Next direct trains from Bristol Temple Meads | ![]() ![]() |
Schedule | on time? | platform | coaches | no. stops   | train destination | Operated by |
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0858 | ✓ | 9 | 5 | 3 | Cardiff Central | GWR (1F06) |
0903 | ✓ | 13 | 3 | 6 | Frome | GWR (2C08) |
0900 | ✓ | 5 | 5 | 8 | Manchester Piccadilly | CrossCountry (1M29) |
0900 | ✓ | 12 | 9 | 5 | London Paddington | GWR (1A13) |
0904 | ✓ | 1 | 2 | 2 | Filton Abbey Wood | GWR (2H56) |
0913 | ✓ | 13 | 3 | 3 | Gloucester | GWR (2V54) |
0910 | ✓ | 3 | 3 | 8 | Avonmouth | GWR (2K16) |
0923 | ✓ | 11 | 4 | 12 | Portsmouth Harbour | GWR (1F09) |
0926 | ✓ | 10 | 2 | 6 | Weston-super-Mare | GWR (2Y11) |
0927 | ✓ | 3 | 4 | 4 | Cardiff Central | GWR (2U08) |
0932 | ✓ | 5 | 4 | 14 | Edinburgh | CrossCountry (1S41) |
0930 | ✓ | 15 | 9 | 5 | London Paddington | GWR (1A14) |
0945 | 0956 | 10 | 8 | 5 | Plymouth | CrossCountry (1V44) |
0938 | ✓ | 7 | 3 | 8 | Worcester Foregate Street | GWR (2E55) |
Trains from Melksham run though the day and into the early evening to Chippenham and Swindon, and to Trowbridge and Westbury. Where you can change for a wide variety of other destinations. But which platform will your connection be leaving from, what destination do you need to look out for, and will your train be running on time?
This page provides you with departures from Melksham, and also connections at some of the major interchange stations that you may find yourself at - arrive at Bristol Temple Meads and look for your onward train to Lawrence Hill, for examples - is the next Bristol Parkway train calling there, or do you need to find a train for Severn Beach or perhaps for Avonmouth? And which platform will it be leaving from ...?
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Bus User Group (Option 24/7)
The Melksham [Rail / Transport] User Group and its predecessors have partnered with the train operators over the years to promote growth of services and their use. However, we are embarrassed to promote the current service with its awful reliability record. For regular users who are robust to the issues it is still useful - for newcomers there's a significant risk of their first planned use going wrong, quite apart from the worry beforehand of not knowing if it will run.
Four officers of the group met in December 2022, and we have decided on a hiatus until the spring. We'll maintain insurance and CRN membership; our annual Zoom account runs until mid-year and we will occasionally feed online media and deal with correspondence from it. In the meantime, we also recommend you to the groups linked above.
A new approach