Seend railway station

Seend
Location	Seend, Wiltshire England
Coordinates	51°21′21″N 2°05′44″W / 51.3557°N 2.0955°W / 51.3557; -2.0955Coordinates: 51°21′21″N 2°05′44″W / 51.3557°N 2.0955°W / 51.3557; -2.0955
Grid reference	ST934618
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1857	Opened
1966	Closed

Former railway near Seend

Seend railway station was near the village of Seend in Wiltshire, England. The station was a stop on the Devizes Branch Line, between Semington and Bromham & Rowde. Its position northwest of the village was chosen to serve the iron ore mine and iron works at Seend Cleeve.^[1]

After the completion of the Devizes line, the junction at Holt allowed the fastest route from London to the West Country. However the line lost to competition and reverted to a branch line in 1900.

The station suffered from reduced traffic after the completion of the Stert and Westbury Railway between Patney and Chirton railway station and Westbury, which by-passed the Devizes Branch Line to reduce the London to Plymouth journey by 5 miles.

Seend station and the entire Devizes Branch Line were closed under the Beeching cuts. Both were destroyed in 1970.

See also[]

• Devizes Branch Line
• Devizes railway station

References[]

External links[]

• "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 4 pp280-293 - Railways". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
• "Great Western Railway - Devizes Branch". Well House Consultants Ltd. Retrieved 20 January 2016.