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    The Heart of Wessex Line, also known as the Bristol to Weymouth Line, is a railway line that runs from Bristol Temple Meads to Westbury and Weymouth in...
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    The Wessex Main Line is the railway line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central. Diverging from this route is the Heart of Wessex Line from Westbury...
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    the line intersects with the Wessex Main Line at Salisbury. Despite its historic title, it is not today's principal route from London to the West of England:...
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    lines: Atlantic Coast Line (Par – Newquay) Avocet Line (Exeter – Exmouth) Golden Valley Line (Swindon – Gloucester) Heart of Wessex Line (Westbury – Weymouth)...
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    Valley Line and in February 2018, they began service on the Heart of Wessex Line, as well as operating some services on the Wessex Main Line as far as...
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    with services to and from Cardiff and Portsmouth, also Swindon; the Heart of Wessex Line with local services from Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouth; and services...
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    The station is located 59.5 miles (96 km) south of Bristol Temple Meads, on the Heart of Wessex Line. It is managed by Great Western Railway, who operate...
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    Frome is served by Heart of Wessex Line local services but few long-distance trains call there instead of following the avoiding line to Blatchbridge Junction...
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    South Somerset (category Lists of coordinates)
    and Wessex. A30 A37 A303 A357 Bruton (Heart of Wessex Line and Reading to Taunton Line), Great Western Railway Castle Cary (Heart of Wessex Line and Reading...
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    Taunton services, the Golden Valley Line, the Heart of Wessex Line and also some services on the Wessex Main Line as far as Warminster and Southampton...
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    club and a railway station. Thornford railway station is on the Heart of Wessex Line running between Bristol and Weymouth. Thornford is also served by...
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    is served by Maiden Newton railway station on the Heart of Wessex Line. There was also a railway line from Maiden Newton to Bridport which opened in 1857...
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    the western end of the Blackmore Vale. There are around 128 houses in the village. It has a railway station on the Heart of Wessex Line that is served...
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  • served the village of Mells, Somerset, England from 1875 to 1959 linking Radstock to Frome, Somerset on the Heart of Wessex Line. The station opened...
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  • Cenwalh, also Cenwealh or Coenwalh, was King of Wessex from c. 642 to c. 645 and from c. 648 until his death, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,...
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    London to Exeter line now known as the West of England Main Line. Today, it is managed by South Western Railway and is also the home of the Yeovil Railway...
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    Weymouth Wizard (category Named passenger trains of British Rail)
    named summer service operated by Great Western Railway (GWR) via the Heart of Wessex Line between Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth. The special service was...
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    James Mountbatten-Windsor, Earl of Wessex, who are respectively sixteenth and fifteenth in line to the British throne as of 2024[update]. In 2002, Sophie...
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    both the South West Main Line, 142 miles 64 chains (229.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo, and the Heart of Wessex Line from Bristol Temple Meads...
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    Reading to Taunton line and the Heart of Wessex line. It is about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the town. Every year around the time of the summer solstice...
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    reasons. The stretch between Westbury and Castle Cary is also part of the Heart of Wessex line, served by Great Western Railway services between Bristol Temple...
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    Bath Spa railway station (category Great Western Main Line)
    of Bath Spa station". Rail Engineer. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018. "Oldfield Park". The Heart of Wessex Line...
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    development of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, which centres around fitness, wellbeing and community service. Edward was given the title of Earl of Wessex prior...
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    hills of the Dorset Downs. The nearest railway stations are on the Heart of Wessex Line at Chetnole, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the west-southwest, and Yetminster...
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    experiences mostly local traffic. It has its own railway station (on the Heart of Wessex Line), which is sited close to the village centre. St Andrews Church has...
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  • railway station served the village of Marston Magna, Somerset, England from 1856 to 1966 on Heart of Wessex Line. The station opened as Marston on 1...
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  • and Dorchester in the county of Dorset in England. It was on what is now the Heart of Wessex Line and South West Main Line. Opened by the Great Western...
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    railway station served the village of Sparkford, South Somerset, England from 1856 to 1966 on the Heart of Wessex Line. The station opened on 1 September...
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    of Dorset in England. It served the northern part of the village of Upwey, now a suburb of Weymouth, on what is now known as the Heart of Wessex Line...
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  • Bridport Railway (category History of Dorset)
    on the Heart of Wessex Line. Part of the railway line can be walked and cycled on, from Maiden Newton Station for about half a mile, and parts of the old...
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