Warminster railway station serves the historic market town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England.
Warminster  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Warminster, Wiltshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 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 | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.355 million | ||||
| Interchange | 22,564 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.103 million | ||||
| Interchange | 3,463 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.284 million | ||||
| Interchange | 11,747 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.295 million | ||||
| Interchange | 12,008 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.332 million | ||||
| Interchange | 16,092 | ||||
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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
editThe 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
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Great Western Railway 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
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Following station | ||
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| Dilton Marsh | Great Western Railway Wessex Main Line |
Salisbury | ||
| Westbury | South 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 | ||
Connections
editOnce a year, a bus service (colloquially known as route 23A) runs from Warminster station to the uninhabited village of Imber.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 138–140. ISBN 1-904349-33-1.
- ^ "Imberbus". Imberbus. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "The Bus to Imber". Hidden Europe. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2022.