Place Great Bedwyn Station code BDW DfT category F1 Opened 1847 | Grid reference SU279645 Managed by Great Western Railway 2011/12 0.107 million Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Great Bedwyn, Marlborough SN8 3NZ, United Kingdom Similar Newbury Racecourse railway st, Newbury railway station, Pewsey railway station, Theale railway station, Twyford railway station | ||
Bedwyn railway station 02 02 2009 in the snow
Bedwyn railway station is a railway station in the village of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. It is also, along with Pewsey, a station for the market town of Marlborough which is 6 miles (10 km) away. A bus from the town connects with most trains on Mondays to Saturdays.
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History
Bedwyn station was opened on 11 November 1862 by the Great Western Railway company as part of the Berks and Hants Railway from Hungerford to Devizes; the line continues in use as part of the Reading to Taunton Line. In 1900 the Stert and Westbury Railway allowed Devizes to be bypassed and Westbury became the next major station west of Bedwyn.
In 1905, owing to traffic for army camps on Salisbury Plain, the line west of Bedwyn was linked (via the Grafton Curve and a bridge over the Kennet and Avon Canal) to Grafton and Burbage on the north-south Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway. This line was closed in 1961.
Facilities
The station has basic facilities including a bus-type shelter on both sides and information screens. The only crossing between platforms is via the road bridge over the railway.
Services
The station is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway to and from London Paddington via Reading and Newbury. Local trains terminate at Bedwyn, and a crossover and siding at the west of the station allow them to reverse and lay over before returning east. The station is also served by a limited number of InterCity 125s that continue to/from Exeter St Davids and Plymouth via Taunton.