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colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pans_Lane_Halt_railway_station" title="Pans Lane Halt railway station">Pans Lane Halt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lacock_Halt_railway_station" title="Lacock Halt railway station">Lacock Halt</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Devizes_railway_station" title="Devizes railway station">Devizes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Beanacre_Halt_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Beanacre Halt railway station">Beanacre Halt</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bromham_and_Rowde_Halt_railway_station" title="Bromham and Rowde Halt railway station">Bromham and Rowde Halt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Melksham_railway_station" title="Melksham railway station">Melksham</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Seend_railway_station" title="Seend railway station">Seend</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Broughton_Gifford_Halt_railway_station" title="Broughton Gifford Halt railway station">Broughton Gifford Halt</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Semington_Halt_railway_station" title="Semington Halt railway station">Semington Halt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eKRWg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_eKRWg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_eKRWg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_eKRWg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_eKRWg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_eKRWg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_eKRWg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKRWr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/BSicon_exKRWr.svg/20px-BSicon_exKRWr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/BSicon_exKRWr.svg/30px-BSicon_exKRWr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/BSicon_exKRWr.svg/40px-BSicon_exKRWr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Holt_Junction_railway_station" title="Holt Junction railway station">Holt Junction</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTg@G"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BSicon_CONTg%40G.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTg%40G.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BSicon_CONTg%40G.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTg%40G.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BSicon_CONTg%40G.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTg%40G.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/West_of_England_Main_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="West of England Main Line">LSWR</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/London_(Waterloo)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="London (Waterloo) railway station">London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wessex_Main_Line" title="Wessex Main Line">Southampton</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Staverton_Halt_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Staverton Halt railway station">Staverton Halt</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RMcd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMcd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="vexKBHFa-BHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/BSicon_vexKBHFa-BHF.svg/20px-BSicon_vexKBHFa-BHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/BSicon_vexKBHFa-BHF.svg/30px-BSicon_vexKBHFa-BHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/BSicon_vexKBHFa-BHF.svg/40px-BSicon_vexKBHFa-BHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_railway_station" title="Salisbury railway station">Salisbury</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Main_Line" title="Great Western Main Line">Great Western Main Line</a></i></div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RMcd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="LSTRa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/BSicon_LSTRa.svg/20px-BSicon_LSTRa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/BSicon_LSTRa.svg/30px-BSicon_LSTRa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/BSicon_LSTRa.svg/40px-BSicon_LSTRa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMcd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="evÜSTr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/BSicon_ev%C3%9CSTr.svg/20px-BSicon_ev%C3%9CSTr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/BSicon_ev%C3%9CSTr.svg/30px-BSicon_ev%C3%9CSTr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/BSicon_ev%C3%9CSTr.svg/40px-BSicon_ev%C3%9CSTr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Bathampton Junction</div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTgq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ABZr+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/BSicon_ABZr%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_ABZr%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/BSicon_ABZr%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_ABZr%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/BSicon_ABZr%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_ABZr%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMcd"></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="veHST-STR; exlv-HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/BSicon_exlv-HST.svg/20px-BSicon_exlv-HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/BSicon_exlv-HST.svg/30px-BSicon_exlv-HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/BSicon_exlv-HST.svg/40px-BSicon_exlv-HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="veHST-STR; exlv-HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/BSicon_veHST-STR.svg/20px-BSicon_veHST-STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/BSicon_veHST-STR.svg/30px-BSicon_veHST-STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/BSicon_veHST-STR.svg/40px-BSicon_veHST-STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div class="RMc"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%">Wilton</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:normal"><a href="/wiki/Wilton_North_railway_station" title="Wilton North railway station">North</a> │ <a href="/wiki/Wilton_South_railway_station" title="Wilton South railway station">South</a></td></tr></tbody></table>  </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_North_Somerset_Railway" title="Bristol and North Somerset Railway">Bristol & North Somerset Rly</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_North_Somerset_Railway" title="Bristol and North Somerset Railway">Camerton Branch</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/BSicon_exSTR%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/BSicon_exSTR%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/BSicon_exSTR%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZg+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR~L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/BSicon_STR~L.svg/20px-BSicon_STR~L.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/BSicon_STR~L.svg/30px-BSicon_STR~L.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/BSicon_STR~L.svg/40px-BSicon_STR~L.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="LSTRe; STR~R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_STR~R.svg/20px-BSicon_STR~R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_STR~R.svg/30px-BSicon_STR~R.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_STR~R.svg/40px-BSicon_STR~R.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="LSTRe; STR~R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/BSicon_LSTRe.svg/20px-BSicon_LSTRe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/BSicon_LSTRe.svg/30px-BSicon_LSTRe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/BSicon_LSTRe.svg/40px-BSicon_LSTRe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/West_of_England_Main_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="West of England Main Line">West of England Main Line</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Limpley_Stoke_railway_station" title="Limpley Stoke railway station">Limpley Stoke</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exLSTRe"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/BSicon_exLSTRe.svg/20px-BSicon_exLSTRe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/BSicon_exLSTRe.svg/30px-BSicon_exLSTRe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/BSicon_exLSTRe.svg/40px-BSicon_exLSTRe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wishford_railway_station" title="Wishford railway station">Wishford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Freshford_railway_station" title="Freshford railway station">Freshford</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Langford_railway_station_(Wiltshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="Langford railway station (Wiltshire)">Langford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Avoncliff_railway_station" title="Avoncliff railway station">Avoncliff</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wylye_railway_station" title="Wylye railway station">Wylye</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bradford-on-Avon_railway_station" title="Bradford-on-Avon railway station">Bradford-on-Avon</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Codford_railway_station" title="Codford railway station">Codford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Bradford Junction</div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STRl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BSicon_STRl.svg/20px-BSicon_STRl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BSicon_STRl.svg/30px-BSicon_STRl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BSicon_STRl.svg/40px-BSicon_STRl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ABZgxr+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BSicon_ABZgxr%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_ABZgxr%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BSicon_ABZgxr%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_ABZgxr%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BSicon_ABZgxr%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_ABZgxr%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Heytesbury_railway_station" title="Heytesbury railway station">Heytesbury</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_railway_station" title="Trowbridge railway station">Trowbridge</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Warminster_railway_station" title="Warminster railway station">Warminster</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Westbury North Junction</div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ABZg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="dCONTfq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_dCONTfq.svg/10px-BSicon_dCONTfq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_dCONTfq.svg/15px-BSicon_dCONTfq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_dCONTfq.svg/20px-BSicon_dCONTfq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Stert_and_Westbury_Railway" title="Stert and Westbury Railway">Stert and Westbury Railway</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Berks_and_Hants_Railway" title="Berks and Hants Railway">Berks and Hants Ext. Railway</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Westbury_railway_station" title="Westbury railway station">Westbury</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/20px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/30px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/40px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dilton_Marsh_railway_station" title="Dilton Marsh railway station">Dilton Marsh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_North_Somerset_Railway" title="Bristol and North Somerset Railway">Bristol and North</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_North_Somerset_Railway" title="Bristol and North Somerset Railway">Somerset Railway</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exdLSTRa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/BSicon_exdLSTRa.svg/10px-BSicon_exdLSTRa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/BSicon_exdLSTRa.svg/15px-BSicon_exdLSTRa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/BSicon_exdLSTRa.svg/20px-BSicon_exdLSTRa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="vSTR-; vSTRlf-"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/BSicon_vSTRlf-.svg/20px-BSicon_vSTRlf-.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/BSicon_vSTRlf-.svg/30px-BSicon_vSTRlf-.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/BSicon_vSTRlf-.svg/40px-BSicon_vSTRlf-.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="vSTR-; vSTRlf-"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/BSicon_vSTR-.svg/20px-BSicon_vSTR-.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/BSicon_vSTR-.svg/30px-BSicon_vSTR-.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/BSicon_vSTR-.svg/40px-BSicon_vSTR-.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="v-STRrf"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_v-STRrf.svg/20px-BSicon_v-STRrf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_v-STRrf.svg/30px-BSicon_v-STRrf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_v-STRrf.svg/40px-BSicon_v-STRrf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Radstock_West_railway_station" title="Radstock West railway station">Radstock West</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Frome_railway_station" title="Frome railway station">Frome</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mells_Road_railway_station" title="Mells Road railway station">Mells Road</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ex3HST2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BSicon_ex3HST2.svg/20px-BSicon_ex3HST2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BSicon_ex3HST2.svg/30px-BSicon_ex3HST2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BSicon_ex3HST2.svg/40px-BSicon_ex3HST2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ex-3STRq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/BSicon_ex-3STRq.svg/20px-BSicon_ex-3STRq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/BSicon_ex-3STRq.svg/30px-BSicon_ex-3STRq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/BSicon_ex-3STRq.svg/40px-BSicon_ex-3STRq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e3ABZg3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/BSicon_e3ABZg3.svg/20px-BSicon_e3ABZg3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/BSicon_e3ABZg3.svg/30px-BSicon_e3ABZg3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/BSicon_e3ABZg3.svg/40px-BSicon_e3ABZg3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr"><a href="/wiki/Witham_(Somerset)_railway_station" title="Witham (Somerset) railway station">Witham</a> </td> <td class="RMr4"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">1856</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">1966</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/East_Somerset_Railway" title="East Somerset Railway">East Somerset Railway</a></i></div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTgq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ABZgr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BSicon_ABZgr.svg/20px-BSicon_ABZgr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BSicon_ABZgr.svg/30px-BSicon_ABZgr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BSicon_ABZgr.svg/40px-BSicon_ABZgr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Strap_Lane_Halt_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Strap Lane Halt railway station">Strap Lane Halt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bruton_railway_station" title="Bruton railway station">Bruton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway" title="Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway">Somerset & Dorset Joint Rly</a></i></div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exCONTgq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_exCONTgq.svg/20px-BSicon_exCONTgq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_exCONTgq.svg/30px-BSicon_exCONTgq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_exCONTgq.svg/40px-BSicon_exCONTgq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eKRZu"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/BSicon_eKRZu.svg/20px-BSicon_eKRZu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/BSicon_eKRZu.svg/30px-BSicon_eKRZu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/BSicon_eKRZu.svg/40px-BSicon_eKRZu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exCONTfq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/BSicon_exCONTfq.svg/20px-BSicon_exCONTfq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/BSicon_exCONTfq.svg/30px-BSicon_exCONTfq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/BSicon_exCONTfq.svg/40px-BSicon_exCONTfq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Castle_Cary_railway_station" title="Castle Cary railway station">Castle Cary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Reading_to_Taunton_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Reading to Taunton line">Reading to Taunton line</a></i></div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTgq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ABZgr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BSicon_ABZgr.svg/20px-BSicon_ABZgr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BSicon_ABZgr.svg/30px-BSicon_ABZgr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BSicon_ABZgr.svg/40px-BSicon_ABZgr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr"><a href="/wiki/Sparkford_railway_station" title="Sparkford railway station">Sparkford</a> </td> <td class="RMr4"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">1856</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">1966</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr"><a href="/wiki/Marston_Magna_railway_station" title="Marston Magna railway station">Marston Magna</a> </td> <td class="RMr4"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">1856</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">1966</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><i><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_to_Taunton_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Yeovil to Taunton Line">Yeovil to Taunton Line</a></i></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Taunton_railway_station" title="Taunton railway station">Taunton</a></td></tr></tbody></table>  </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exd-CONT2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/BSicon_exd-CONT2.svg/10px-BSicon_exd-CONT2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/BSicon_exd-CONT2.svg/15px-BSicon_exd-CONT2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/BSicon_exd-CONT2.svg/20px-BSicon_exd-CONT2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/40px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Pen_Mill_railway_station" title="Yeovil Pen Mill railway station">Yeovil Pen Mill</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_railway_station" title="Yeovil Town railway station">Yeovil Town</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exdSTRc1"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/BSicon_exdSTRc1.svg/10px-BSicon_exdSTRc1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/BSicon_exdSTRc1.svg/15px-BSicon_exdSTRc1.