• The Salisbury branch line of the Great Western Railway from Westbury to Salisbury in Wiltshire, England, was completed in 1856. Most of the smaller stations...
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    their branch line from Eastleigh to passenger traffic. This was the city's only railway until 30 June 1856, when the GWR opened the Salisbury branch from...
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    Western Junction Railway to Cheltenham Bulford Camp branch Salisbury to Romsey, with a branch to Bournemouth At Salisbury, the Great Western Railway (GWR)...
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    and Yeovil. South Western Railway is the only operator on the line, with most services running between London and either Salisbury or Exeter St Davids...
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    operated by Great Western Railway services between Portsmouth Harbour and Cardiff Central , supplemented by South Western Railway between Salisbury and Southampton...
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    build a line from near Basingstoke to Bristol was dropped when the Great Western Railway was approved. The L&SWR did, however plan a line to Salisbury from...
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    England Main Line. Today, it is managed by South Western Railway and is also the home of the Yeovil Railway Centre. The Salisbury and Yeovil Railway (S&YR)...
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    Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway...
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    The Brentford branch line, also known as the Brentford Dock Line, is a freight-only branch railway line in west London, England. The route, which opened...
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    Great Western Railway (GWR) is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that provides services in the Greater Western franchise area. It manages...
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    stations were on separate routes. A branch line was built by an independent railway friendly to the Great Western Railway (GWR) from Savernake to Marlborough...
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    closer than Salisbury, which it reached by a branch line from Bishopstoke (Eastleigh). Local people therefore considered the broad gauge railways a better...
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    operated by Great Western Railway. Southern Railway routes west of Salisbury Phillips, Derek; Pryer, George (1997). The Salisbury to Exeter Line. Sparkford:...
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    The Reading–Taunton line is a major branch of the Great Western Main Line from which it diverges at Reading railway station. It runs to Cogload Junction...
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    Line to Exmouth, the Riviera Line to Paignton, the Tarka Line to Barnstaple and Dartmoor Line to Okehampton. It is managed by Great Western Railway and...
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    Wessex Main Line, with regular services to Bristol, Cardiff, Southampton and Portsmouth. The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 9 September...
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    by the London and South Western Railway, today mostly operated by South Western Railway. Operating speeds on much of the line are relatively high, with...
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  • Thumbnail for Newton Abbot railway station
    station today is managed by Great Western Railway, who provide train services along with CrossCountry. It is the junction for the line to Paignton but for many...
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  • Camp branch opened, all nearby railway routes had skirted Salisbury Plain, but none led through it. This was a proposal by the London and South Western Railway...
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  • branches have closed. The Great Western Railway (GWR) had opened its main line from London to Bristol in 1841, and the London and Southampton Railway...
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    The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads. It connects to...
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    via Salisbury; passengers for other main line stations should change at Exeter St Davids. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Topsham railway station...
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    Bath Spa railway station is the principal station serving the city of Bath in Somerset, England. It is on the Great Western Main Line, 106 miles 71 chains...
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    Codford railway station was an intermediate station on the Salisbury branch line of the Great Western Railway built along the Wylye valley to connect...
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    is a major branch of the Great Western Main Line and runs from Exeter St Davids to Plymouth, from where it continues as the Cornish Main Line. It was one...
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    to build a branch railway line between Salisbury railway station and the market hall. The scheme was authorised by the Salisbury Railway and Market House...
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  • London and South Western Railway in 1857 from Bishopstoke; the station's name was changed to Eastleigh in 1889. At Salisbury the line ran to Milford station...
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    through Salisbury Tunnel Junction where the Wessex Main Line converges with the West of England Main Line. At the same time, the South Western Railway's (SWR)...
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    and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR, also known as the S&D, S&DR or SDJR), was an English railway line jointly owned by the Midland Railway (MR) and the London...
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  • Thumbnail for Berks and Hants Railway
    The Berks and Hants Railway comprised two railway lines built simultaneously by the Great Western Railway (GWR) south and west from Reading in an attempt...
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