Links to Public Transport User Groups and campaigning organisations in the South West

• The Ivybridge Rail Users Group The aims of the group are to maintain a viable rail service for Ivybridge, to gain improvements to facilities at Ivybridge railway station and to encourage use of the services by the citizens of the Ivybridge and the wider South Hams area.

• The Melksham Save the Train campaign is trying to save the railway service between Swindon and Southampton. The line shoud provide a good service through th West wilts Corrdior, which has road congestion problems and poor bus / train co-ordination, and on which ticket sales rose by 35% last year.

• Kennet Passengers would like to see Kennet as a place where people can have a good quality of life without dependence on the private car.

• The Melksham Railway Development Group can be contacted via the Secretary, 25 Ashley Close, Whitley, Melksham, Wiltshire. The group hopes to promote the railway service through Melksham and West Wiltshire.

• The North Devon Rail Users group exists to support and further the interests of the line between Exeter and Barnstaple.

• Railfuture has various branches including Devon and Cornwall, Severnside and Wessex.

• Campaign for Better Transport Salisbury Group is much involved with public transport including rail.

• The Severnside Rail Community Partnership covers local routes radiating out from Bristol as far as Bridgewater, Freshford, Pilning, Severn Beach and Yate.

• The Campaign to Save the Severn Tunnel Services can be contacted via their web site.

• The Salisbury to Exeter Lineside Consortium of Authorities (SELCA) has been set up to steer the future of the Salisbury-Exeter railway. Devon are the 'technical managers' of SELCA, while Somerset hold the secretariat.