Warminster is a historic market town and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire,England,on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish had a population of 18,173 in 2021.
Cardiff Central railway station is a major station on the South Wales Main Line,located in the capital of Wales,Cardiff,170 miles 30 chains (274 km) from London Paddington. It is one of the city's two urban rail network hubs,along with Cardiff Queen Street. Opened in 1850 as Cardiff station,it was renamed Cardiff General in 1924,and then Cardiff Central in 1973.
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 South West Main Line (SWML) is a 143-mile major railway line between Waterloo station in central London and Weymouth on the south coast of England. A predominantly passenger line,it serves many commuter areas including south western suburbs of London and the conurbations based on Southampton and Bournemouth. It runs through the counties of Surrey,Hampshire and Dorset. It forms the core of the network built by the London and South Western Railway,today mostly operated by South Western Railway.
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.
The West Coastway line is a railway line in England linking the conurbations of Brighton/Hove/Littlehampton and Southampton/Portsmouth,with 1.3 million people between them. It has short southward branches to Littlehampton and Bognor Regis,which offer direct services to and from London.
Portsmouth Harbour railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth,England. It is situated beside Gunwharf Quays in the city's harbour,and is an important transport terminal,with a bus interchange and ferry services to Gosport and the Isle of Wight. The station currently has four platforms in use:numbered 1,3,4 and 5. It is managed by South Western Railway. Platform 2 is no longer in use,having been decommissioned in the early 1990s following major repair and refurbishment work to the pier that the platforms sit on. The station is located adjacent to Portsmouth Harbour between the Gunwharf Quays shopping centre and the Historic Dockyard. Unusually for a mainline railway station,it is built over water as the station was originally constructed on wooden piles,which were later replaced by iron supports.
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).
Fareham railway station is on the West Coastway Line situated about 0.62 miles (1 km) from the town of Fareham in Hampshire,England. It is 84 miles 21 chains (135.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
Eastleigh railway station serves the town of Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England. It is located on the South West Main Line and is the junction station for two other routes,the Eastleigh-Fareham Line and the Eastleigh-Romsey Line. It is 73 miles 35 chains (118.2 km) from London Waterloo. South of the station are Eastleigh Railway Works and Eastleigh Depot.
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.
Filton Abbey Wood railway station serves the town of Filton in South Gloucestershire,England. It is 4.4 miles (7.1 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. There are four platforms but minimal facilities. The station is managed by Great Western Railway that operates all services. The general service level is eight trains per hour - two to South Wales,two to Bristol Parkway,two toward Weston-super-Mare and two toward Westbury.
Westbury railway station serves the market town of Westbury in Wiltshire,England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway.
Southampton Central railway station is a main line station serving the city of Southampton in Hampshire,southern England. It is on the South West Main Line and also serves the Wessex Main Line and the West Coastway Line. The station is approached from the London direction by passing through Southampton Tunnel and is 79 miles 19 chains (127.5 km) measured from London Waterloo.
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.
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.
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.
Rail services in the West of England refer to passenger rail journeys made in the Bristol commuter area. 17 million passenger rail journeys were made in 2019-20 within the Gloucestershire,Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath region.
The Salisbury branch line of the Great Western Railway from Westbury to Salisbury in Wiltshire,England,was completed in 1856. Most of the smaller stations were closed in 1955 but the line remains in use as part of the Wessex Main Line.
The Eastleigh to Salisbury line is the railway line from Eastleigh through Romsey to Salisbury in Hampshire,England. It was constructed by the London and South Western Railway in 1857 from Bishopstoke;the station changed its name to Eastleigh in 1889. At Salisbury the line ran to Milford station on the south-eastern margin of the city,but in 1859 and extension to the present-day Salisbury station was built,and the lines from Andover through Salisbury to Yeovil were connected.
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