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/BSicon_STR~L.svg/20px-BSicon_STR~L.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/BSicon_STR~L.svg/30px-BSicon_STR~L.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/BSicon_STR~L.svg/40px-BSicon_STR~L.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTRr+1h; exSTR+r; ; STR~L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BSicon_exSTRr%2B1h.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTRr%2B1h.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BSicon_exSTRr%2B1h.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTRr%2B1h.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BSicon_exSTRr%2B1h.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTRr%2B1h.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="dSTR~R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_dSTR~R.svg/10px-BSicon_dSTR~R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_dSTR~R.svg/15px-BSicon_dSTR~R.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_dSTR~R.svg/20px-BSicon_dSTR~R.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RMd"></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="evSTR; v-LSHI2r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/BSicon_v-LSHI2r.svg/20px-BSicon_v-LSHI2r.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/BSicon_v-LSHI2r.svg/30px-BSicon_v-LSHI2r.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/BSicon_v-LSHI2r.svg/40px-BSicon_v-LSHI2r.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="evSTR; v-LSHI2r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/BSicon_evSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_evSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/BSicon_evSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_evSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/BSicon_evSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_evSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i>1943 link</i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RMcd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="edSHI2gl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BSicon_edSHI2gl.svg/10px-BSicon_edSHI2gl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BSicon_edSHI2gl.svg/15px-BSicon_edSHI2gl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BSicon_edSHI2gl.svg/20px-BSicon_edSHI2gl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ed-KRZ2+4u"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/BSicon_ed-KRZ2%2B4u.svg/10px-BSicon_ed-KRZ2%2B4u.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/BSicon_ed-KRZ2%2B4u.svg/15px-BSicon_ed-KRZ2%2B4u.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/BSicon_ed-KRZ2%2B4u.svg/20px-BSicon_ed-KRZ2%2B4u.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="excSTRc3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/BSicon_excSTRc3.svg/5px-BSicon_excSTRc3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="5" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/BSicon_excSTRc3.svg/7px-BSicon_excSTRc3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/BSicon_excSTRc3.svg/10px-BSicon_excSTRc3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="125" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="dLSTRa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/BSicon_dLSTRa.svg/10px-BSicon_dLSTRa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/BSicon_dLSTRa.svg/15px-BSicon_dLSTRa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/BSicon_dLSTRa.svg/20px-BSicon_dLSTRa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/West_of_England_Main_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="West of England Main Line">West of England Main Line</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Junction_railway_station" title="Yeovil Junction railway station">Yeovil Junction</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d-CONTgq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BSicon_d-CONTgq.svg/10px-BSicon_d-CONTgq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BSicon_d-CONTgq.svg/15px-BSicon_d-CONTgq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BSicon_d-CONTgq.svg/20px-BSicon_d-CONTgq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="cd; -STRq; l-BHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_-STRq.svg/20px-BSicon_-STRq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_-STRq.svg/30px-BSicon_-STRq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_-STRq.svg/40px-BSicon_-STRq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="cd; -STRq; l-BHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_l-BHF.svg/20px-BSicon_l-BHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_l-BHF.svg/30px-BSicon_l-BHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_l-BHF.svg/40px-BSicon_l-BHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div class="RMsp RMcd"></div></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d-STRq; v-STRrf"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_v-STRrf.svg/20px-BSicon_v-STRrf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_v-STRrf.svg/30px-BSicon_v-STRrf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_v-STRrf.svg/40px-BSicon_v-STRrf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d-STRq; v-STRrf"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_d-STRq.svg/10px-BSicon_d-STRq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_d-STRq.svg/15px-BSicon_d-STRq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_d-STRq.svg/20px-BSicon_d-STRq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exdSTRc2; dvBRIDGEqc2o; d-STRq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/BSicon_dvBRIDGEqc2o.svg/10px-BSicon_dvBRIDGEqc2o.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/BSicon_dvBRIDGEqc2o.svg/15px-BSicon_dvBRIDGEqc2o.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/BSicon_dvBRIDGEqc2o.svg/20px-BSicon_dvBRIDGEqc2o.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exdSTRc2; dvBRIDGEqc2o; d-STRq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_d-STRq.svg/10px-BSicon_d-STRq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_d-STRq.svg/15px-BSicon_d-STRq.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/BSicon_edKRZc1u.svg/10px-BSicon_edKRZc1u.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/BSicon_edKRZc1u.svg/15px-BSicon_edKRZc1u.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/BSicon_edKRZc1u.svg/20px-BSicon_edKRZc1u.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exdSTR3; edKRZc1u; d-BRIDGEq3o; d-STRq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/BSicon_d-BRIDGEq3o.svg/10px-BSicon_d-BRIDGEq3o.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/BSicon_d-BRIDGEq3o.svg/15px-BSicon_d-BRIDGEq3o.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/BSicon_d-BRIDGEq3o.svg/20px-BSicon_d-BRIDGEq3o.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exdSTR3; edKRZc1u; d-BRIDGEq3o; d-STRq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_d-STRq.svg/10px-BSicon_d-STRq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_d-STRq.svg/15px-BSicon_d-STRq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_d-STRq.svg/20px-BSicon_d-STRq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exdSTR3; edKRZc1u; d-BRIDGEq3o; d-STRq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/BSicon_exdSTR3.svg/10px-BSicon_exdSTR3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/BSicon_exdSTR3.svg/15px-BSicon_exdSTR3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/BSicon_exdSTR3.svg/20px-BSicon_exdSTR3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="cd; ex-STRl+4; dvBRIDGEqc4o~F; -STRq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/BSicon_ex-STRl%2B4.svg/20px-BSicon_ex-STRl%2B4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/BSicon_ex-STRl%2B4.svg/30px-BSicon_ex-STRl%2B4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/BSicon_ex-STRl%2B4.svg/40px-BSicon_ex-STRl%2B4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="cd; ex-STRl+4; dvBRIDGEqc4o~F; -STRq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/BSicon_dvBRIDGEqc4o~F.svg/10px-BSicon_dvBRIDGEqc4o~F.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/BSicon_dvBRIDGEqc4o~F.svg/15px-BSicon_dvBRIDGEqc4o~F.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/BSicon_dvBRIDGEqc4o~F.svg/20px-BSicon_dvBRIDGEqc4o~F.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="cd; ex-STRl+4; dvBRIDGEqc4o~F; -STRq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_-STRq.svg/20px-BSicon_-STRq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_-STRq.svg/30px-BSicon_-STRq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_-STRq.svg/40px-BSicon_-STRq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div class="RMsp RMcd"></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d-STRq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_d-STRq.svg/10px-BSicon_d-STRq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_d-STRq.svg/15px-BSicon_d-STRq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/BSicon_d-STRq.svg/20px-BSicon_d-STRq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="v-STRrf"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_v-STRrf.svg/20px-BSicon_v-STRrf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_v-STRrf.svg/30px-BSicon_v-STRrf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_v-STRrf.svg/40px-BSicon_v-STRrf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2">Clifton Maybank goods </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTRq-; exlvDST@G-"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/BSicon_exlvDST%40G-.svg/20px-BSicon_exlvDST%40G-.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/BSicon_exlvDST%40G-.svg/30px-BSicon_exlvDST%40G-.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/BSicon_exlvDST%40G-.svg/40px-BSicon_exlvDST%40G-.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTRq-; exlvDST@G-"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/BSicon_exSTRq-.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTRq-.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/BSicon_exSTRq-.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTRq-.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/BSicon_exSTRq-.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTRq-.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exdSTRr+1-; exv-STR+rg"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/BSicon_exv-STR%2Brg.svg/20px-BSicon_exv-STR%2Brg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/BSicon_exv-STR%2Brg.svg/30px-BSicon_exv-STR%2Brg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/BSicon_exv-STR%2Brg.svg/40px-BSicon_exv-STR%2Brg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exdSTRr+1-; exv-STR+rg"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/BSicon_exdSTRr%2B1-.svg/10px-BSicon_exdSTRr%2B1-.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/BSicon_exdSTRr%2B1-.svg/15px-BSicon_exdSTRr%2B1-.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/BSicon_exdSTRr%2B1-.svg/20px-BSicon_exdSTRr%2B1-.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTRc4; vSTR-"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/BSicon_vSTR-.svg/20px-BSicon_vSTR-.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/BSicon_vSTR-.svg/30px-BSicon_vSTR-.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/BSicon_vSTR-.svg/40px-BSicon_vSTR-.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTRc4; vSTR-"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/BSicon_exSTRc4.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTRc4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/BSicon_exSTRc4.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTRc4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/BSicon_exSTRc4.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTRc4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Thornford_railway_station" title="Thornford railway station">Thornford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Yetminster_railway_station" title="Yetminster railway station">Yetminster</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chetnole_railway_station" title="Chetnole railway station">Chetnole Halt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Evershot_railway_station" title="Evershot railway station">Evershot</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cattistock_railway_station" title="Cattistock railway station">Cattistock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Bridport_Railway" title="Bridport Railway">Bridport Branch</a></i></div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exCONTgq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_exCONTgq.svg/20px-BSicon_exCONTgq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_exCONTgq.svg/30px-BSicon_exCONTgq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_exCONTgq.svg/40px-BSicon_exCONTgq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZg+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Maiden_Newton_railway_station" title="Maiden Newton railway station">Maiden Newton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/Grimstone_Viaduct" title="Grimstone Viaduct">Grimstone Viaduct</a></div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="hSTRae"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/BSicon_hSTRae.svg/20px-BSicon_hSTRae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/BSicon_hSTRae.svg/30px-BSicon_hSTRae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/BSicon_hSTRae.svg/40px-BSicon_hSTRae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Grimstone_and_Frampton_railway_station" title="Grimstone and Frampton railway station">Grimstone</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Grimstone_and_Frampton_railway_station" title="Grimstone and Frampton railway station">and Frampton</a></td></tr></tbody></table>  </td> <td class="RMr4"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">1857</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">1966</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Bradford_Peverell_%26_Stratton_Halt" title="Bradford Peverell & Stratton Halt">Bradford Peverell</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Bradford_Peverell_%26_Stratton_Halt" title="Bradford Peverell & Stratton Halt">& Stratton Halt</a></td></tr></tbody></table>  </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dorchester_West_railway_station" title="Dorchester West railway station">Dorchester West</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Dorchester Junction</div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ABZg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTfq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Southampton_and_Dorchester_Railway" title="Southampton and Dorchester Railway">Southampton & Dorchester Rly</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Monkton_and_Came_Halt_railway_station" title="Monkton and Came Halt railway station">Monkton and Came Halt</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="TUNNEL1"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg/20px-BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg/30px-BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg/40px-BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Bincombe Tunnel</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Upwey_Wishing_Well_Halt_railway_station" title="Upwey Wishing Well Halt railway station">Upwey Wishing Well Halt</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Upwey_(Dorset)_railway_station#History" class="mw-redirect" title="Upwey (Dorset) railway station">Upwey</a> <div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">original</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">station</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Abbotsbury_Railway" title="Abbotsbury Railway">Abbotsbury Branch</a></i></div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exCONTgq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_exCONTgq.svg/20px-BSicon_exCONTgq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_exCONTgq.svg/30px-BSicon_exCONTgq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_exCONTgq.svg/40px-BSicon_exCONTgq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZg+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Upwey_(Dorset)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Upwey (Dorset) railway station">Upwey Junction</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Radipole_railway_station" title="Radipole railway station">Radipole Halt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Portland_Branch_Railway" title="Portland Branch Railway">Portland Branch Railway</a></i></div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exCONTgq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_exCONTgq.svg/20px-BSicon_exCONTgq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_exCONTgq.svg/30px-BSicon_exCONTgq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_exCONTgq.svg/40px-BSicon_exCONTgq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exABZq+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/BSicon_exABZq%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_exABZq%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/BSicon_exABZq%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_exABZq%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/BSicon_exABZq%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_exABZq%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZgr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BSicon_eABZgr.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZgr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BSicon_eABZgr.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZgr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BSicon_eABZgr.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZgr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="RP4; exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="RP4; exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/BSicon_RP4.svg/20px-BSicon_RP4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/BSicon_RP4.svg/30px-BSicon_RP4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/BSicon_RP4.svg/40px-BSicon_RP4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="KBHFe"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/BSicon_KBHFe.svg/20px-BSicon_KBHFe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/BSicon_KBHFe.svg/30px-BSicon_KBHFe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/BSicon_KBHFe.svg/40px-BSicon_KBHFe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Weymouth_railway_station" title="Weymouth railway station">Weymouth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Weymouth_Harbour_Tramway" title="Weymouth Harbour Tramway">Weymouth Harbour</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Weymouth_Harbour_Tramway" title="Weymouth Harbour Tramway">Tramway</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="RP4l; exSTRl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BSicon_exSTRl.