Bedwyn railway station

Bedwyn National Rail
Location
Place Great Bedwyn
Local authority Wiltshire
Coordinates 51°22′48″N 1°35′56″W / 51.380°N 1.599°W / 51.380; -1.599Coordinates: 51°22′48″N 1°35′56″W / 51.380°N 1.599°W / 51.380; -1.599
Grid reference SU279645
Operations
Station code BDW
Managed by Great Western Railway
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05 Decrease 78,439
2005/06 Decrease 74,773
2006/07 Increase 77,048
2007/08 Increase 81,160
2008/09 Increase 83,718
2009/10 Decrease 83,492
2010/11 Increase 94,584
2011/12 Increase 0.107 million
2012/13 Increase 0.119 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.112 million
2014/15 Increase 0.116 million
History
Key dates Opened 1862 (1862)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bedwyn from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal
Station approach in 1963

Bedwyn railway station is a railway station in the village of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. It is also, along with Pewsey, a station for the market town of Marlborough which is 6 miles (10 km) away. A bus from the town connects with most trains on Mondays to Saturdays.

History

Bedwyn station was opened on 11 November 1862 by the Great Western Railway company as part of the Berks and Hants Railway from Hungerford to Devizes;[1] the line continues in use as part of the Reading to Taunton Line. In 1900 the Stert and Westbury Railway allowed Devizes to be bypassed and Westbury became the next major station west of Bedwyn.

In 1905, owing to traffic for army camps on Salisbury Plain, the line west of Bedwyn was linked (via the Grafton Curve and a bridge over the Kennet and Avon Canal) to Grafton and Burbage on the north-south Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway.[2] This line was closed in 1961.

Facilities

The station has basic facilities including a bus-type shelter on both sides and information screens. The only crossing between platforms is via the road bridge over the railway.

Services

The station is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway to and from London Paddington via Reading and Newbury. Local trains terminate at Bedwyn, and a crossover and siding at the west of the station allow them to reverse. The station is also served by InterCity 125s that continue to Exeter St Davids and Taunton. As there are two tracks and trains serve a long distance, minor stops such as Bedwyn are alternated by most stopping services.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Hungerford   Great Western Railway
Paddington to Bedwyn
Local Services
Reading – Taunton line
  Terminus
  Great Western Railway
Reading – Taunton Line
  Pewsey
Historical railways
Hungerford
Line and station open
  Great Western Railway
Berks and Hants Extension Railway
  Savernake Low Level
Line open, station closed
Disused railways
Grafton and Burbage   Midland and South Western Junction Railway   Savernake Low Level

References

  1. Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press. p. 14. ISBN 1904349331.
  2. "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 16 pp8-49 - Great Bedwyn". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

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