Box railway station

Box
Box railway station in 1963
Location
Place	Box
Area	County of Wiltshire
Coordinates	51°25′00″N 2°16′05″W / 51.416559°N 2.268137°W / 51.416559; -2.268137Coordinates: 51°25′00″N 2°16′05″W / 51.416559°N 2.268137°W / 51.416559; -2.268137
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
30 June 1841 (1841-06-30)	Opened
4 January 1965 (1965-01-04)	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Box railway station served the town of Box in Wiltshire, England. The station was on the main Great Western Railway line from London to Bristol and was opened when the Chippenham to Bath section opened in June 1841.

The Reverend Wilbert Awdry, author of the 'Thomas The Tank Engine' books lived next to the railway station.

References

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bathford Halt Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Great Western Main Line		Box (Mill Lane) Halt Line open, station closed

Closed railway stations in Wiltshire

Bristol and North Somerset Railway	Midford Halt Monkton Combe Halt Limpley Stoke

Salisbury Branch Line	Heytesbury Codford Wylye Langford Wishford Wilton North

Devizes Branch Line	Semington Halt Seend Bromham and Rowde Halt Devizes Pans Lane Halt

Reading to Taunton line	Patney and Chirton Woodborough Manningford Halt Wootton Rivers Halt Savernake Low Level

Chippenham and Calne Line	Stanley Bridge Halt Black Dog Halt Calne

Midland and South Western Junction Railway	Cricklade Moredon Halt Rushey Platt Swindon Town Chiseldon Chiseldon Camp Ogbourne Marlborough Low Level Marlborough High Level Savernake High Level Grafton and Burbage Collingbourne Kingston Halt Collingbourne Ludgershall Tidworth

Great Western Main Line	Box Box (Mill Lane) Halt Corsham Christian Malford Halt Dauntsey Wootton Bassett Wootton Bassett Road Stratton Park Halt

Highworth branch line	Stratton Stanton Hannington Highworth

Golden Valley Line	Oaksey Halt Minety and Ashton Keynes Purton

Wessex Main Line	Lacock Halt Beanacre Halt Broughton Gifford Halt Holt Junction Staverton Halt

Bulford Camp Branch	Bulford Amesbury Newton Tony

South Wales Main Line	Hullavington Little Somerford Brinkworth Great Somerford

West of England Main Line	Dinton Idmiston Halt Porton Semley Wilton South

Other lines	Downton Edington and Bratton Fovant Lavington Malmesbury

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