Place Trowbridge Station code TRO DfT category D Opened 1848 | Grid reference ST851578 Managed by Great Western Railway 2011/12 0.779 million Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Trowbridge BA14 8HW, United Kingdom Original company Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway Similar Westbury railway station, Bath Spa railway station, Avoncliff railway station, Oldfield Park railway st, Bradford‑on‑Avon railway station | ||
Trowbridge railway station 11 07 2015
Trowbridge railway station is a railway station on the Wessex Main Line serving the 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.
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Originally opened by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway in 1848 as part of their Thingley Junction to Westbury line, it gained a link to Bath and Bristol nine years later thanks to the Great Western Railway. This is now the main line, as the original route to Chippenham has been singled and reduced to secondary status.
Description
The small station building is located on the northbound platform (platform 1). This platform is for trains to Bath. Bristol and Cardiff. Platform 2, on the southbound line is for trains to Westbury, London and the South Coast.
The station building contains a staffed ticket office, benches, vending machines, one electronic information sign, timetable information, bus timetable information and free leaflets, toilet facilities and Free Metro newspapers are available. On Platform 1 there are Two electronic information signs, covered bike stands, benches, shelter with benches, one self-service ticket machine. Platform 2 has a two electronic display signs, covered bike racks, train timetables, a shelter with benches, one self-service ticket machine, public telephone and taxi hiring.
Services
Regular service (at present half-hourly each way Mon-Sat, hourly on Sundays) is provided by Great Western Railway (train operating company) to Bath Spa, Bristol Temple Meads and either Gloucester or Cardiff Central northbound and Weymouth or Southampton and Portsmouth in the south.
The original WS&WR line diverges to the north of Trowbridge, formerly carried a limited passenger service (two per day each way Mon-Sat, one each way on Sundays) to/from Swindon via Melksham and Chippenham. This was improved to a two-hourly service (8 trains each way total on weekdays, 5 each way on Sundays) at the December 2013 timetable change. Two services continue beyond Swindon through to Cheltenham Spa on weekdays only.
The station is served by a limited service between Bristol Temple Meads and London Waterloo via Basingstoke (3 per day Mondays to Saturdays, 2 on Sundays) by South West Trains.
There is also an early morning direct service to London Paddington via Newbury and until May 2016 a return evening service was provided; however this now terminates at Westbury.