Melksham train station
You can reach 4 stations directly from Melksham on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Chippenham, with 14 trains a day.
Melksham is the nearest station for postcodes in SN12, SN13, SN10. Check your own postcode.
- 4 direct destinations
- 1,977th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free throughout
- 10 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Melksham
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chippenham | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Swindon | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Trowbridge | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Westbury | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Frome | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bruton | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Castle Cary | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Chetnole | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dorchester West | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Maiden Newton | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Thornford | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Upwey | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Weymouth | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yetminster | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yeovil Pen Mill | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dilton Marsh | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Warminster | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Freight through Melksham station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Melksham station on 307 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 57 paths on the Wednesday, 18 paths on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. 40 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 14:00 to 15:00 on the Tuesday, with 7 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Melksham station is
60,930 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,977th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Melksham and Swindon (Wilts) than any other pair: 13,176 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Melksham gains 13 destinations including Romsey, Kemble, Stroud, Stonehouse, Southampton Central, Dilton Marsh.
Nearest other stations
- Trowbridge 5.1 miles
- Bradford-on-Avon 5.3 miles
- Chippenham 5.8 miles
- Avoncliff 6.6 miles
- Freshford 7.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Melksham, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Broughton Gifford Halt · 1.5 miles
- Semington Halt · 1.9 miles
- Holt Junction · 2.5 miles
- Seend · 2.7 miles
- Lacock Halt · 3.0 miles
- Staverton Halt · 3.7 miles
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Facilities at Melksham station
Melksham is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Parking at Melksham station
- Station Car Park 10 spaces
free
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 February 2026.
Getting to Melksham station
Melksham station is in Wiltshire, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J17 (Stanton St Quintin), 9.3 miles north.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Melksham station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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