The Wessex Main Line is the railway line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central. Diverging from this route is the Heart of Wessex Line from Westbury to Weymouth. The Wessex Main Line intersects the Reading to Taunton Line at Westbury and the West of England Main Line at Salisbury.
The Heart of Wessex Line,also known as the Bristol to Weymouth Line,is a railway line that runs from Bristol Temple Meads to Westbury and Weymouth in England. It shares the Wessex Main Line as far as Westbury and then follows the course of the Reading to Taunton Line as far as Castle Cary.
Cheltenham Spa railway station serves the spa town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire,England. Situated on the Bristol-Birmingham main line,it is managed by Great Western Railway,despite most services being operated by CrossCountry which does not manage any stations. It is located about one mile from the town centre. The official name of the town is simply Cheltenham but,when the station was renamed in 1925,the London,Midland and Scottish Railway chose to add Spa to the station name. It is a key regional interchange and is the fifth busiest railway station in South West England.
Yeovil Pen Mill railway station is one of two stations serving the town of Yeovil,Somerset,England. The station is situated just under a mile to the east of the town centre. The station is located 59.5 miles (96 km) south of Bristol Temple Meads,on the Heart of Wessex Line. The station is managed by Great Western Railway,with trains being operated by them and by South Western Railway.
Salisbury railway station serves the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire,England. It is 83 miles 43 chains (134.4 km) from London Waterloo on the West of England line to Exeter St Davids. This is crossed by the Wessex Main Line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central. The station is operated and served by South Western Railway (SWR),and is also served by Great Western Railway (GWR).
Weymouth railway station is the main railway station serving the town of Weymouth,Dorset,England. The station is the southern terminus of both the South West Main Line,142 miles 64 chains (229.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo,and the Heart of Wessex Line from Bristol Temple Meads and Gloucester,168 miles 63 chains (271.6 km) from London Paddington.
Upwey railway station serves the Broadwey,Upwey and Littlemoor suburbs of Weymouth in Dorset,England. The station is situated on the South West Main Line,140 miles 31 chains (225.9 km) from London Waterloo and on the Heart of Wessex Line,166 miles 30 chains (267.8 km) from London Paddington.
Dorchester West railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Dorchester in Dorset,England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway. The station is located on the Heart of Wessex Line between Castle Cary and Weymouth,161.63 miles from the zero point at London Paddington,and is at the southern end of a single track section from Maiden Newton. The line becomes double at the station and remains so to just before nearby Dorchester Junction,where the line joins the South West Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth.
Maiden Newton railway station is a railway station serving the village of Maiden Newton in Dorset,England. The station is located on the Heart of Wessex Line,154.12 miles from the zero point at London Paddington,measured via Swindon and Westbury.
Bruton railway station serves a largely rural area in the county of Somerset in England. The station is situated in the market town of Bruton. The station is on the Bristol to Weymouth line some 32.75 miles (53 km) south of Bath Spa. Trains on the Reading to Taunton line pass through the station but do not normally stop. Services are operated by Great Western Railway and South Western Railway.
Chetnole railway station is a small rural station serving the village of Chetnole,Dorset,England. The station is on the Heart of Wessex Line 21¼ miles (34 km) north of Weymouth towards Westbury,and 147.5 miles from the zero point at London Paddington,measured via Swindon and Westbury.
Keynsham railway station is on the Great Western Main Line in South West England,serving the town of Keynsham,Somerset. It is 113 miles 63 chains (183.1 km) down the line from London Paddington and is situated between Oldfield Park and Bristol Temple Meads stations.
Trowbridge railway station is a railway station on the Wessex Main Line serving the county town of Trowbridge in Wiltshire,England. The station is 24 miles (39 km) south east of Bristol Temple Meads and is managed by Great Western Railway.
Bradford-on-Avon railway station is a railway station on the Wessex Main Line in between Avoncliff and Trowbridge,serving the town of Bradford on Avon,in Wiltshire,England. The station is 9 miles 35 chains (15.2 km) south east of Bath Spa. The station was originally conceived by the Wilts,Somerset and Weymouth Railway,but was not built until after the company was purchased by the Great Western Railway in 1850 and did not open until 1857.
Clifton Down railway station is on the Severn Beach line and serves the district of Clifton in Bristol,England. It is 3.9 miles (6.3 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is CFN. The station has two platforms,each serving trains in one direction only. As of 2015 it is managed by Great Western Railway,which is the third franchise to be responsible for the station since privatisation in 1997. They provide all train services at the station,mainly a train every 30 minutes in each direction.
Yetminster railway station serves the village of Yetminster in Dorset,England. The station is on the Heart of Wessex Line,23.25 miles (37 km) north of Weymouth. The station is 145.46 miles from the zero point at London Paddington,measured via Swindon and Westbury.
The Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER) was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter. It was built on the broad gauge and its engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It opened in stages between 1841 and 1844. It was allied with the Great Western Railway (GWR),which built its main line between London and Bristol,and in time formed part of a through route between London and Cornwall.
The Wilts,Somerset and Weymouth Railway (WS&WR) was an early railway company in south-western England. It obtained Parliamentary powers in 1845 to build a railway from near Chippenham in Wiltshire,southward to Salisbury and Weymouth in Dorset. It opened the first part of the network but found it impossible to raise further money and sold its line to the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1850.
The Langport and Castle Cary Railway is a railway line from Castle Cary railway station to Cogload Junction near Taunton,Somerset,England,which reduced the length of the journey from London to Penzance by 20+1⁄4 miles (32.6 km).
The Weymouth Wizard was a named summer service operated by Great Western Railway (GWR) via the Heart of Wessex Line between Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth. The special service was named when GWR started running a single Saturday summer InterCity 125 service between Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth.
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