bitten by the congestion. The railway land opposite Thingley Junction now has good access... park and ride site, right there, though where to magic up the capacity on the railway is another matter.
Mark
** Traffic fairly stuffed at 2pm. What's that about?
Mark
** Traffic fairly stuffed at 2pm. What's that about?
Bath v Bristol at the Rec.
| Re: Along the corridor - Swindon to Bath - seeking inputs Posted by Mark A at 09:38, 10th November 2024 | |
Good point, it started at 13:00. Perhaps the people arriving into the city after two had thought that it would be a good idea to time their arrival after the game was under way.
Mark
| Re: Along the corridor - Swindon to Bath - seeking inputs Posted by Sulis John at 15:39, 11th November 2024 | |
Or, knowing Bath traffic, were still trying to get there for the match!
