General information | |||||
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Location | Westbury, Wiltshire England | ||||
Coordinates | 51°15′59″N 2°11′58″W / 51.2665°N 2.1995°W | ||||
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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Westbury railway station serves the market town of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway.
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]