- Melksham railway station
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Melksham 
Location Place Melksham Local authority Wiltshire Coordinates 51°22′48″N 2°08′42″W / 51.380°N 2.145°WCoordinates: 51°22′48″N 2°08′42″W / 51.380°N 2.145°W Grid reference ST900645 Operations Station code MKM Managed by First Great Western Number of platforms 1 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2002/03 * 19,143 2004/05 * 
27,4462005/06 * 
24,4262006/07 * 22,0012007/08 * 38,0812008/09 * 27,6562009/10 * 10,028History Original company Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway Pre-grouping Great Western Railway Post-grouping Great Western Railway 05 September 1848 Opened 1966 Closed 1985 Reopened National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Melksham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Melksham railway station serves the town of Melksham in Wiltshire, England. It is on the branch line from Chippenham to Trowbridge that was originally part of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, absorbed in 1850 by the Great Western Railway. The station opened with the original section of the line between Thingley Junction and Westbury, on 5 September 1848.[1] British Railways closed the station in 1966 but reopened it in 1985.[2] Melksham station is currently (June 2009) served by just two trains a day each way, operated by First Great Western (down from five each way per day prior to the December 2006 timetable change). Open access operator Go! Cooperative has proposed to run a service from Yeovil to Oxford, which will call at Melksham.
The Save The Melksham Train group campaign for improvements to the services on the line.
Service
As noted above there are two departures each way on weekdays and Saturdays from the station, but the Saturday service pattern is quite different to that during the week. There is also a single train each way on Sundays.
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Chippenham First Great Western
Swindon - WestburyTrowbridge References
- ^ MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway. 1 (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway. p. 295.
- ^ "Then & Now - Melksham Railway Station". Wiltshire Times. http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/wtimesfeatures/downmemorylane/display.var.796327.0.then_now_melksham_railway_station.php.
External links
Railway stations in Wiltshire Bristol to London Paddington: Taunton to London Paddington: Exeter to London Waterloo: Cardiff to Portsmouth: Bristol to Weymouth:
Heart of Wessex LineSwindon to Westbury: Heritage railway stations Swindon and Cricklade Railway: Categories:- Railway stations in Wiltshire
- Railway stations opened in 1848
- Railway stations closed in 1966
- Railway stations opened in 1985
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations served by First Great Western
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Beeching closures in England
- South West England railway station stubs
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