In 2022/2023, Melksham had 64,206 entries and exits, making it the 1,841^st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 920^th busiest (out of 997), with 118 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 175.91 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 10.46 passengers per service, giving it the 902^nd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
Single	74	269

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2007-08 Growth of 27% or more
2008-09 Served by two trains per day, so any change to services will significantly impact passenger usage.
2009-10 No obvious reason to explain change in usage
2013-14 Significantly improved timetable from December 2013
2014-15 Dramatically improved service Dec 2013, continued ramp-up
2015-16 Improved service in December 2013, plus station improvements in summer 2015 have seen growth continue

Location: Melksham
CRS: MKM / NLC: 3346 / TIPLOC(S): MELKSHM
Station Facility Owner: Great Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 390034 164580
Constituency: Chippenham
Local Authority: Wiltshire
NR Region: South West
ELR: WEY 100m 13ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Melksham during 2022/2023:
•Swindon (Wilts) (7,295 journeys)
•Chippenham (5,041 journeys)
•Bristol Temple Meads (3,031 journeys)
•Trowbridge (2,848 journeys)
•London Paddington (2,568 journeys)
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