Light at end of the tunnel

From the Wiltshire Times, first published Friday 27th Jan 2006.

CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save the Trans-Wilts train service have received a boost.

The service runs on the Swindon to Salisbury line, and at the end of last year it was announced that only two trains a day would be stopping at Melksham from December 2006.

However, the views of people who use the route are now being sought so they can have their say.

Graham Ellis, 51, of The Spa, Melksham, who has led the campaign to save the trains from being cut said: "This may be a light at the end of the tunnel, at least the door is slightly open to saving the service." Mr Ellis hopes that plenty of people will show their campaign to stop the cuts.

Anybody who wants to support the campaign should write to Lesley Coleman, First Great Western, Milford House, 1 Milford Street, Swindon SN1 1HL.

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