Bedwyn railway station

Railway station in the village of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England

51°22′48″N 1°35′56″W / 51.380°N 1.599°W / 51.380; -1.599Grid referenceSU279645Managed byGreat Western RailwayPlatforms2Other informationStation codeBDWClassificationDfT category F1HistoryOpened1862Passengers2018/19

0.109 million2019/20

0.130 million2020/21

20,3982021/22

74,1802022/23

81,534

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bedwyn railway station serves the village of Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England. It is 66 miles 33 chains (66.41 mi; 106.9 km) from the zero point at London Paddington.^[1] Along with Pewsey station, it serves 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.

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;^[2] 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, to cater for 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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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 services that continue to/from Exeter St Davids and Plymouth via Taunton.^[5]

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Hungerford		Great Western Railway Paddington to Bedwyn Local Services Reading – Taunton line	Terminus
Hungerford		Great Western Railway Reading – Taunton Line	Pewsey
	Historical railways
Hungerford Line and station open		Great Western Railway Berks and Hants Extension Railway	Savernake Low Level Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Grafton and Burbage		Midland and South Western Junction Railway	Savernake Low Level

References

^ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 12B. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
^ Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press. p. 14. ISBN 1904349331.
^ "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 16 pp8-49 - Great Bedwyn". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
^ Table 116 National Rail timetable, May 2016
^ Table 135 National Rail timetable, May 2016