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTRl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BSicon_exSTRl.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTRl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BSicon_exSTRl.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTRl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="RP4l; exSTRl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/BSicon_RP4l.svg/20px-BSicon_RP4l.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/BSicon_RP4l.svg/30px-BSicon_RP4l.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/BSicon_RP4l.svg/40px-BSicon_RP4l.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKHSTeq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BSicon_exKHSTeq.svg/20px-BSicon_exKHSTeq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BSicon_exKHSTeq.svg/30px-BSicon_exKHSTeq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BSicon_exKHSTeq.svg/40px-BSicon_exKHSTeq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BOOT"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_BOOT.svg/20px-BSicon_BOOT.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_BOOT.svg/30px-BSicon_BOOT.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_BOOT.svg/40px-BSicon_BOOT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Weymouth_Quay_railway_station" title="Weymouth Quay railway station">Weymouth Quay</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 3px 0 0;"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="padding:0 0 0 3px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway</b> (WS&WR) was an early railway company in south-western England. It obtained Parliamentary powers in 1845 to build a railway from near <a href="/wiki/Chippenham" title="Chippenham">Chippenham</a> in Wiltshire, southward to <a href="/wiki/Salisbury" title="Salisbury">Salisbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Dorset" title="Weymouth, Dorset">Weymouth</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>. It opened the first part of the network but found it impossible to raise further money and sold its line to the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a> (GWR) in 1850. </p><p>The GWR took over the construction and undertook to build an adjacent connecting line; the network was complete in 1857. In the early years of the 20th century the GWR wanted to shorten its route from London to the West of England and built "cut-off" lines in succession to link part of the WS&WR network, so that by 1906 the express trains ran over the <a href="/wiki/Westbury,_Wiltshire" title="Westbury, Wiltshire">Westbury</a> to <a href="/wiki/Castle_Cary" title="Castle Cary">Castle Cary</a> section. In 1933 further improvements were made, and that part of the line was established as part of the "holiday line" to <a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>. </p><p>The network was already a major trunk route for coal from South Wales coalfields to southern England, and for <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a> farm produce imported through <a href="/wiki/Weymouth_Harbour,_Dorset" title="Weymouth Harbour, Dorset">Weymouth Harbour</a>, as well as providing a boat train route, and carrying flows from <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> to <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>. </p><p>Much of the network is in operation today, but the <a href="/wiki/Devizes_branch_line" title="Devizes branch line">Devizes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radstock" title="Radstock">Radstock</a> branches have closed. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2016_at_Frome_station_-_east_end.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/2016_at_Frome_station_-_east_end.JPG/220px-2016_at_Frome_station_-_east_end.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/2016_at_Frome_station_-_east_end.JPG/330px-2016_at_Frome_station_-_east_end.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/2016_at_Frome_station_-_east_end.JPG/440px-2016_at_Frome_station_-_east_end.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1366" data-file-height="910" /></a><figcaption>Frome station and roof in 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a> (GWR) had opened <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Main_Line" title="Great Western Main Line">its main line</a> from London to <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> in 1841, and the <a href="/wiki/London_and_Southampton_Railway" title="London and Southampton Railway">London and Southampton Railway</a> had opened in 1840; and its successor the <a href="/wiki/London_and_South_Western_Railway" title="London and South Western Railway">London and South Western Railway</a> (LSWR) was extending westwards. The advantage to communities connected to the new railways was immediately apparent; in contrast, places remote from these lines felt strongly the disadvantage at which they were placed. </p><p>The areas of south-west Wiltshire were prosperous from sheep farming and wool manufacture, and quickly saw that they too needed a railway.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The LSWR proposed a line from <a href="/wiki/Basingstoke" title="Basingstoke">Basingstoke</a> to <a href="/wiki/Swindon" title="Swindon">Swindon</a>, and at this time there was intense rivalry between them and the GWR to control territory: the railway that was first to have a line in an area would have an enormous competitive advantage there, and could often use that line as a base to extend further. The GWR was building its lines on the <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="nowrap">7 ft <span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">2,140 mm</span>) <a href="/wiki/Broad_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad gauge">broad gauge</a> and the LSWR on what is now the <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a> (referred to at the time as "narrow gauge"), and they were anxious to ensure that any new independent railway should be on their own preferred track gauge; this rivalry is characterised as the "<a href="/wiki/British_Gauge_War" title="British Gauge War">gauge wars</a>". </p><p>The proposed LSWR line to Swindon, the heart of GWR territory, was met with furious opposition, and the GWR promoted two nominally independent lines, the <a href="/wiki/Berks_and_Hants_Railway" title="Berks and Hants Railway">Berks and Hants Railway</a> and the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway. At the first meeting of the nascent GWR company on 9 July 1844, Charles Alexander Saunders, secretary of the GWR, suggested that the necessary sum of £650,000 could be secured on a GWR guarantee; the GWR would be the lessee of the line, and would directly subscribe half of the capital. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mission_creep">Mission creep</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mission creep"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_Exeter_Railway" title="Bristol and Exeter Railway">Bristol and Exeter Railway</a> (B&ER), a broad gauge line friendly to the GWR, was proposing a line to <a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Dorset" title="Weymouth, Dorset">Weymouth</a> from its own main line at <a href="/wiki/Durston" title="Durston">Durston</a>, west of <a href="/wiki/Bridgwater" title="Bridgwater">Bridgwater</a>, and the WS&WR promoters decided to add a branch to their own line from <a href="/wiki/Frome" title="Frome">Frome</a> to <a href="/wiki/Yeovil" title="Yeovil">Yeovil</a> to meet the B&ER line there, forming a large triangle and making (with the GWR line) a direct route from London to Weymouth. In September 1844 the Board of Trade assented to this addition; this added £350,000 to the capital required: it would now cost £1 million. A month later, at a meeting in Frome on 23 October 1844, the B&ER announced that it had decided to alter the route of its Weymouth branch, running from Durston much further south through <a href="/wiki/Bridport" title="Bridport">Bridport</a>, with a branch to Yeovil. The Yeovil to Weymouth section would not be built, so the WS&WR added that to their own scheme: the capital cost was now to be £1.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-phillips_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phillips-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cities of <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> felt left out of these connections to the South Coast, and the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton_Courier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taunton Courier (page does not exist)">Taunton Courier</a></i> recorded that a deputation of merchants and traders of Bristol had gone to the Great Western Board; they were not warmly received, and </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>They did obtain that Board's direct admission ... that it was neither expected nor intended that the line to Thingley was to be used as a Communication between Bath and Bradford, but that the intercourse between those two places would be continued as heretofore by coaches and canal.<sup id="cite_ref-taunton_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taunton-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taunton_Courier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taunton Courier (page does not exist)">Taunton Courier</a></i></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Hadfield adds in a footnote on the same page that "In fact the [west] curve at Thingley [near Chippenham] was specifically authorised (but not built) to give connection between Bath and <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge">Trowbridge</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-hadfield296_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hadfield296-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At this period the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trade" title="Board of Trade">Board of Trade</a> determined the relative merits of competing proposals, and the huge stakes meant that it was crucial to secure their approval; it was reported in the <i><a href="/wiki/London_Gazette" class="mw-redirect" title="London Gazette">London Gazette</a></i> on 31 Dec 1844 that the Board of Trade were supportive of the WS&WR scheme, provided the GWR sought to construct a connecting line from Bath to join the WS&WR. The GWR immediately undertook to apply for an act of Parliament giving authority for such a line in the 1846 session. However the frenzy of projecting railways at this time was such that the <a href="/wiki/Kennet_and_Avon_Canal" title="Kennet and Avon Canal">Kennet and Avon Canal</a> proposed laying broad gauge tracks on each side of their canal; this would be the <i>London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway</i>. It may have been a startling scheme, but it passed its second reading in Parliament in the 1846 session, when the <a href="/wiki/Berks_and_Hants_Railway" title="Berks and Hants Railway">Berks and Hants Railway</a> Bill was thrown out. However the Kennet and Avon company was evidently bought off by the GWR, for they dropped their scheme; their minutes of 9 September 1846 record the first instalment of £5,000 having been received in payment.<sup id="cite_ref-hadfield_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hadfield-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lewin_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lewin-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Having deliberated, the Board of Trade announced their decision: they found in favour of the WS&WR scheme, rejecting the LSWR's Swindon line. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_act_obtained_at_last">The act obtained at last</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The act obtained at 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noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">United Kingdom legislation</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:100%"><span style="font-size:125%">Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (Amendment) Act 1846</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;">Act of Parliament</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/140px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/210px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/280px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1550" /></span></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Short_and_long_titles" title="Short and long titles">Long title</a></th><td class="infobox-data description">An Act to authorise certain Alterations and Extensions of the line of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Citation_of_United_Kingdom_legislation" title="Citation of United Kingdom legislation">Citation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">9 & 10 Vict. c. cccxiii</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3 August 1846</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway obtained its authorising <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament (UK)">act of Parliament</a>, the <b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway_Act_1845"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway Act 1845</span></span></b> (<a href="/wiki/8_%26_9_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="8 & 9 Vict.">8 & 9 Vict.</a> c. liii), on 30 June 1845. It was to be on the same broad gauge as the GWR network, and to run from near <a href="/wiki/Chippenham,_Wiltshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Chippenham, Wiltshire">Chippenham</a> to <a href="/wiki/Salisbury" title="Salisbury">Salisbury</a>, with branches to <a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Dorset" title="Weymouth, Dorset">Weymouth, Dorset</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sherborne" title="Sherborne">Sherborne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Devizes" title="Devizes">Devizes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bradford-on-Avon" title="Bradford-on-Avon">Bradford-on-Avon</a>, and a coal branch to <a href="/wiki/Radstock" title="Radstock">Radstock</a>. In the same session, authorising acts were passed for the <a href="/wiki/Berks_and_Hants_Railway" title="Berks and Hants Railway">Berks and Hants Railway</a> (<a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading</a> to <a href="/wiki/Hungerford" title="Hungerford">Hungerford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Basingstoke" title="Basingstoke">Basingstoke</a>, sponsored by the GWR) and the <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_to_Taunton_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Yeovil to Taunton Line">Taunton to Yeovil branch</a> of the B&ER.<sup id="cite_ref-phillips_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phillips-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The routes of the line had been designed in some haste, and after passage of the act a number of modifications were decided upon; the initially planned GWR route for connecting <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a> to the WS&WR had been from the Radstock branch to <a href="/wiki/Twerton" title="Twerton">Twerton</a>, west of Bath, but on 7 October 1845 <a href="/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel" title="Isambard Kingdom Brunel">Isambard Kingdom Brunel</a>, engineer to the GWR and the WS&WR, reported that a better route was through the <a href="/wiki/River_Avon_(Bristol)" class="mw-redirect" title="River Avon (Bristol)">Avon valley</a> from Bradford to <a href="/wiki/Bathampton" title="Bathampton">Bathampton</a>, east of Bath. The course of the WS&WR between <a href="/wiki/Frome" title="Frome">Frome</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bruton,_Somerset" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruton, Somerset">Bruton</a> was modified to make it more suited to main line running; this change, and an extension to the quay at Weymouth, were authorised by the <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway_(Amendment)_Act_1846"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (Amendment) Act 1846</span></span></b> (<a href="/wiki/9_%26_10_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="9 & 10 Vict.">9 & 10 Vict.</a> c. cccxiii) of 3 August 1846. Next, insurmountable difficulties were discovered over the hilly route between <a href="/wiki/Dorchester,_Dorset" title="Dorchester, Dorset">Dorchester</a> and Weymouth, and a major deviation was needed there; this had to be authorised in the 1847 parliamentary session (on 25 June 1847) so that much time had been lost before construction could start there.<sup id="cite_ref-maggs_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maggs-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thomas_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-macd1-1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macd1-1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By now the <a href="/wiki/Southampton_and_Dorchester_Railway" title="Southampton and Dorchester Railway">Southampton and Dorchester Railway</a>, friendly to the LSWR, had reached Dorchester (on 1 June 1847). The line had been independently promoted, and it had wooed both the GWR and the LSWR at times, and its loss to the narrow gauge camp was a blow to the GWR. That company had always intended that the WS&WR should be part of a through main line to <a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a>, and was now considering how that might be created; as its construction would put the friendly B&ER at a disadvantage, the GWR proposed purchasing the B&ER, an offer that was rejected. The GWR now actively planned its line to the west: it would infill the Hungerford (Berks and Hants) to <a href="/wiki/Devizes" title="Devizes">Devizes</a> (WS&WR) section, and build a new line from <a href="/wiki/Yeovil" title="Yeovil">Yeovil</a> (WS&WR) to Exeter via <a href="/wiki/Axminster" title="Axminster">Axminster</a>. This latter line was not built by the GWR,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but its development as a scheme provoked renewed hostility from the LSWR camp, and also opposition from the otherwise friendly B&ER.