Warminster railway station

Warminster railway station serves the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England.

Warminster
Location	Warminster, Wiltshire England
Coordinates	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
2015/16	0.380 million
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
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 operated by South Western Railway to and from Bristol Temple Meads 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

A Class 158 working a Portsmouth Harbour service

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).

South Western Railway 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]

References

1. Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 138–140. ISBN 1-904349-33-1.
2. Table 160 National Rail timetable, May 2016
3. "Brighton, Portsmouth and Weymouth - Bristol, Cardiff, Gloucester and Great Malvern" (PDF). Electronic National Rail Timetable. Network Rail. Retrieved 24 February 2016.