page_title: Melksham
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Melksham / Transport
caption_attribution_description: English: Melksham station showing 2018 platform extension
context_page_description: Melksham is a town on the River Avon in Wiltshire, England, about 4.5 miles northeast of Trowbridge and 6 miles south of Chippenham. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 19,357, making it Wiltshire's fifth-largest settlement after Swindon, Salisbury, Chippenham and Trowbridge.
context_section_description: The town is served by Melksham railway station, on the branch of the Wessex Main Line from Chippenham to Trowbridge, with trains roughly every two hours in each direction on weekdays. Trains are operated by Great Western Railway, with services marketed as the 'TransWilts line' between Westbury and Swindon.
  Melksham is on the north–south A350 main road from the M4 motorway (Junction 17, near Chippenham) to Poole on the south coast. It is served by bus companies including Faresaver and First West of England. The A350 stretch directly to the south of the town has been designed to allow for possible future expansion to dual-carriageway status if required.
  In February 2020, the central government gave its approval for a £125m eastern bypass of the A350 from north of Beanacre to the south of Hampton Park.  This will improve the strategic role of the A350 by rerouting longer distance traffic around the town centre, bypassing the often congested Beanacre Road and Western Way bypass.
caption: Melksham station in 2020
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