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Seend railway station

Coordinates: 51°21′21″N 2°05′44″W / 51.3557°N 2.0955°W / 51.3557; -2.0955
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Seend
General information
LocationSeend, Wiltshire
England
Coordinates51°21′21″N 2°05′44″W / 51.3557°N 2.0955°W / 51.3557; -2.0955
Grid referenceST934618
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 July 1857Opened
18 April 1966Closed
Former railway near Seend in December 2009

Seend railway station was near the village of Seend in Wiltshire, England. The station was a stop on the Devizes Branch Line, between Semington and Bromham & Rowde. Its position northwest of the village was chosen to serve the iron ore quarry and iron works at Seend Cleeve.[1]

After the completion of the Devizes line, the junction at Holt made the line part of the fastest route from London to the West Country. The line suffered from reduced traffic after the completion in 1900 of the Stert and Westbury Railway between Patney and Chirton station and Westbury, which by-passed the Devizes branch to shorten the London to Plymouth journey by five miles.

Seend station and the entire Devizes Branch Line were closed under the Beeching cuts in April 1966. Both were destroyed in 1970.

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References

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  1. ^ Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press. p. 117. ISBN 1904349331.
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bromham and Rowde Halt
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Devizes Branch Line
  Semington Halt
Line and station closed