Trowbridge railway station

Trowbridge
Location
Place	Trowbridge
Local authority	Wiltshire
Coordinates	51.3200°N 2.2143°W / 51.3200; -2.2143
Operations
Station code	TRO
Managed by	First Great Western
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.462 million
2004/05 *	0.514 million
2005/06 *	0.543 million
2006/07 *	0.584 million
2007/08 *	0.571 million
2008/09 *	0.612 million
2009/10 *	0.652 million
History
Original company	Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
1848	Opened
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Trowbridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Trowbridge railway station is a railway station on the Wessex Main Line between Bradford-on-Avon and Westbury. The station is 24 miles (39 km) south east of Bristol Temple Meads and is managed by First Great Western.

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 & 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 has a ticket office with two booths (one serving disabled) which operates during daylight hours. Inside, there are benches, vending machines and one of the two electronic information signs. The toilets are usually available for use when the ticket office is open, though have been closed indefinitely since a robbery at the ticket office in 2008. Also available are free Metro newspapers which are just outside the door to the building, under shelter along with further benches. Also on platform 1 are several covered bike stands and benches. Platform 2 has the other electronic display sign, bike racks, train timetables and a small shelter with benches.

Services

A train to Portsmouth

Regular service (at present half-hourly each way Mon-Sat, hourly on Sundays) is provided by First Great Western 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, carrying a limited passenger service (two per day each way Mon-Sat, one each way on Sundays) to/from Swindon and providing trains to Melksham/Chippenham. There are also limited services to Cheltenham Spa and Chippenham. There is currently an early morning commuter service to London and a return, however for a regular service customers have to travel to Bath, Chippenham or Westbury.

Trowbridge is also currently served by three South West Trains services each weekday from Bristol Temple Meads to London Waterloo in each direction, plus one that originates and terminates at Salisbury.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bradford-on-Avon		First Great Western Great Malvern/Gloucester - Westbury/South Coast		Westbury
Melksham		First Great Western Swindon - Westbury
Bradford-on-Avon		First Great Western Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour		Westbury
		South West Trains London Waterloo - Bristol