Warminster railway station
Warminster | |
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Location | |
Place | Warminster |
Local authority | Wiltshire |
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 |
Operations | |
Station code | WMN |
Managed by | Great Western Railway |
Number of platforms | 2 |
DfT category | E |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2010/11 | 0.337 million |
2011/12 | 0.352 million |
2012/13 | 0.355 million |
2013/14 | 0.370 million |
2014/15 | 0.388 million |
History | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
1851 | Line opened from Westbury |
1856 | Line extended to Salisbury |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Warminster from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
Warminster railway station is a railway station. It 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, as well as a limited service to and from Bristol and London Waterloo each weekday.
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 and Portsmouth Harbour. A few additional GWR trains call at certain hours (some of which either originate or terminate here).
South West Trains operate a small number of services between London Waterloo and Bristol Temple Meads,[2] along with a very limited service from London to Yeovil Pen Mill.[3]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Dilton Marsh | Great Western Railway Wessex Main Line |
Salisbury | ||
Westbury | South West Trains Bristol-London Waterloo (Limited Service) |
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. ISBN 1-904349-33-1.
- ↑ Table 160 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ↑ "Brighton, Portsmouth and Weymouth - Bristol, Cardiff, Gloucester and Great Malvern" (PDF). Electronic National Rail Timetable. Network Rail. Retrieved 2016-02-24.