<sup id="cite_ref-phillips_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phillips-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_sections:_Westbury">First sections: Westbury</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First sections: Westbury"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trowbridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Trowbridge.jpg/220px-Trowbridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Trowbridge.jpg/330px-Trowbridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Trowbridge.jpg/440px-Trowbridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1381" data-file-height="931" /></a><figcaption>Trowbridge station in 1908</figcaption></figure> <p>Starting from the junction at <a href="/wiki/Thingley" class="mw-redirect" title="Thingley">Thingley</a>, a couple of miles southwest of Chippenham, the line was constructed via <a href="/wiki/Melksham" title="Melksham">Melksham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge">Trowbridge</a> as far as <a href="/wiki/Westbury,_Wiltshire" title="Westbury, Wiltshire">Westbury</a>. It was inspected by the Board of Trade inspector on 26 August 1848 and approved for opening. After a trial trip for the directors on 2 September, this section was opened to the public on 5 September 1848.<sup id="cite_ref-phillips_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phillips-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this date, before the introduction of interlocking signalling, facing junctions on the main line were regarded as potentially dangerous, and therefore the junction at Thingley was laid out so that trains reversed into a siding before continuing on the Westbury line.<sup id="cite_ref-maggs_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maggs-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the same time the spur from <a href="/wiki/Staverton,_Wiltshire" title="Staverton, Wiltshire">Staverton</a>, north of Trowbridge, to Bradford-on-Avon was physically completed, but rails were not laid and it was not presented for opening, so it lay unused for the time being.<sup id="cite_ref-phillips_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phillips-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sale_to_the_GWR">Sale to the GWR</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sale to the GWR"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this period, actually obtaining money that had been subscribed was proving exceptionally difficult, and the company was unable to fund continuing construction work. Only the large, established railway companies with an actual income could raise money, and as the pressure increased, the directors realised that the only way forward was to sell their line to the GWR. That decision was taken by them in October 1849, and the transfer took place on 14 March 1850; it was confirmed by an act of Parliament<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (September 2024)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> on 3 July 1851, which dissolved the Wilts, Somerset & Weymouth company.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Frome_and_Warminster">Frome and Warminster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Frome and Warminster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bradford_on_Avon_railway_bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bradford_on_Avon_railway_bridge.jpg/220px-Bradford_on_Avon_railway_bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bradford_on_Avon_railway_bridge.jpg/330px-Bradford_on_Avon_railway_bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bradford_on_Avon_railway_bridge.jpg/440px-Bradford_on_Avon_railway_bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>A modern train at <a href="/wiki/Bradford-on-Avon_railway_station" title="Bradford-on-Avon railway station">Bradford-on-Avon</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Money was difficult to find even for the GWR, and attention was given to reaching places that might bring in extra traffic without great expenditure in getting there. Frome, on the edge of the Somerset coalfield, was such a place, and the line was built there from Westbury. Captain R. W. Lufman of the Board of Trade inspected the section from Westbury to Frome, and approved it, and it opened to the public on 7 October 1850. <a href="/wiki/Warminster" title="Warminster">Warminster</a>, a thriving market town on the future Salisbury line, was also an objective, and the section from Westbury opened on 9 September 1851. The branch line from Frome to Radstock, centre then of the Somerset coalfield, was started too, but then difficulties with getting possession of the necessary land delayed things so much that the branch was put in abeyance. </p><p>To generate much-needed capital to complete the line, the GWR created a Frome, Yeovil and Weymouth Railway company which was authorised by an act of Parliament<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (September 2024)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> of 30 June 1852 to complete that route: its capital was to be £550,000 with borrowing powers of £183,000. The intention evidently was to arouse local interest—and money—but the latter was not forthcoming and the company was dissolved without achieving anything. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mandamus">Mandamus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Mandamus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The railway was now open from Thingley Junction, Chippenham, to Frome and Warminster. The authorised spur to Bradford-on-Avon had been built in 1848, before the sale to the GWR, but for reasons that are not clear, this section was not opened; Devizes was to have a branch from the time of the original WS&WR act of 1846. Also, before the sale of the WS&WR, the GWR had undertaken to build a line from Bradford to Bath. The citizens of Bradford and Devizes now observed the rival towns of Trowbridge and Frome benefiting from their new rail connection, while they languished without an active railway. Matters escalated until they applied for a writ of <a href="/wiki/Mandamus" title="Mandamus">mandamus</a>, to compel opening to their towns. The GWR was able to state honestly that shortage of money was a problem and could not simply be overcome. Devizes lost, but the writ for Bradford was made absolute at the end of 1852, obliging the GWR to complete to Bathampton through Bradford, and forbidding payment of dividends after two years until they did so. (In fact the construction proved so difficult that the GWR applied for, and obtained, an extension of time beyond the two years.)<sup id="cite_ref-phillips_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phillips-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1854:_completion_to_Salisbury,_Weymouth,_Bathampton_and_Devizes"><span id="1854:_completion_to_Salisbury.2C_Weymouth.2C_Bathampton_and_Devizes"></span>1854: completion to Salisbury, Weymouth, Bathampton and Devizes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1854: completion to Salisbury, Weymouth, Bathampton and Devizes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bradford_on_Avon_1897.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Bradford_on_Avon_1897.jpg/220px-Bradford_on_Avon_1897.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Bradford_on_Avon_1897.jpg/330px-Bradford_on_Avon_1897.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Bradford_on_Avon_1897.jpg/440px-Bradford_on_Avon_1897.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4912" data-file-height="3399" /></a><figcaption>Bradford on Avon station in 1897</figcaption></figure> <p>Momentum had been lost—but a lot of money spent—since the original passage of the WS&WR Act of 1846, but there was no alternative to pressing on: the LSWR now had Weymouth in its sights via the <a href="/wiki/Southampton_and_Dorchester_Railway" title="Southampton and Dorchester Railway">Southampton and Dorchester Railway</a>, and it was important to the GWR to secure primacy there. The long onward route from Frome to Weymouth now seemed unattractive. In anticipation of the arrival of railways in their town, the Borough of Weymouth changed from local <a href="/wiki/Solar_time" title="Solar time">solar time</a> to <a href="/wiki/Railway_time" title="Railway time">railway time</a> on 1 January 1852, a move that was rather premature. At last the mineral branch from Frome to Radstock, just over 8 miles long, was opened on 14 November 1854. </p><p>The <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">19<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> miles (31 km) of the <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_branch_line_(Great_Western_Railway)" title="Salisbury branch line (Great Western Railway)">Salisbury branch</a> from Warminster was at last opened on 30 June 1856, to a new terminus at <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_railway_station#Great_Western_Railway" title="Salisbury railway station">Fisherton Street</a>. At this time the LSWR was still using its <a href="/wiki/Milford_railway_station_(Wiltshire)" title="Milford railway station (Wiltshire)">Milford</a> terminus, on the other edge of the city. The original impetus for a Salisbury line was access to <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> over the LSWR, but relations with that company were no longer amicable. </p><p>Frome to Yeovil opened on 1 September 1856, and Colonel Yolland inspected the Yeovil to Weymouth section on 15 January 1857. There was a sharp curve connecting the LSWR to the WS&WR line at Dorchester, as the <a href="/wiki/Dorchester_South_railway_station" title="Dorchester South railway station">LSWR station</a> had not been aligned for making this connection; Yolland required that LSWR trains on the connecting curve be restricted to 6 mph (10 km/h) and carry a travelling porter. The line to Weymouth opened 20 January 1857;<sup id="cite_ref-maggs_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maggs-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all these lines were single track, broad gauge, except that double track mixed gauge was provided from Dorchester to Weymouth for the use of LSWR trains, and the Dorchester curve was mixed gauge. The GWR had been forced to agree to lay rails for narrow gauge trains, and the LSWR could be charged 60% of gross receipts over that section. To ensure a strange sort of equity, the Board of Trade required that the LSWR should lay mixed gauge on its line for the same distance, about 8 miles (13 km), eastward from Dorchester, ending "abruptly in mid-country"<sup id="cite_ref-williams_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> near <a href="/wiki/Wool,_Dorset" title="Wool, Dorset">Wool</a>. That cost the LSWR £16,309, and it is likely that the broad gauge rail was never used. </p><p>The Bristol and Exeter Railway had opened its line to Yeovil (from <a href="/wiki/Taunton" title="Taunton">Taunton</a>) on 1 October 1853, but its station was at <a href="/wiki/Hendford_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Hendford railway station">Hendford</a>, on the west side of the town; on 2 February 1857 they opened a connecting line from Hendford to the WS&WR Yeovil station. </p><p>The GWR pressed ahead with the Bradford to Bathampton section; forming the line under <a href="/wiki/Dundas_Aqueduct" title="Dundas Aqueduct">Dundas Aqueduct</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Kennet_and_Avon_Canal" title="Kennet and Avon Canal">Kennet and Avon Canal</a> proved particularly difficult. Yolland visited for an inspection on 16 January 1857. He found numerous shortcomings with the track, signalling and buildings and he refused opening. However he reinspected a fortnight later, and the faults had evidently been rectified, for he approved the opening: it took place on 2 February 1857. It was a single broad-gauge track, laid on transverse sleepers, apparently adopted by Brunel as an experiment.<sup id="cite_ref-macd415_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macd415-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This section joined the original WS&WR main line at Bradford Junction, a little north of Trowbridge; Bradford itself was north of Bradford Junction, that is, on the new section of route. </p><p>Finally, on 1 July 1857 the <a href="/wiki/Devizes_Branch_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Devizes Branch Line">Devizes branch</a> was opened, from <a href="/wiki/Holt_Junction_railway_station" title="Holt Junction railway station">Holt</a>, north of Trowbridge. The Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth network was complete at last.<sup id="cite_ref-maggs_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maggs-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-macd1-1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macd1-1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Branch_connections">Branch connections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Branch connections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Way_Round_1857.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Great_Way_Round_1857.gif/220px-Great_Way_Round_1857.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Great_Way_Round_1857.gif/330px-Great_Way_Round_1857.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Great_Way_Round_1857.gif/440px-Great_Way_Round_1857.gif 2x" data-file-width="6834" data-file-height="3154" /></a><figcaption>The Great Way Round to the West of England in 1857</figcaption></figure> <p>From the completion of the core network in 1857, a number of independent branches and other lines made connection. </p><p>The first was the <a href="/wiki/Bridport_Railway" title="Bridport Railway">Bridport Railway</a>, a branch line from <a href="/wiki/Maiden_Newton_railway_station" title="Maiden Newton railway station">Maiden Newton</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bridport_railway_station" title="Bridport railway station">Bridport</a>, which opened 12 November 1857. <a href="/wiki/Bridport" title="Bridport">Bridport</a> was an important town, and had been on a number of projected main lines, but none of those came to being, and the town had to content itself with a branch line connection. The branch was worked by the GWR. </p><p>The following year <a href="/wiki/Shepton_Mallet" title="Shepton Mallet">Shepton Mallet</a> gained its railway connection: the <a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Valley_Line#East_Somerset_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheddar Valley Line">East Somerset Railway</a> opened its line from <a href="/wiki/Witham_railway_station" title="Witham railway station">Witham</a> on 9 November 1858. This was extended to <a href="/wiki/Wells,_Somerset" title="Wells, Somerset">Wells</a> on 1 March 1862. Eventually this branch was able to connect through to <a href="/wiki/Yatton_railway_station" title="Yatton railway station">Yatton</a> at the beginning of 1878. </p><p>The 1846 act of Parliament authorising the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway had included powers to connect to the harbour at Weymouth, but any such branch extension was forgotten. A local company, the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Branch_Railway" title="Portland Branch Railway">Weymouth and Portland Railway</a> was authorised to build a branch onto the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Portland" title="Isle of Portland">Isle of Portland</a>, with a street tramway from Weymouth station to the Channel Islands quay. The line was opened on 18 October 1865; locomotives were prohibited on the tramway to the quay, and horse traction was used; the line was leased jointly to the LSWR and the GWR. </p><p>The standard-gauge <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_and_Yeovil_Railway" title="Salisbury and Yeovil Railway">Salisbury and Yeovil Railway</a> opened to Yeovil on 1 June 1860; although this was an independent company, the line was part of the LSWR's strategy of reaching the West of England, and on 19 July 1860 the LSWR continuation from Yeovil towards Exeter opened. The GWR built a branch from near their Yeovil station to a goods exchange station at <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Maybank" title="Clifton Maybank">Clifton Maybank</a>, near the LSWR <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Junction_railway_station" title="Yeovil Junction railway station">Yeovil Junction</a> station. The exchange station, called Clifton Maybank, was needed because of the <a href="/wiki/Break_of_gauge" title="Break of gauge">gauge difference</a>: goods had to be shifted from wagons of one gauge to wagons of the other. It opened on 13 June 1864. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gauge_conversion_and_double_track">Gauge conversion and double track</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gauge conversion and double track"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway had been built to be part of the Great Western Railway system, and as such used broad-gauge track. In 1874 the GWR decided that it was time to convert to what had become the standard gauge, and the whole of the WS&WR system were converted in a massive operation in June 1874. On 18 June the network was cleared of broad gauge rolling stock and the work of altering the gauge began, and the first standard gauge train ran on 22 June. </p><p>The Radstock branch, built as a mineral railway, could now connect directly with its northerly neighbour, the narrow gauge <a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_North_Somerset_Railway" title="Bristol and North Somerset Railway">Bristol and North Somerset Railway</a>, which had reached Radstock in 1873. It too had seen coal traffic as it main purpose, but it was a passenger railway too. Now that the break of gauge had been eliminated (by the conversion of the Frome to Radstock branch), the two lines could be worked together, and a passenger service was started from Frome. The original mineral line had a junction from the Westbury junction, diverging before reaching the Frome station, so a west-to-north curve was laid in, and when it was ready, passenger trains operated from Frome to Bristol via Radstock from 5 July 1875. </p><p>The line between Thingley Junction and <a href="/wiki/Frome_railway_station" title="Frome railway station">Frome</a> was already double track, and the <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Pen_Mill_railway_station" title="Yeovil Pen Mill railway station">Yeovil Pen Mill</a> to <a href="/wiki/Evershot_railway_station" title="Evershot railway station">Evershot</a> section had been doubled in 1858, but the rest was single. The Dorchester to Weymouth section was already mixed gauge, for the LSWR trains. </p><p>After the gauge conversion, more sections were provided with double track: Frome to <a href="/wiki/Witham_railway_station" title="Witham railway station">Witham</a> in spring 1875; Witham to <a href="/wiki/Castle_Cary_railway_station" title="Castle Cary railway station">Castle Cary</a> in 1880; Castle Cary to <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Pen_Mill_railway_station" title="Yeovil Pen Mill railway station">Yeovil Pen Mill</a> in 1881; Evershot to <a href="/wiki/Maiden_Newton_railway_station" title="Maiden Newton railway station">Maiden Newton</a> in 1882; Maiden Newton to <a href="/wiki/Grimstone_and_Frampton_railway_station" title="Grimstone and Frampton railway station">Grimstone</a> in 1884; and Grimstone to <a href="/wiki/Dorchester_West_railway_station" title="Dorchester West railway station">Dorchester</a> in 1885. The <a href="/wiki/Bathampton_railway_station" title="Bathampton railway station">Bathampton</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bradford-on-Avon_railway_station" title="Bradford-on-Avon railway station">Bradford</a> section was doubled on 17 May 1885.