Warminster railway station serves the town of

Warminster Warminster () is an ancient market town with a nearby garrison, and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in south west Wiltshire, England, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish had a population of about 17,000 in 2011. The 11th-c ...

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, England. The station is operated by Great Western Railway and is a main station on the Wessex Main Line, with regular services to

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and

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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

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on 30 June 1856. The station was originally provided with a

train shed A train shed is a building adjacent to a station building where the tracks and platforms of a railway station are covered by a roof. It is also known as an overall roof. Its primary purpose is to store and protect from the elements train car ...

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.

Services

Great Western Railway operate a generally hourly service in each direction from the station, westbound to , and , and eastbound to and . A few additional GWR trains call at certain hours (some of which either originate or terminate here).

Connections

Once a year, a bus service (colloquially known as route 23A) runs from Warminster station to the uninhabited village of

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References

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Railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

Railway stations served by South Western Railway DfT Category E stations