Westbury railway station
Railway station in Wiltshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the station in Wiltshire, England. For the former station in Shropshire, England, see Westbury railway station (Shropshire). For the station in New York, USA, see Westbury (LIRR station).
Westbury railway station serves the market town of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway.
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General information | |||||
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Location | Westbury, Wiltshire England | ||||
Coordinates | 51.2665°N 2.1995°W / 51.2665; -2.1995 | ||||
Grid reference | ST861519 | ||||
Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | WSB | ||||
Classification | DfT category D | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
5 September 1848 | Station opened as terminus of line from Chippenham | ||||
7 October 1850 | Line extended to Frome | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.549 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.558 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.229 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.152 million | ||||
Interchange | 48,500 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.439 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.164 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.519 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.247 million | ||||
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The station is a major junction, serving the Reading to Taunton line with services to and from Penzance and London Paddington; the Wessex Main Line with services to and from Cardiff and Portsmouth, also Swindon; the Heart of Wessex Line with local services from Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouth; and services to London Waterloo.
The buffet at Westbury appeared in a list of "highly commended" station cafes published in The Guardian in 2009.[1]