Warminster railway station

This article is about the railway station in England. For Warminster Station in Pennsylvania, see Warminster (SEPTA station).

Warminster
Location
Place	Warminster
Local authority	Wiltshire
Coordinates	51.2069°N 2.1768°W / 51.2069; -2.1768
Operations
Station code	WMN
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 *	0.279 million
2004/05 *	0.294 million
2005/06 *	0.299 million
2006/07 *	0.301 million
2007/08 *	0.304 million
2008/09 *	0.313 million
2009/10 *	0.311 million
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
1851	Line opened from Westbury
1856	Line extended to Salisbury
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 Warminster from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Warminster railway station serves the town of Warminster, in Wiltshire, England.

The station is operated by First Great Western and is a main station on the Wessex Main Line with regular services to Bristol, Cardiff, Southampton and Portsmouth, as well as a limited service to and from Bristol and London Waterloo each weekday.

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 9 September 1851 as the terminus of its branch from Westbury on its Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth route. The branch was extended to Salisbury on 30 June 1856. The station was originally provided with a train shed covering the tracks and platforms, but this was removed around 1930 when the current canopies were erected in its place. The original wooden buildings were retained and are still in use today.

Services

There is a basic hourly First Great Western (FGW) service in each direction from the station, westbound to Westbury, Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central, and eastbound to Southampton and Portsmouth Harbour. There are also a few additional stopping trains between Bristol and Southampton and some short-distance services that start or terminate here.^{[citation needed]}

On Sundays the FGW service is also hourly each way.

Three South West Trains services each weekday operate to/from London Waterloo via Basingstoke, along with a fourth to and from Salisbury.^{[citation needed]}

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dilton Marsh		First Great Western Wessex Main Line		Salisbury
Westbury		South West Trains Bristol-London Waterloo (Limited Service)		Salisbury