<sup id="cite_ref-phillips_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phillips-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-warnock_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-warnock-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abbotsbury_branch_connects">Abbotsbury branch connects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Abbotsbury branch connects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Abbotsbury_Railway" title="Abbotsbury Railway">Abbotsbury Railway</a> finally succeeded in opening its line after serious delays and difficulties, on 9 November 1885. The company prospectus had promised extensive mineral deposits, and a possible extension to Exeter along the coast. These riches never materialised and the line simply ran from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Upwey_Junction_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Upwey Junction railway station (page does not exist)">Upwey Junction</a> to <a href="/wiki/Abbotsbury_railway_station" title="Abbotsbury railway station">Abbotsbury</a>. It was worked by the GWR. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bradford_north_curve">Bradford north curve</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Bradford north curve"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1895 the north curve at Bradford Junction was opened, allowing through running from the <a href="/wiki/Limpley_Stoke_railway_station" title="Limpley Stoke railway station">Limpley Stoke</a> direction towards <a href="/wiki/Melksham_railway_station" title="Melksham railway station">Melksham</a>. Exceptionally severe frost had caused damage to the lining of <a href="/wiki/Box_Tunnel" title="Box Tunnel">Box Tunnel</a> and the extensive repair work necessitated the night-time and Sunday diversion of London–Bristol trains, involving reversal at Westbury or Trowbridge. The new curve was hastily laid in on the earthworks of the original 1857 Devizes branch, and it opened on 11 March 1895.<sup id="cite_ref-macd2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macd2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Westbury_route_to_Exeter">The Westbury route to Exeter</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: The Westbury route to Exeter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Way_Round_1862.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Great_Way_Round_1862.gif/220px-Great_Way_Round_1862.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Great_Way_Round_1862.gif/330px-Great_Way_Round_1862.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Great_Way_Round_1862.gif/440px-Great_Way_Round_1862.gif 2x" data-file-width="6834" data-file-height="3154" /></a><figcaption>The Great Way Round in 1862</figcaption></figure> <p>The GWR, the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_Exeter_Railway" title="Bristol and Exeter Railway">Bristol and Exeter Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/South_Devon_Railway_Company" title="South Devon Railway Company">South Devon Railway</a> had long since amalgamated, and there was an important through route from <a href="/wiki/London_Paddington_station" title="London Paddington station">London Paddington</a> to <a href="/wiki/Taunton_railway_station" title="Taunton railway station">Taunton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exeter_St_Davids_railway_station" title="Exeter St Davids railway station">Exeter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Millbay_railway_station" title="Plymouth Millbay railway station">Plymouth</a>. However the route was not direct: it ran via <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Temple_Meads_railway_station" title="Bristol Temple Meads railway station">Bristol Temple Meads</a> station, and the GWR was sometimes called the <i>great way round</i>. The LSWR had a significantly shorter route from <a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="London Waterloo railway station">London Waterloo</a> to Exeter via Salisbury. The GWR had a line from Reading to Devizes, joining with the WS&WR lines there, and it was clear that filling in some gaps would create a coherent direct route between Reading and Taunton. The GWR had more than once obtained Parliamentary powers to build such lines but they had lapsed, when in 1895 the directors took the decision to start work.<sup id="cite_ref-macd2_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macd2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Way_Round_1900.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Great_Way_Round_1900.gif/220px-Great_Way_Round_1900.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Great_Way_Round_1900.gif/330px-Great_Way_Round_1900.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Great_Way_Round_1900.gif/440px-Great_Way_Round_1900.gif 2x" data-file-width="6834" data-file-height="3154" /></a><figcaption>The first short-cut: 1900</figcaption></figure> <p>This was to be a trunk main line, and the first task was to double the line east of Patney, which had been built as the <a href="/wiki/Berks_and_Hants_Railway" title="Berks and Hants Railway">Berks and Hants Extension Railway</a>, and to build a new line from <a href="/wiki/Patney_and_Chirton_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Patney and Chirton railway station">Patney</a> to meet the WS&WR line at Westbury, the <a href="/wiki/Stert_and_Westbury_Railway" title="Stert and Westbury Railway">Stert and Westbury cut-off</a>. This was started in 1895, and goods traffic first ran on the route on 29 July 1900, followed by local passenger trains on 1 October. This shortened the distance from Paddington to Westbury, and therefore to Yeovil and Weymouth, by over 14 miles (23 km). As part of the work, Westbury station was much extended, as its status as a junction station becoming more important. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Way_Round_1905.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Great_Way_Round_1905.gif/220px-Great_Way_Round_1905.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Great_Way_Round_1905.gif/330px-Great_Way_Round_1905.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Great_Way_Round_1905.gif/440px-Great_Way_Round_1905.gif 2x" data-file-width="6834" data-file-height="3154" /></a><figcaption>Reading to Taunton in 1905</figcaption></figure> <p>The next phase of work was to construct the <a href="/wiki/Langport_and_Castle_Cary_Railway" title="Langport and Castle Cary Railway">Langport cut-off</a>, which ran west from <a href="/wiki/Castle_Cary_railway_station" title="Castle Cary railway station">Castle Cary</a> to join the Bristol and Exeter line northeast of Taunton. This was opened in stages: it was opened from Castle Cary to <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Mackrell_railway_station" title="Charlton Mackrell railway station">Charlton Mackrell</a> on 1 July 1905. On 2 April 1906 part of the line was opened at the western end, from a new junction at <a href="/wiki/Cogload_Junction" title="Cogload Junction">Cogload</a>, near Taunton, to <a href="/wiki/Somerton_railway_station" title="Somerton railway station">Somerton</a>. Finally the central section, and the entire route was opened on 20 May 1906. It followed part of a <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_to_Taunton_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Yeovil to Taunton Line">branch line from Yeovil towards Taunton</a>; the relevant section was upgraded to double track main line standards, and in an area where persistent flooding problems had been experienced, it was elevated to avoid the difficulty. From 2 July 1906 express trains and other through traffic was diverted on to the new line. The cut-off route saved a further 20 miles (32 km) compared with the former route.<sup id="cite_ref-maggs_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maggs-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-macd1-1_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macd1-1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_twentieth-century_developments">Other twentieth-century developments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other twentieth-century developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railmotors">Railmotors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Railmotors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The GWR was anxious to develop local passenger traffic; the early distribution of stations was somewhat sparse. Local requests prompted the GWR to provide a station at Upwey, on the Dorchester to Weymouth section; it opened on 21 June 1871. When the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abbotsbury_branch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abbotsbury branch (page does not exist)">Abbotsbury branch</a> opened in 1885, its junction was south of Upwey and faced Weymouth; on 19 April 1886 an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Upwey_Junction_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Upwey Junction railway station (page does not exist)">Upwey Junction</a> station was opened to serve it, and the earlier Upwey station was closed. </p><p>In 1905 the GWR introduced its <a href="/wiki/GWR_steam_rail_motors" title="GWR steam rail motors">steam railmotors</a> as a response to the rising threat of motor bus competition. These were single passenger coaches incorporating a small steam locomotive within the body at one end; cheaper than a full locomotive, they saved time at terminals by not needing to run round. They were equipped with retractable steps and were able to make calls at places with no platform, or only a very low one. They were operated between Dorchester and Weymouth, and new halts were opened for them at <a href="/wiki/Upwey_Wishing_Well_Halt_railway_station" title="Upwey Wishing Well Halt railway station">Upwey Wishing Well</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monkton_and_Came_Halt_railway_station" title="Monkton and Came Halt railway station">Came Bridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radipole_railway_station" title="Radipole railway station">Radipole</a>. Upwey Wishing Well was opened on 28 May 1905, and the other two on 1 July 1905. Came Bridge was renamed Monkton and Came Bridge (Golf Links) Halt on 1 October 1905.<sup id="cite_ref-butt_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-butt-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the same year a similar railmotor service was started between Chippenham and Trowbridge, with new halts at <a href="/wiki/Lacock_Halt_railway_station" title="Lacock Halt railway station">Lacock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beanacre_Halt_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Beanacre Halt railway station">Beanacre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Broughton_Gifford_Halt_railway_station" title="Broughton Gifford Halt railway station">Broughton Gifford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Staverton_Halt_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Staverton Halt railway station">Staverton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Limpley_Stoke">Limpley Stoke</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Limpley Stoke"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1910 the siding accommodation at <a href="/wiki/Limpley_Stoke" title="Limpley Stoke">Limpley Stoke</a> was much enlarged to handle mineral traffic coming from the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_North_Somerset_Railway" title="Bristol and North Somerset Railway">Camerton line</a>; it was remarshalled there for onward transit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_facilities">Military facilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Military facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Britain had been involved for some time in hostilities in South Africa, and in October 1899 the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> flared up. The <a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">War Office</a> increased the training facilities on <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_Plain" title="Salisbury Plain">Salisbury Plain</a>, in many places alongside the Salisbury line. After the Boer War was settled, tension in Europe developed, leading to the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>, and special facilities were provided on the line: additional siding accommodation was needed and goods loops, as well as branch lines from <a href="/wiki/Heytesbury" title="Heytesbury">Heytesbury</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sutton_Veny" title="Sutton Veny">Sutton Veny</a> Camp, and from <a href="/wiki/Codford" title="Codford">Codford</a> to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Codford_Camp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Codford Camp (page does not exist)">Codford Camp</a>. Most of these facilities were removed at the end of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="More_halts">More halts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: More halts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The railmotors were successful, but they had the limitation that they were unable to cope with peaks of traffic, or to run longer distances, and by 1922 the fleet was substantially reduced, and many were withdrawn in 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was a continuing need to respond to local passenger traffic, heightened as improved roads made motor buses more efficient, and in the 1930s a number of halts were opened south of Yeovil, and also <a href="/wiki/Strap_Lane_Halt_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Strap Lane Halt railway station">Strap Lane Halt</a> near <a href="/wiki/Bruton_railway_station" title="Bruton railway station">Bruton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Avoiding_lines">Avoiding lines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Avoiding lines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westbury_and_Frome_lines.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Westbury_and_Frome_lines.gif/220px-Westbury_and_Frome_lines.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Westbury_and_Frome_lines.gif/330px-Westbury_and_Frome_lines.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Westbury_and_Frome_lines.gif/440px-Westbury_and_Frome_lines.gif 2x" data-file-width="4609" data-file-height="3278" /></a><figcaption>Westbury and Frome avoiding lines</figcaption></figure> <p>When the cut-off line, from Reading to Taunton via Westbury, was opened, it ran through Westbury and Frome stations. Westbury was not originally aligned for an east–west main line, and Frome station was on an awkward curve; there was a 30 mph (48 km/h) speed restriction at both places for West of England and Weymouth trains, and at Westbury they conflicted with the heavy coal traffic from the Trowbridge line towards Salisbury. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Developments_(Loan_Guarantees_and_Grants)_Act_1929&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Developments (Loan Guarantees and Grants) Act 1929 (page does not exist)">Developments (Loan Guarantees and Grants) Act 1929</a> was passed to stimulate employment and to encourage industrial development, and the GWR obtained financial assistance from this source to build avoiding lines, bypassing the two stations. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Way_Round_1933.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Great_Way_Round_1933.gif/220px-Great_Way_Round_1933.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Great_Way_Round_1933.gif/330px-Great_Way_Round_1933.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Great_Way_Round_1933.gif/440px-Great_Way_Round_1933.gif 2x" data-file-width="6834" data-file-height="3154" /></a><figcaption>Reading to Taunton: short cuts complete in 1933</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Logan_and_Hemingway" title="Logan and Hemingway">Logan and Hemingway</a> of Doncaster were the contractor, and the cost of the works was to be £220,000.<sup id="cite_ref-tourret_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tourret-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The avoiding lines were opened to goods traffic on 1 January 1933, and for all traffic at the beginning of the summer timetable period in 1933. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_again">War again</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: War again"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1939 the country was at war again: the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> had started. Again the Salisbury line especially received heavy military traffic, and many of the special facilities removed after 1919 were reinstated. In the middle and later years of this war bombing of British towns became widespread, and severing of a railway line caused major disruption to the war effort. Many connections between formerly competing railways were laid in to facilitate routing round blockages. The Clifton Maybank branch at Yeovil had closed in 1937 but its trackbed ran adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(UK)" title="Southern Railway (UK)">Southern Railway</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a connection was made enabling trains to run from Castle Cary towards Exeter on the Southern railway line; it opened on 13 October 1943, with considerable assistance from Canadian troops. </p><p>Extensive sidings were installed at <a href="/wiki/Lacock" title="Lacock">Lacock</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Air_Ministry" title="Air Ministry">Air Ministry</a>, and a west curve was made at Thingley Junction. The formation had been made as part of the construction of the original main line of the WS&WR, and if it had been opened it would have allowed through running from Bath to Trowbridge. It was overtaken by the GWR commitment to build the line via Limpley Stoke. The Thingley curve opened in 1942 and was informally referred to as <i>The Air Ministry Loop</i>. It was removed in July 1959, <sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the Lacock Sidings remained until 1964. