Bedwyn railway station

Bedwyn
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Location
Place	Great Bedwyn
Local authority	Wiltshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	SU279645
Operations
Station code	BDW
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	78,439
2005/06	74,773
2006/07	77,048
2007/08	81,160
2008/09	83,718
2009/10	83,492
2010/11	94,584
2011/12	0.107 million
2012/13	0.119 million
2013/14	0.112 million
2014/15	0.116 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1862 (1862)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bedwyn from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Station approach in 1963

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.

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. The station is also served by InterCity 125s that continue to Exeter St Davids and Taunton. As there are two tracks and trains serve a long distance, minor stops such as Bedwyn are alternated by most stopping services.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hungerford		Great Western Railway Paddington to Bedwyn Local Services Reading – Taunton line		Terminus
		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

External links

• Bedwyn Trains Passenger Group

• Train times and station information for Bedwyn railway station from National Rail