The West Wiltshire Rail Users Group (know as WWRUG) gives a voice to West Wiltshire Rail Users on timetables and level of service and fares on our railway network.


* Wednesday 27th January 2010 7.30pm, Dewey House, Warminster: Presentation and Q&A by the Chair of Three Rivers Rail partnership covering a circular route taking in Salisbury, Romsey, Southampton. They have a lot to teach us for our area. Open to all. Refreshments. Please come along.

* Wednesday 24th March 2010 7.30pm Swan Hotel, Bradford on Avon: Presentation and Q&A in the Conference Suite on the latest developments at First Great Western with the West of England General Manager and the Custom and Stakeholder Liaison Manager, FGW. Also a brief AGM will take place. Open to all. Coffee and tea.

* A Report on the 20th Anniversay Dinner:
The West Wiltshire Rail Users Group have just celebrated 20 years of service to the rail-using public. A celebration dinner took place in the canal barge at the Lock Inn, Bradford on Avon on the evening of Friday 13th November 2009. The Guests of Honour were Dr Andrew Murrison MP, Shadow Defence Minister and Donald Jepson, the founder Chairman of WWRUG. Vice Chair of WWRUG, Roger Newman was the Master of Ceremonies. Donald Jepson travelled from North Wales to be present. The past chairmen of the group also attended together with members of the group who wished to celebrate totalling 23 persons, good for a totally inclement evening of stormy showers and strong winds suitable for Friday 13th!. Two of our attendees travelled up especially from Weymouth for the dinner, returning the same evening(Thanks Terry and Andy).
Dr Andrew Murrison has been very supportive of our group chairing meetings with FGW executives and ourselves and following up with letters toDft etc. In his speech Dr Murrison said that FGW had improved a great deal and that his postbag on rail matters had diminished markedly showing progress had been made. He suggested that the next big issue for us all must be for the all-stopping Trans-Wilts rail link Swindon/Melksham/Salisbury to be established with regular services . Government viaDft were not willing to finance it at present despite the environmental desirability of rail travel but we must keep pressing for this service; Wiltshire Council had no money to support such a project.
Donald Jepson recounted the early days of WWRUG and the reality of its approach to what was possible. This approach bore fruit with many more trains stopping at Bradford on Avon, expansion rather than loss of the Bristol/Waterloo service and the saving of Dilton Marsh Halt.
Roger Newman thanked Bob lee and Rob Brown for organising the dinner which was very successful. Thanks are due to the Staff of the Lock Inn for their fantastic service and fine cuisine.
Rob Brown had earlier organised a very enjoyable celebration walk which also marked our 20th Anniversary. The two events have well and truly marked the occasion and now we look forward to many more years of achievement.

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* Click here to support the campaign for an improved Transwilts service

* WWRUG Surveys passengers for Heart of Wessex:6 members of the WWRUG Committee have played a full part in surveying the Weymouth/Bristol Temple Meads line during the period 30th March to 7 April 2009. Results to be published in due course.


Upper illustration - one of the stations in West Wiltshire

Stations covered in our area.

The Stations in our area are all managed by First Great Western.


For more details on each Station click on the Station name listed below.....


Avoncliff
Bradford-on-Avon
Dilton Marsh
Melksham
Trowbridge
Warminster
Westbury

Details of WWRUG

The West Wiltshire Rail Users Group know as WWRUG was formed in 1989 to give a voice to West Wiltshire Rail Users on timetables and level of service and fares on our railway network. Membership is open to all and costs £5 a year to cover printing and postage. Members receive four newsletters a year and there are four Public Meetings each year three of which are on 'burning issues of the day' and one being the Annual General Meeting. Currently there are 102 members.

WWRUG is funded by members subscriptions and has no subsidy from any Government Agency or Public or Private Company

WWRUG has a written constitution. Copies of which may be obtained for the Secretary.

The Committee holds bi-monthly meetings in different Towns in West Wiltshire for which they have a representative member from each of Towns in West Wiltshire. They are listed on our Contact page.

Objectives of WWRUG

To improve the level of rail facilities and services in West Wiltshire and rail services that have an impact on West Wiltshire.

To liaise with the rail industry

To raise public awareness of the rail network and to stimulate it's greater use.

To be represented at appropriate meetings of outside organisations.

To provide a forum for rail passengers

© WWRUG Site last updated Sunday 15th November 2009

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