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nationalisation">Nationalisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Nationalisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Transport_Act_1947" title="Transport Act 1947">Transport Act 1947</a> was passed after the end of the war and the main line railways of the country became part of the state-owned <a href="/wiki/British_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="British Railways">British Railways</a> from the start of 1948. </p><p>The usage of rural stations and branch lines continued to decline, and on 19 September 1955 all the stations between Warminster and Salisbury were closed. </p><p>On 2 November 1959 the passenger service on the Frome to Radstock line was ended, and with the decline of the Somerset coalfield the branch became fully closed from April 1966, except for a connection to <a href="/wiki/Whatley_Quarry" title="Whatley Quarry">Whatley Quarry</a>, which connected by a private siding near Hapsford. With the increase in road building in the 1960s this quarry's output became increasingly important at that time. Remaining coal extraction in the area was further north and the rail connection was to Bristol over the Bristol and North Somerset line. However, in the summer of 1968 the embankment north of Pensford was washed out and the line was severed. It was considered to be uneconomic to repair it, and the Frome connection was reopened, the traffic from the area being brought out via Radstock and Westbury to Bristol. However the remaining pits closed in 1973 and the final coal movement took place on 16 November 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-warnock_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-warnock-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1960s the financial losses of the railway network escalated, and in 1963 a report was published, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Reshaping_of_British_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="The Reshaping of British Railways">The Reshaping of British Railways</a></i>. This proposed large scale closures of little-used lines and stations, and the resulting changes were called the <a href="/wiki/Beeching_cuts" title="Beeching cuts">Beeching cuts</a>, after the author, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Beeching" title="Richard Beeching">Richard Beeching</a>, chairman of British Railways. This affected many of the branches connecting to the WS&WR network, and in 1966 the Devizes branch, and many intermediate halts and small stations on the WS&WR lines closed too. General freight traffic to Weymouth was mostly diverted to the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Main_Line" title="South West Main Line">Bournemouth route</a>, and in 1967–1968 singling was undertaken of the routes between Thingley Junction and Bradford Junction, and between Castle Cary and Dorchester. </p><p>The main route from London to Weymouth was now from <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterloo (London)">Waterloo</a> via <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_railway_station" title="Bournemouth railway station">Bournemouth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dorchester_South_railway_station" title="Dorchester South railway station">Dorchester South</a>; from London to Bournemouth was electrified in 1967, with the trains running on with diesel haulage to Weymouth. The electrification, on the <a href="/wiki/Third_rail" title="Third rail">third rail</a> <a href="/wiki/750_V_DC" class="mw-redirect" title="750 V DC">direct current system</a>, was extended to Weymouth from 10 February 1988. </p><p>On 17 March 1990 the north curve at Bradford was removed; it had been retained in latter years to handle diverted trains during engineering closure of the Box line, but the elimination of locomotive-hauled passenger trains meant that diverted trains could simply reverse at Bradford south junction. </p><p>The Bath–Westbury–Salisbury part of the network received an enhanced passenger train service with the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Sprinter" class="mw-redirect" title="British Rail Sprinter"><i>Sprinter</i></a> diesel units, giving a generally hourly service on a Bristol–Salisbury–Portsmouth axis. The service over the Thingley to Bradford section was much reduced, and the Westbury to Weymouth section had a basic service.<sup id="cite_ref-phillips_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phillips-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Train_services">Train services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Train services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Passenger_trains">Passenger trains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Passenger trains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the first line opened from Thingley Junction to Westbury, there were five passenger trains each way; they made more or less reasonable connections with London trains.<sup id="cite_ref-bradshaw1850_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bradshaw1850-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1895 the service had increased a little in number, with some omitting certain stops; there were through trains from Chippenham to Weymouth. The opening of Bradford north curve in that year enabled through services from Devizes to Bath; in fact many of these ran from Reading to Bath or Bristol, and there was a fast morning up service and evening down; there were six daily trains on the Radstock line, all running through to Bristol via Clutton.<sup id="cite_ref-bradshaw1895_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bradshaw1895-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1904 the GWR started running fast trains to Plymouth, running non-stop from Paddington to Plymouth, but this was via the Bristol Relief Line<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The best trains were strictly limited to seven vehicles, and became known as <i>The Limited</i>, although later named <i>The Cornish Riviera Express</i>. On 23 July 1906 (down) and 25 July (up) these trains were diverted to run over the new cut-off line via Lavington, Frome and Somerton, now running non-stop over a distance of 225 miles 57 chains (363.25 km). The down train left Paddington at 10:30, and <a href="/wiki/Slip_coach" title="Slip coach">slipped</a> a coach at Westbury for Weymouth, and at Exeter. The up train was soon altered to call at Exeter. (Several through trains to the West of England continued to run via Bristol.)<sup id="cite_ref-macd2_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macd2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the West of England expresses started using the 1933 avoiding line at Westbury, the Weymouth slip portion of the down <i>Cornish Riviera Express</i> was slipped before reaching Heywood Road Junction; the station pilot then ran out to couple to it and bring it in to the station.<sup id="cite_ref-semmens_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-semmens-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1947 the modern distinction between long-distance and purely local passenger trains had arisen. By this time the west of England trains ran over the route via Westbury avoiding line or station, and Frome avoiding line. There were through express trains from London to Weymouth via Westbury and Castle Cary, and an enhanced service from Bristol or Cardiff to Portsmouth Harbour via Westbury and Salisbury.<sup id="cite_ref-gwrtt1947_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gwrtt1947-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Freight">Freight</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Freight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Little is recorded about goods and mineral traffic in the early years, but an easy and cheap connection was clearly hugely beneficial. Agricultural products, and the inwards requirements of farmers, and also of house and industrial coal and other manufactured goods were all important traffics. </p><p>Dominant freight services on the line in later years were coal trains from South Wales, to Southampton and Portsmouth particularly, and also coal from Radstock and Camerton to Bristol and elsewhere. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_signalling">Early signalling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Early signalling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the earliest days of the line, the signalling system was by double-needle telegraph enabling simple messages to be passed. These enabled agreement between two stations to vary the timetabled crossing of opposing trains on the single line, in the event of late running. The telegraph was not ready in time for the opening from Yeovil to Dorchester Junction, and working by pilotman was used for the first few weeks, with a crossing place at Evershot. On the double track section from Thingley Junction to Westbury and Dorchester Junction to Weymouth, the time interval system was used. </p><p>The fixed signals consisted of a signal at the station or crossing place, not necessarily placed before the fouling point, which gave permission to enter the station, and an auxiliary signal placed further back which functioned like a distant signal. There were no starting signals: permission to proceed into a section was given by written order handed to the driver. The signals were mostly of the disc and crossbar type, and the points and signals were operated by lever at their location, with no interlocking. </p><p>In 1963 the GWR replaced the double needle telegraph instruments with a single needle system. </p><p>From 1870 the most difficult sections were equipped with the disc block system, which was permissive.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Absolute block working started to be implemented from the end of 1874,<sup id="cite_ref-phillips26_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phillips26-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in the following few years recognisable signal boxes were constructed across the system, with interlocking.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The electric train staff system was implemented on the single lines, and modern semaphore signals replaced most of the disc and crossbar signals over the following decade. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timber_bridges">Timber bridges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Timber bridges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the early date of construction of the WS&WR network, numerous structures were built in timber. </p><p>Two bridges between Thingley and Trowbridge were designed in timber but may not have been actually built in the material: Lacock Viaduct was to be a three-span underbridge with two timber piers and masonry abutments; and the <a href="/wiki/Toll_roads_in_Great_Britain#Turnpikes" title="Toll roads in Great Britain">turnpike</a> road near Melksham was to cross the railway by a single span truss. </p><p>Near Staverton the railway crossed the River Avon on a viaduct with nine 20-foot (6 m) spans. At Yarnbrook it crossed the <a href="/wiki/A363_road" title="A363 road">Trowbridge to Westbury</a> road on a viaduct with a central skewed timber truss flanked by two masonry arches. </p><p>Near Frome at the (later) junction of the Radstock branch there was a two-span truss viaduct. When the Radstock branch was built an adjacent viaduct was built for its alignment, and there were five further river crossings in timber to Radstock. </p><p>Between Bathampton and Bradford Junction there were at least five timber viaducts: one is now the site of two bridges east of Bradford station, then two bridges west of Bradford over the Avon, Freshford Viaduct over the <a href="/wiki/Kennet_and_Avon_Canal" title="Kennet and Avon Canal">Kennet and Avon Canal</a>, and Midford Brook viaduct. The last remaining timber viaduct, west of Bradford station, was rebuilt in 1889. On the Devizes branch there were three timber viaducts: Whaddon Bridge over the Avon, Outmarsh bridge over the <a href="/wiki/Wilts_%26_Berks_Canal" title="Wilts & Berks Canal">Wilts & Berks Canal</a>, and a timber viaduct over the turnpike road with a 56-foot (17 m) span and two 33-foot (10 m) spans.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Topography">Topography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Topography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stations and geographical junctions; entries in italic were not passenger stations; junctions are "facing" or "trailing" in the direction shown </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thingley_Junction_to_Weymouth">Thingley Junction to Weymouth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Thingley Junction to Weymouth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Opened to Westbury 1848; to Frome 1851; to Yeovil 1856; and to Weymouth 1857. </p> <ul><li><i>Thingley Junction</i>; on the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_main_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Western main line">Great Western main line</a> between <a href="/wiki/Chippenham_railway_station" title="Chippenham railway station">Chippenham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corsham_railway_station" title="Corsham railway station">Corsham</a>;</li> <li><i>Trailing junction</i> for Air Ministry Loop (west curve) 1943–1955;<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacock_Halt_railway_station" title="Lacock Halt railway station">Lacock Halt</a>; 1905–1966;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beanacre_Halt_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Beanacre Halt railway station">Beanacre Halt</a>; 1905–1955;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melksham_railway_station" title="Melksham railway station">Melksham</a>; closed 1966; reopened 1985;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broughton_Gifford_Halt_railway_station" title="Broughton Gifford Halt railway station">Broughton Gifford Halt</a>; 1905–1955;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holt_Junction_railway_station" title="Holt Junction railway station">Holt Junction</a>; trailing junction for the line from Devizes 1857–1966; passenger station opened 1861,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> closed 1966;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staverton_Halt_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Staverton Halt railway station">Staverton Halt</a>; 1905–1966;</li> <li><i>Bradford North Junction</i>; facing junction for Bradford North Curve 1895–1990;</li> <li><i>Bradford South Junction</i>; trailing junction for the Bathampton line from 1857;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_railway_station" title="Trowbridge railway station">Trowbridge</a>;</li> <li><i>Hawkeridge Junction</i>; facing junction for Hawkeridge curve, towards Heywood Road Junction and <a href="/wiki/Pewsey_railway_station" title="Pewsey railway station">Pewsey</a> from 1942;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westbury_railway_station" title="Westbury railway station">Westbury</a>; original station building had an overall roof; trailing junction from <a href="/wiki/Lavington_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Lavington railway station">Lavington</a> from 1900; facing junction for the Salisbury line from 1851;</li> <li><i>Fairwood Junction</i>; trailing junction for the Westbury Avoiding Line from 1933;</li> <li><i>Clink Road Junction</i>; facing junction for Frome Avoiding Line from 1933;</li> <li><i>Frome North Junction</i>; facing junction for Radstock branch from 1854, forming a triangle with next from 1875; also known as <i>Frome Mineral Loop Junction</i>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frome_railway_station" title="Frome railway station">Frome</a> station; trailing junction for the Radstock line from 1875; the passenger station has an all-over roof;</li> <li><i>Blatchbridge Junction</i>; trailing junction for the Frome Avoiding Line from 1933;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witham_(Somerset)_railway_station" title="Witham (Somerset) railway station">Witham</a>; facing junction for <a href="/wiki/Shepton_Mallet_(High_Street)_railway_station" title="Shepton Mallet (High Street) railway station">Shepton Mallet branch</a> from 1858; station closed 1966; Shepton Mallet line closed to passengers in 1963 and cut back to Cranmore for mineral traffic only in 1969;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strap_Lane_Halt_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Strap Lane Halt railway station">Strap Lane Halt</a>; 1932–1950;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruton_railway_station" title="Bruton railway station">Bruton</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Cary_railway_station" title="Castle Cary railway station">Castle Cary</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> facing junction for Somerton and Taunton from 1905;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparkford_railway_station" title="Sparkford railway station">Sparkford</a>; closed 1966;</li> <li>Marston; renamed <a href="/wiki/Marston_Magna_railway_station" title="Marston Magna railway station">Marston Magna</a> 1895; closed 1966;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Pen_Mill_railway_station" title="Yeovil Pen Mill railway station">Yeovil Pen Mill</a>; facing junction for <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_railway_station" title="Yeovil Town railway station">Yeovil Town</a> 1857 to 1966; originally had an overall roof;</li> <li><i>Yeovil South Junction</i>; facing junction to the former LSWR line from Yeovil Town to <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Junction_railway_station" title="Yeovil Junction railway station">Yeovil Junction</a> from 1943; the two routes ran parallel for some distance;</li> <li><i>Clifton Maybank Junction</i>; facing junction for <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Maybank" title="Clifton Maybank">Clifton Maybank</a>, originally <a href="/wiki/Break_of_gauge" title="Break of gauge">break of gauge</a> exchange sidings for the LSWR; closed 1937;</li> <li>Thornford Bridge Halt; opened 1936; renamed <a href="/wiki/Thornford_railway_station" title="Thornford railway station">Thornford</a> 1974;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yetminster_railway_station" title="Yetminster railway station">Yetminster</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chetnole_railway_station" title="Chetnole railway station">Chetnole Halt</a>; opened 1933;</li> <li><i>Holywell Tunnel</i>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evershot_railway_station" title="Evershot railway station">Evershot</a>; closed 1966;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattistock_railway_station" title="Cattistock railway station">Cattistock Halt</a>; 1931–1966;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maiden_Newton_railway_station" title="Maiden Newton railway station">Maiden Newton</a>; trailing junction for the <a href="/wiki/Bridport_Railway" title="Bridport Railway">Bridport branch</a> 1857–1975;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimstone_and_Frampton_railway_station" title="Grimstone and Frampton railway station">Grimstone and Frampton</a>; closed 1966;</li> <li><i>Frampton Tunnel</i>;</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bradford_Peverell_and_Stratton_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bradford Peverell and Stratton railway station (page does not exist)">Bradford Peverell and Stratton Halt</a>; 1933–1966;</li> <li><i>Poundbury Tunnel</i>;</li> <li>Dorchester; renamed <a href="/wiki/Dorchester_West_railway_station" title="Dorchester West railway station">Dorchester West</a> 1949;</li> <li><i>Dorchester Junction</i>; trailing junction for the <a href="/wiki/Southampton_and_Dorchester_Railway" title="Southampton and Dorchester Railway">Southampton and Dorchester Railway</a> (later <a href="/wiki/South_West_Main_Line" title="South West Main Line">LSWR main line</a>) from 1847;</li> <li>Came Bridge Halt; opened 1905; renamed <a href="/wiki/Monkton_and_Came_Halt_railway_station" title="Monkton and Came Halt railway station">Monkton and Came Halt</a> later in 1905; closed 1957;</li> <li><i>Bincombe Tunnel</i>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upwey_Wishing_Well_Halt_railway_station" title="Upwey Wishing Well Halt railway station">Upwey Wishing Well Halt</a>; 1905–1957;</li> <li>Upwey; 1871–1886;<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Upwey Junction; opened 1886; trailing junction for the Abbotsbury branch 1885–1952; renamed Upwey and Broadwey 1953; renamed <a href="/wiki/Upwey_railway_station_(Abbotsbury_Railway)" title="Upwey railway station (Abbotsbury Railway)">Upwey</a> 1980;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radipole_railway_station" title="Radipole railway station">Radipole Halt</a>; 1905–1984;</li> <li><i>Weymouth Junction</i>; facing junction for the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Branch_Railway" title="Portland Branch Railway">Portland branch lines</a> until 1965, and the <a href="/wiki/Weymouth_Harbour_Tramway" title="Weymouth Harbour Tramway">Weymouth Harbour Tramway</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymouth_railway_station" title="Weymouth railway station">Weymouth</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Westbury_to_Salisbury">Westbury to Salisbury</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Westbury to Salisbury"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Opened 1854 to Warminster, and in 1856 throughout. