Warminster railway station

This article is about the railway station in England. For the station in Pennsylvania, see Warminster station (SEPTA).

Warminster
General information
Location	Warminster, Wiltshire England
Coordinates	51.2069°N 2.1768°W / 51.2069; -2.1768
Grid reference	ST877453
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WMN
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1851	Line opened from Westbury
1856	Line extended to Salisbury
Passengers
2019/20	0.355 million
Interchange	22,564
2020/21	0.103 million
Interchange	3,463
2021/22	0.284 million
Interchange	11,747
2022/23	0.295 million
Interchange	12,008
2023/24	0.332 million
Interchange	16,092
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Warminster railway station serves the historic market town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England.

The station is operated by Great Western Railway and is a main station on the Wessex Main Line, with regular services to Bristol, Cardiff, Southampton and Portsmouth.

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 9 September 1851 as the terminus of its branch from Westbury on its Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth route. The branch was extended to Salisbury on 30 June 1856. The station was originally provided with a train shed covering the tracks and platforms, but this was removed around 1930 when the current canopies were erected in its place. The original wooden buildings were retained and are still in use today.^[1]

Services

A Class 158 working a Portsmouth Harbour service

Great Western Railway operate a generally hourly service in each direction from the station, westbound to Westbury, Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central, and eastbound to Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour. A few additional GWR trains call at certain hours (some of which either originate or terminate here).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dilton Marsh		Great Western Railway Wessex Main Line		Salisbury
Westbury		South Western Railway Wessex Main Line		Salisbury
	Historical railways
Dilton Marsh Line and station open		Great Western Railway Wessex Main Line		Heytesbury Line open, station closed

Connections

Once a year, a bus service (colloquially known as route 23A) runs from Warminster station to the uninhabited village of Imber.^[2][3]

References

1. Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 138–140. ISBN 1-904349-33-1.
2. "Imberbus". Imberbus. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
3. "The Bus to Imber". Hidden Europe. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2022.