I was alarmed to read someone Tweeting that they “gotta walk along the railway track again to get to Melksham today” last Saturday.

Trains weigh up to 400 tons and travel on the line from Trowbridge to Chippenham at more than 60mph. They can’t steer out of the way, they can’t stop if they see you on the track, and they can coast near-silent for miles – you may not hear them coming. If one hits you, you’re unlikely to survive.

On weekend days in 2013, there were usually only three or four trains passing along the single track. But with the improved TransWilts service, and diversions caused by engineering works and flooding elsewhere, that has risen over the last few weeks to more than 30 trains a day, some not shown in any public timetable or running very late.

Please keep off the railway. It’s a dangerous place. Better to miss work for the day than to never work again.

Graham Ellis, Press and Publicity, TransWilts Community Rail Partnership, Spa Road, Melksham..