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dilton_Marsh_railway_station" title="Dilton Marsh railway station">Dilton Marsh Halt</a>; opened 1937;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warminster_railway_station" title="Warminster railway station">Warminster</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heytesbury_railway_station" title="Heytesbury railway station">Heytesbury</a>; closed 1955;</li> <li>Codford; closed 1955;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wylye_railway_station" title="Wylye railway station">Wylye</a>; closed 1955;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langford_railway_station_(Wiltshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="Langford railway station (Wiltshire)">Langford</a>; closed 1857;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wishford_railway_station" title="Wishford railway station">Wishford</a>; closed 1955;</li> <li>Wilton; renamed <a href="/wiki/Wilton_North_railway_station" title="Wilton North railway station">Wilton North</a> 1949;</li> <li><i>Connection made to former LSWR line east of Wilton in 1973, and remainder of the original GWR route to Salisbury closed</i>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_railway_station" title="Salisbury railway station">Salisbury</a>; originally with over-all roof; LSWR station subsequently built adjacent; closed to passengers 1932.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bathampton_to_Bradford_Junction">Bathampton to Bradford Junction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Bathampton to Bradford Junction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Opened 1857. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bathampton_railway_station" title="Bathampton railway station">Bathampton</a>; facing junction on the main line from <a href="/wiki/Bath_Spa_railway_station" title="Bath Spa railway station">Bath</a> to <a href="/wiki/Chippenham_railway_station" title="Chippenham railway station">Chippenham</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limpley_Stoke_railway_station" title="Limpley Stoke railway station">Limpley Stoke</a>; trailing junction from the Camerton line 1910–1951; station closed 1966;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freshford_railway_station" title="Freshford railway station">Freshford</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avoncliff_railway_station" title="Avoncliff railway station">Avoncliff Halt</a>; opened 1906;</li> <li>Bradford; renamed <a href="/wiki/Bradford-on-Avon_railway_station" title="Bradford-on-Avon railway station">Bradford-on-Avon</a> 1899;</li> <li><i>Bradford Tunnel</i> (159 yards);</li> <li><i>Greenland Mill level crossing</i>;</li> <li><i>Bradford West Junction</i>; facing junction for Bradford North Curve, leading to <i>Bradford North Junction</i> 1895–1990;</li> <li><i>Bradford South Junction</i>; trailing junction for the line from Thingley Junction.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Devizes_branch">Devizes branch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Devizes branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devizes to Holt Junction: opened 1857; never double track; closed 1966 </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devizes_railway_station" title="Devizes railway station">Devizes</a>; originally had an overall roof with a single platform; <a href="/wiki/Berks_and_Hants_Railway" title="Berks and Hants Railway">Berks and Hants Extension</a> line from <a href="/wiki/Hungerford_railway_station" title="Hungerford railway station">Hungerford</a> formed an end-on junction in 1862;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bromham_and_Rowde_Halt_railway_station" title="Bromham and Rowde Halt railway station">Bromham and Rowde Halt</a>; opened 1909;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seend_railway_station" title="Seend railway station">Seend</a>; opened 1858;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semington_Halt_railway_station" title="Semington Halt railway station">Semington Halt</a>; opened 1906;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holt_Junction_railway_station" title="Holt Junction railway station">Holt Junction</a>; trailing junction on the Thingley Junction line.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radstock_branch">Radstock branch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Radstock branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Frome Mineral Loop Junction<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to Radstock, opened 1854, and from Frome station (and throughout to passengers) forming a triangle from 1875; closed to passengers 1959; never double track; closed beyond Whatley Quarry 1988. </p> <ul><li><i>Frome Mineral Junction</i>; from 1875, the third apex of the Frome triangle;</li> <li>Mells; renamed <a href="/wiki/Mells_Road_railway_station" title="Mells Road railway station">Mells Road</a> 1898;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radstock_West_railway_station" title="Radstock West railway station">Radstock</a>; end on junction formed by the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_North_Somerset_Railway" title="Bristol and North Somerset Railway">Bristol and North Somerset Railway</a> in 1873 (but break of gauge until 1874); renamed Radstock West 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-cobb_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cobb-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oakley_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oakley-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gradients">Gradients</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Gradients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the post-1933 main line between Westbury and Castle Cary, gradients were significant, rising from Westbury at typically 1 in 151 but with short steeper sections to a summit at Brewham, near Strap Lane Halt; eastbound there was a continuous climb from Castle Cary to Brewham, with a ruling gradient of 1 in 98. </p><p>The Weymouth line was very difficult, climbing from Yeovil to a summit at Evershot, with a stiff final climb at 1 in 51, then falling somewhat less steeply and not continuously, to Dorchester. There was a difficult summit over the busy section between there and Weymouth, with a summit at Bincombe. The southbound climb was at 1 in 91 but northbound the gradient was a difficult 1 in 50–52. </p><p>Before about 1965, while unfitted<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> goods trains were commonplace, line occupation on this busy section of line was significantly limited. </p><p>On the Bath to Salisbury line there was a stiff climb from Trowbridge to near Warminster, with a long stretch at 1 in 70 to 76.<sup id="cite_ref-gradients_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gradients-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In fact the original <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway_Act_1835" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Western Railway Act 1835">Great Western Railway Act</a> had included a branch from near <a href="/wiki/Chippenham,_Wiltshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Chippenham, Wiltshire">Chippenham</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bradford-on-Avon" title="Bradford-on-Avon">Bradford-on-Avon</a>; this did not get built.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">An <a href="/wiki/West_of_England_line" title="West of England line">almost identical route from Yeovil to Exeter</a> was later built by the LSWR.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There are complexities about the Bradford triangle. MacDermot (volume I part 1 page 286) says in connection with the first opening, "The short branch from Staverton to Bradford was made, and even the Bradford station built, but for some reason the rails were left unfinished, and no attempt was made to open it. So matters remained for some years to the extreme discontent of the inhabitants." Staverton to Bradford is clearly the north curve, although of course only the trackbed was made at this time and no actual track; the main line was open. Phillips (page 14) also says "from Staverton". Later, discussing the opening from Trowbridge to Bathampton on page 414, MacDermot says "As far as Bradford, with the tunnel (159 yards) and even the station there, it had been practically ready, save for part of the permanent way, as we have seen. It left the main Wilts and Somerset line about <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> miles north of Trowbridge by a fork, on the southern branch only of which the rails were laid [and ran on to Bathampton]." He annotates a footnote against the word "laid", which reads "The northern curve was not used till March 1895." MacDermot's "southern branch" of the fork is clearly the original main line. All this appears to mean that Bradford was originally intended to be served by the north curve only, allowing direct running from Chippenham to Bradford. When the Trowbridge to Bathampton line was built, it had been decided to omit the north curve, so that Bathampton had direct running from Trowbridge but not from Chippenham via Holt.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In 1923 the Southern Railway had absorbed the LSWR.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cobb says 1955.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Bristol Relief Line bypassed <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Temple_Meads_railway_station" title="Bristol Temple Meads railway station">Bristol Temple Meads</a> between North Somerset Junction and Pylle Hill via Marsh Junction and St Philips Marsh.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As opposed to <i>absolute</i>; in absolute block a second train could not normally be permitted to enter a section until the preceding train was known to have left it; in permissive systems the following train could enter after a certain time lapse, but the driver was warned that the section might still contain the preceding train.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Primitive precursors of the signal box may have been erected at Weymouth in 1865 and Dorchester Junction in 1866, but probably did not include interlocking.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Taken from Oakley, page 68; he says that "recent research" indicates that an exchange platform, but not a public station, opened in 1857, contradicting "most sources" which had stated 1861; the Holt residents celebrated the 1857 opening of the Devizes branch with a procession, and he suggests that "some means of access to the trains must have been provided"; a full public station opened on 1 April 1874. MacDermot in volume I part 1 page 414 says that "Holt Junction [first appears] in 1861 but only as a changing place till 1874". For a fuller discussion see Quick, Railway Passenger Stations of Great Britain - A Chronology, Railway & Canal Historical Society, 2019 (no ISBN)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">GWR public timetable of e.g. 1859 gave this as "Castle Carey".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There was an <i>Upwey</i> station on the Abbotsbury branch from its opening in 1885.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Probably called <i>Radstock Junction</i> originally.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Goods trains not equipped with a continuous brake, controlled by the driver, are described as "unfitted". On the approach to steep downhill gradients they were required to stop for the guard to pin down the handbrakes on sufficient wagons to enable a safe descent. This took a considerable time and blocked the line to following trains during the procedure.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-phillips-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-phillips_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-phillips_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-phillips_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-phillips_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-phillips_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-phillips_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-phillips_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-phillips_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Derek Phillips, <i>The Story of the Westbury to Weymouth Line</i>, Oxford Publishing Co., Sparkford, 1994, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0%2B86093%2B514%2B0" title="Special:BookSources/0+86093+514+0">0 86093 514 0</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-taunton-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-taunton_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Taunton Courier, 8 January 1845, quoted in Hadfield</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hadfield296-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hadfield296_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hadfield, page 296</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hadfield-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hadfield_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Charles Hadfield, <i>The Canals of Southern England</i>, Phoenix House Ltd., London, 1955, page 296</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lewin-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-lewin_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Henry Grote Lewin, <i>The Railway Mania and its Aftermath</i>, Railway Gazette, London, 1936, page 156</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-maggs-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-maggs_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-maggs_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-maggs_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-maggs_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-maggs_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Colin Maggs, <i>The Bath to Weymouth Line</i>, Oakwood Press, Usk, 1982, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0%2B85361%2B289%2B7" title="Special:BookSources/0+85361+289+7">0 85361 289 7</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thomas-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-thomas_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">David St John Thomas, <i>A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 1: The West Country</i>, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1966</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-macd1-1-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-macd1-1_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-macd1-1_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-macd1-1_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">E T MacDermot, History of the Great Western Railway, volume I part 1, published by the Great Western railway, London, 1927</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12938">"Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway Company"</a>. <i>The National Archives</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+National+Archives&rft.atitle=Wilts%2C+Somerset+and+Weymouth+Railway+Company&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fdetails%2Fr%2FC12938&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilts%2C+Somerset+and+Weymouth+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-williams-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-williams_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R A Williams, <i>The London & South Western Railway, Volume 1: The Formative Years</i>, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1968, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7153-4188-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7153-4188-X">0-7153-4188-X</a>, page 61</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-macd415-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-macd415_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">MacDermot volume I part 1 page 415</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-warnock-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-warnock_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-warnock_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">D W Warnock and R G Parsons, <i>The Bristol and North Somerset Railway since 1884</i>, Avon Anglia Productions, Bristol, 1979, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0%2B905%2B466%2B217" title="Special:BookSources/0+905+466+217">0 905 466 217</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-macd2-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-macd2_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-macd2_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-macd2_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">E