Warminster railway station
Location | Warminster, Wiltshire England |
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Coordinates | 51°12′25″N 2°10′36″W / 51.2069°N 2.1768°WCoordinates: 51°12′25″N 2°10′36″W / 51.2069°N 2.1768°W |
Grid reference | ST877453 |
Managed by | Great Western Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | WMN |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1851 | Line opened from Westbury |
1856 | Line extended to Salisbury |
Passengers | |
2016/17 | 0.385 million |
2017/18 | 0.366 million |
2018/19 | 0.349 million |
Interchange | 21,225 |
2019/20 | 0.355 million |
Interchange | 22,564 |
2020/21 | 0.103 million |
Interchange | 3,463 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Warminster railway station serves the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England.
The station is operated by Great Western Railway and is a main station on the Wessex Main Line, with regular services to Bristol, Cardiff, Southampton and Portsmouth.
History[]
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 9 September 1851, as the terminus of its branch from Westbury on its Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth route. The branch was extended to Salisbury on 30 June 1856. The station was originally provided with a train shed covering the tracks and platforms, but this was removed around 1930 when the current canopies were erected in its place. The original wooden buildings were retained and are still in use today.[1]
Services[]
Great Western Railway (GWR) operate a generally hourly service in each direction from the station, westbound to Westbury, Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central, and eastbound to Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour. A few additional GWR trains call at certain hours (some of which either originate or terminate here).
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Dilton Marsh | Great Western Railway Wessex Main Line |
Salisbury | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Dilton Marsh Line and station open |
Great Western Railway Wessex Main Line |
Heytesbury Line open, station closed |
References[]
- ^ Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 138–140. ISBN 1-904349-33-1.
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1851
- Railway stations in Wiltshire
- Railway stations served by Great Western Railway
- Warminster