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Trowbridge | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | Trowbridge, Wiltshire England | ||||
Coordinates | 51°19′12″N 2°12′51″W / 51.3200°N 2.2143°W / 51.3200; -2.2143 | ||||
Grid reference | ST851578 | ||||
Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | TRO | ||||
Classification | DfT categoryD | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1848 | Opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.934 million | ||||
Interchange | 37,084 | ||||
2019/20 | 0.917 million | ||||
Interchange | 40,976 | ||||
2020/21 | 0.252 million | ||||
Interchange | 10,682 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.640 million | ||||
Interchange | 31,481 | ||||
2022/23 | 0.735 million | ||||
Interchange | 36,255 | ||||
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Trowbridge railway station serves the county town of TrowbridgeinWiltshire, England. The station is 24 miles (39 km) south east of Bristol Temple Meads on the Wessex Main Line and is managed by Great Western Railway.
Originally opened by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway in 1848, as part of their Thingley Junction to Westbury line, it gained a link to Bath and Bristol nine years later thanks to the Great Western Railway. This is now the main line, as the original route to Chippenham has been singled and reduced to secondary status.
The small station building is located on the northbound platform (platform 1). This platform is for trains to Bath, Bristol and Cardiff. Platform 2, on the southbound line is for trains to Westbury, London and the South Coast.
The station building contains a staffed ticket office, benches, vending machines, one electronic information sign, timetable information, bus timetable information and free leaflets, toilet facilities and Free Metro newspapers are available. On Platform 1 there are Two electronic information signs, covered bike stands, benches, shelter with benches, one self-service ticket machine. Platform 2 has a two electronic display signs, covered bike racks, train timetables, a shelter with benches, one self-service ticket machine, public telephone and taxi hiring.
Regular service (at present half-hourly each way Mon-Sat, hourly on Sundays) is provided by Great Western RailwaytoBath Spa, Bristol Temple Meads and either GloucesterorCardiff Central northbound and WeymouthorSouthampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour in the south.[1]
The original WS&WR line diverges to the north of Trowbridge, formerly carried a limited passenger service (two per day each way Mon-Sat, one each way on Sundays) to/from Swindon via Melksham and Chippenham. This was improved to a two-hourly service (8 trains each way total on weekdays, 5 each way on Sundays) at the December 2013 timetable change. Two services continue beyond Swindon through to Cheltenham Spa on weekdays only.
There is also an early morning direct service to London Paddington from Bristol Temple Meads, departing Trowbridge at 5.41 am, operated by either a Class 800orClass 802 'Intercity Express Train'. There is no return service.[2]
Railway stations served by Bristol area commuter services
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Taunton to Bristol and Cardiff |
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Westbury and Bristol to Cheltenham |
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Severn Beach line |
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Railway stations in Wiltshire
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Bristol to London Paddington |
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Taunton to London Paddington |
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Exeter to London Waterloo |
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Cardiff to Portsmouth |
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Bristol to Weymouth: Heart of Wessex Line |
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Swindon to Westbury |
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Swindon & Cricklade Railway: |
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