T MacDermot, <i>History of the Great Western Railway</i> volume II, published by the Great Western Railway, London, 1931</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-butt-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-butt_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R V J Butt, <i>The Directory of Railway Stations</i>, Patrick Stephens Limited, Sparkford, 1995, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1%2B85260%2B508%2B1" title="Special:BookSources/1+85260+508+1">1 85260 508 1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Lewis, <i>Great Western Steam Railmotors and Their Services</i>, Wild Swan Publications Ltd, Oxford, 2004, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-874103-96-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-874103-96-8">1-874103-96-8</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tourret-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tourret_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R Tourret, <i>GWR Engineering Work 1928–1938</i>, Tourret Publishing, Abingdon, 2003, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0%2B905878%2B08%2B6" title="Special:BookSources/0+905878+08+6">0 905878 08 6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bradshaw1850-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bradshaw1850_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Bradshaw's Rail Times for Great Britain and Ireland 1850</i>, reprint by Middleton Press, Midhurst, 2012, 978-1-908174-13-0</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bradshaw1895-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bradshaw1895_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Bradshaw's Rail Times for Great Britain and Ireland December 1895</i>, Middleton Press, Midhurst, 2011, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-908174-11-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-908174-11-6">978-1-908174-11-6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-semmens-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-semmens_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">P W B Semmens, <i>The Heyday of GWR Train Services</i>, David and Charles Publishers plc, Newton Abbot, 1990, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7153-9109-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7153-9109-7">0-7153-9109-7</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gwrtt1947-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gwrtt1947_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Great Western Railway Timetables 6 October 1947, reprint by the Oxford Publishing Company, Oxford, undated, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-902888-73-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-902888-73-0">0-902888-73-0</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-phillips26-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-phillips26_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Phillips, page 26</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brian Lewis, <i>Brunel's Timber Bridges and Viaducts</i>, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, 2007, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978%2B0%2B7110%2B3218%2B7" title="Special:BookSources/978+0+7110+3218+7">978 0 7110 3218 7</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cooke, Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR WR - Section 21 - Bath and Westbury, author, 1988</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cobb-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cobb_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Col M H Cobb, <i>The Railways of Great Britain – A Historical Atlas</i>, Ian Allan Publishing Limited, Shepperton, 2003, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/07110%2B3003%2B0" title="Special:BookSources/07110+3003+0">07110 3003 0</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-oakley-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-oakley_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mike Oakley, <i>Wiltshire Railway Stations</i>, The Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 2004, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1%2B904349%2B33%2B1" title="Special:BookSources/1+904349+33+1">1 904349 33 1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gradients-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gradients_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Gradients of the British Main-Line Railways</i>, The Railway Publishing Co, London, 1947</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, <i>Salisbury to Westbury</i>, Middleton Press, Midhurst, 1994, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1%2B873793%2B39%2B1" title="Special:BookSources/1+873793+39+1">1 873793 39 1</a></li> <li>Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, <i>Branch Lines Around Weymouth</i>, Middleton Press, Midhurst, 1989, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0%2B906520%2B65%2B7" title="Special:BookSources/0+906520+65+7">0 906520 65 7</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeale1992" class="citation journal cs1">Beale, Gerry (1992). "Dorchester". <i>Great Western Railway Journal</i>. <b>4</b>. Wild Swan Publications: 135–151, 168–172.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Great+Western+Railway+Journal&rft.atitle=Dorchester&rft.volume=4&rft.pages=135-151%2C+168-172&rft.date=1992&rft.aulast=Beale&rft.aufirst=Gerry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilts%2C+Somerset+and+Weymouth+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMacDermot1927" class="citation book cs1">MacDermot, E T (1927). <i>History of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833–1863</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+the+Great+Western+Railway%2C+volume+I+1833%E2%80%931863&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Great+Western+Railway&rft.date=1927&rft.aulast=MacDermot&rft.aufirst=E+T&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilts%2C+Somerset+and+Weymouth+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFButt1995" class="citation book cs1">Butt, R V J (1995). <i>The Directory of Railway Stations</i>. 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station">Bradford-on-Avon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgend_railway_station" title="Bridgend railway station">Bridgend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgwater_railway_station" title="Bridgwater railway station">Bridgwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Temple_Meads_railway_station" title="Bristol Temple Meads railway station">Bristol Temple Meads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charfield_railway_station" title="Charfield railway station">Charfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlbury_railway_station" title="Charlbury railway station">Charlbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippenham_railway_station" title="Chippenham railway station">Chippenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cirencester_Town_railway_station" title="Cirencester Town railway station">Cirencester Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crediton_railway_station" title="Crediton railway station">Crediton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culham_railway_station" title="Culham railway station">Culham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_St_Davids_railway_station" title="Exeter St Davids railway station">Exeter St Davids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_St_Thomas_railway_station" title="Exeter St Thomas railway station">Exeter St Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liskeard_railway_station" title="Liskeard railway station">Liskeard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortimer_railway_station" title="Mortimer railway station">Mortimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Paddington_station" title="London Paddington station">Paddington</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Railway_Station" title="The Railway Station">The Railway Station</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilton_London_Paddington" title="Hilton London Paddington">Hilton Hotel, Paddington</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Germans_railway_station" title="St Germans railway station">St Germans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_railway_station#Great_Western_Railway" title="Salisbury railway station">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a 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Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chepstow_Railway_Bridge" title="Chepstow Railway Bridge">Chepstow Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippenham_railway_station#Chippenham_viaduct" title="Chippenham railway station">Chippenham viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton_Suspension_Bridge" title="Clifton Suspension Bridge">Clifton Suspension Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall_Railway_viaducts" title="Cornwall Railway viaducts">Cornwall Railway viaducts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carnon_viaduct" title="Carnon viaduct">Carnon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pinnock#St_Pinnock_Viaduct" title="St Pinnock">St Pinnock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Basin_(Bristol)#Swing_bridges" title="Cumberland Basin (Bristol)">Cumberland Basin swing bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol%E2%80%93Exeter_line#Weston-super-Mare_to_Taunton" title="Bristol–Exeter line">"Devil's Bridge", Uphill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatehampton_Railway_Bridge" title="Gatehampton Railway Bridge">Gatehampton Railway Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_Bridge_and_Golden_Jubilee_Bridges" title="Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges">Hungerford Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landore_Viaduct" title="Landore Viaduct">Landore Viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loughor_Viaduct" title="Loughor Viaduct">Loughor Viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidenhead_Railway_Bridge" title="Maidenhead Railway Bridge">Maidenhead Bridge</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rain,_Steam_and_Speed_%E2%80%93_The_Great_Western_Railway" title="Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway">Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moulsford_Railway_Bridge" title="Moulsford Railway Bridge">Moulsford Railway Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Bridge" title="Royal Albert Bridge">Royal Albert Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgwater_railway_station#Somerset_Bridge" title="Bridgwater railway station">Somerset Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Bridges,_London" title="Three Bridges, London">Three Bridges, London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usk_Railway_Bridge" title="Usk Railway Bridge">Usk Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wharncliffe_Viaduct" title="Wharncliffe Viaduct">Wharncliffe Viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Railway_Bridge" title="Windsor Railway Bridge">Windsor Bridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Tunnels and earthworks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Box_Tunnel" title="Box Tunnel">Box Tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cockett_railway_station#Cockett_Tunnel" title="Cockett railway station">Cockett Tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Main_Line" title="Great Western Main Line">Great Western Main Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_arch#Notable_examples" title="Flying arch">Llansamlet arches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sapperton_Railway_Tunnel" title="Sapperton Railway Tunnel">Sapperton Tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonning_Cutting" title="Sonning Cutting">Sonning Cutting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Devon_Banks" title="South Devon Banks">South Devon Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Devon_Railway_sea_wall" title="South Devon Railway sea wall">South Devon Railway sea wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Tunnel" title="Thames Tunnel">Thames Tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Bank,_Somerset" title="Wellington Bank, Somerset">Wellington Bank, Somerset</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Ships, harbours and waterways</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Steamship_Company" title="Great Western Steamship Company">Great Western Steamship Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Western" title="SS Great Western">SS <i>Great Western</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Britain" title="SS Great Britain">SS <i>Great Britain</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balanced_rudder" title="Balanced rudder">Balanced rudder</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern" title="SS Great Eastern">SS <i>Great Eastern</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel_Standing_Before_the_Launching_Chains_of_the_Great_Eastern" title="Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern">Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern</a></i> (1857 photograph)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Archimedes" title="SS Archimedes">SS <i>Archimedes</i></a> borrowed by Brunel, used for propeller tests</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_Dock" title="Brentford Dock">Brentford Dock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Harbour" title="Bristol Harbour">Bristol Harbour</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Basin_(Bristol)" title="Cumberland Basin (Bristol)">Cumberland Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underfall_Yard" title="Underfall Yard">Underfall Yard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millbay" title="Millbay">Millbay Docks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westport_Canal" title="Westport Canal">Westport Canal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Other engineering and building</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Devon_Railway_engine_houses" title="South Devon Railway engine houses">Atmospheric railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balloon_flange_girder" title="Balloon flange girder">Balloon flange girder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baulk_road" title="Baulk road">Baulk road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway#Brunel's_7-foot_gauge_and_the_"gauge_war"" title="Great Western Railway">Broad gauge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steventon_railway_station#Headquarters_of_the_GWR" title="Steventon railway station">Brook House, Steventon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crew%27s_Hole,_Bristol#Tar_works" title="Crew's Hole, Bristol">Crew's Hole tar works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace#Crystal_Palace_Park" title="The Crystal Palace">Crystal Palace water towers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Exhibition" title="Great Exhibition">Great Exhibition</a> (Brunel on committee)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malmaison_Hotel,_Reading" title="Malmaison Hotel, Reading">Malmaison Hotel, Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renkioi_Hospital" title="Renkioi Hospital">Renkioi Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fellows_of_the_Royal_Society_A,_B,_C" title="List of fellows of the Royal Society A, B, C">Fellow of the Royal Society</a></li> <li><a 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Normandy">University of Caen Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e_Henri-IV" title="Lycée Henri-IV">Lycée Henri-IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Marc_Brunel" title="Henry Marc Brunel">Henry Marc Brunel</a> (second son)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scene_from_A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream" title="Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream">Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream</a></i> (picture commissioned by Brunel)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunel_Manor" title="Brunel Manor">Brunel Manor</a> (commissioned by Brunel for his retirement)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Guppy" title="Sarah Guppy">Sarah Guppy</a>, whose portrait was painted by Brunel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensal_Green_Cemetery" title="Kensal Green Cemetery">Kensal Green Cemetery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Legacy and commemoration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Statues of Brunel <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel,_Victoria_Embankment" title="Statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Victoria Embankment">Victoria Embankment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_public_art_in_Paddington" title="List of public art in Paddington">Paddington Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_public_art_in_Bristol#Temple" title="List of public art in Bristol">Bristol Temple Meads Station</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunel_Museum" title="Brunel Museum">Brunel Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Britain#Being_Brunel" title="SS Great Britain">Being Brunel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didcot_Railway_Centre#Broad_Gauge_Line" title="Didcot Railway Centre">Broad gauge running line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_Heritage_blue_plaques_in_the_Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea" title="List of English Heritage blue plaques in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea">Blue plaque</a>, 98 Cheyne Walk</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Mechanical_Engineering_Landmarks" title="List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks">List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks</a> (<a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Britain" title="SS Great Britain">SS <i>Great Britain</i></a> #97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunel_University_of_London" title="Brunel University of London">Brunel University of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NR_Brunel" title="NR Brunel">NR Brunel</a> (Network Rail typeface)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunel_Award" title="Brunel Award">Brunel Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons" title="100 Greatest Britons">100 Greatest Britons</a> (Brunel #2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_pound_coin#Variants" title="Two pound coin">Two Brunel £2 coins in 2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony#Green_and_Pleasant_Land_(21:04–21:09)" title="2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony">2012 London Olympics opening ceremony</a> 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