Day trip by train

to Taunton
Wed 30th Aug 2023

from Melksham - Similar trips most days in 2025

Day trip to Taunton on Wed 30th Aug 2023
From Melksham at	09:10
Arrive Taunton at	11:15
Suggested return leaves Taunton at	15:17
Back into Melksham at	16:38
Adult day return fare	£25.60 (2023)
Also available of Freedom of Severn and Solent - see below Lower prices for day trips may be available through advance purchase or split tickets
Alternative (later) trains back. Last train leaves at	20:22
That's back into Melksham at	21:31

Freedom of Severn and Solent ticket

The Freedom of Severn and Solent ticket offers you 3 days out of 7, or 8 days out of 15 train travel across the area shown on the map. Travel as much as you like after 09:00 in the morning (all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays).

These prices correct as at 13th July 2024
3 days out of 7 - £76.00 (that's £25.33 per day) 8 days out or 15 - £102.50 (that's £12.81 per day)
Or with a railcard - £50.20 or £67.60

Children aged 5 to 15 - £38.00 or £51.25
Children on relevant railcard - £15.10 or £20.30

The ticket is not available online or from the ticket machine at Melksham Station, so if you start from there on the first day, join the train and buy it from the train manager. If you start on your first day at a station with a staffed ticket office, you must buy it there before you join your very first train.

Ticket Issuing System details: name / code / group
FOSS ROVER 3IN7 DAYS / S37 / I863 FOSS ROVER 3IN7
FOSS ROVER 8IN15 DAYS / WR7 / I862 FOSS ROVER 8IN15