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.
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.
Cam and Dursley railway station is a railway station serving the large village of Cam and the market town of Dursley in Gloucestershire,England. It is located on the main Bristol-Birmingham line,between Yate and Gloucester,at a site close to where Coaley Junction railway station was situated from 1856 to 1965.
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).
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.
Dilton Marsh railway station serves the village of Dilton Marsh in Wiltshire,England. It is on the Wessex Main Line between Bristol Temple Meads and Southampton Central railway station,23 miles (37 km) north of Salisbury. Great Western Railway manages the station and operates services between Bristol and the South Coast which call there.
Castle Cary railway station is on the Reading to Taunton line 115.25 miles (185.48 km) south west of London Paddington and the Bristol to Weymouth line 47.75 miles (77 km) south of Bristol Temple Meads. The two routes share tracks between Westbury and Castle Cary stations and are both operated by Great Western Railway,which also manages the station. The station is 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the market town of Castle Cary and 5 miles (8 km) south of Shepton Mallet in a largely rural area of Somerset,England.
Westbury railway station serves the market town of Westbury in Wiltshire,England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway.
Swindon railway station is on the Great Western Main Line in South West England,serving the town of Swindon,Wiltshire. The station is 77 miles 23 chains down the line from the zero point at London Paddington and lies between Didcot Parkway and Chippenham. It is managed by Great Western Railway,which also operates all of the services from the station.
Chippenham railway station is on the Great Western Main Line (GWML) in South West England,serving the town of Chippenham,Wiltshire. It is 93 miles 76 chains down the line from the zero point at London Paddington and is situated between Swindon and Bath Spa on the GWML. The Wessex Main Line diverges from the GWML to the southwest of Chippenham and runs to Trowbridge via Melksham.
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.
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.
Thornford railway station serves the village of Thornford,in Dorset,England. It is approximately 3 miles to the south of Yeovil,and 144.35 miles from the zero point at London Paddington. It is managed by Great Western Railway and is served by trains on the Heart of Wessex Line between Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth.
Sea Mills railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Sea Mills and nearby Westbury on Trym in Bristol,England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) from Bristol Temple Meads,situated at the confluence of the River Avon and River Trym and near the A4 Bristol Portway. Its three letter station code is SML. The station has a single platform which serves trains in both directions. 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.
Yate railway station serves the town of Yate in South Gloucestershire,in south west England. The station is located on the main Bristol to Birmingham line between Bristol Parkway and Cam &Dursley,and is operated by Great Western Railway.
Melksham railway station serves the town of Melksham in Wiltshire,England. It is 100 miles 13 chains measured from London Paddington,on the TransWilts Line between Chippenham and Trowbridge that was originally part of the Wilts,Somerset and Weymouth Railway,absorbed in 1850 by the Great Western Railway.
Avoncliff railway station serves the small village of Avoncliff in Wiltshire,England,together with the nearby villages of Westwood and Winsley,and Turleigh hamlet. It is next to the Kennet and Avon Canal and almost adjacent to the Avoncliff Aqueduct,so it is popular with walkers and cyclists who wish to travel along the canal path or the picturesque walks around the station.
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 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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