Wishford railway station

Wishford
Wishford
	A postcard of the station from 1910
General information
Location	Great Wishford, Wiltshire; England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
30 June 1856	Opened
19 September 1955	Closed

Wishford railway station is a former station in Great Wishford, Wiltshire, England, on the GWR's Warminster–Salisbury line.

The single-platform station at opened on 30 June 1856, on the left of trains travelling towards Salisbury. The line was doubled in 1901 and a second platform, reached by a footbridge, was then provided. The station was closed entirely on 19 September 1955^[1] but the station master's house remains as a private residence.^[2]

References

^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 461. OCLC 931112387.
^ Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press. p. 147. ISBN 1-904349-33-1.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Langford Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Salisbury branch line		Wilton North Line open, station closed

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[1] Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 461. OCLC 931112387.

[Oakley-2] Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press. p. 147. ISBN 1-904349-33-1.

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v t e Closed railway stations in Wiltshire
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Salisbury branch line	Heytesbury Codford Wylye Langford Wishford Wilton North
Devizes branch line	Semington Halt Seend Bromham and Rowde Halt Devizes Pans Lane Halt
Reading–Taunton line	Patney and Chirton Woodborough Manningford Halt Wootton Rivers Halt Savernake Low Level
Chippenham and Calne line	Stanley Bridge Halt Black Dog Halt Calne
Midland and South Western Junction Railway	Cricklade Moredon Halt Rushey Platt Swindon Town Chiseldon Chiseldon Camp Ogbourne Marlborough Low Level Marlborough High Level Savernake High Level Grafton and Burbage Collingbourne Kingston Halt Collingbourne Ludgershall Tidworth
Great Western Main Line	Box Box (Mill Lane) Halt Corsham Christian Malford Halt Dauntsey Wootton Bassett Junction Wootton Bassett Road Stratton Park Halt
Highworth branch line	Stratton Stanton Hannington Highworth
Golden Valley line	Oaksey Halt Minety and Ashton Keynes Purton
Wessex Main Line	Lacock Halt Beanacre Halt Broughton Gifford Halt Holt Junction Staverton Halt
Bulford Camp branch	Bulford Amesbury Newton Tony
South Wales Main Line	Hullavington Little Somerford Brinkworth Great Somerford
West of England line	Dinton Idmiston Halt Porton Semley Wilton South
Other lines	Downton Edington and Bratton Fovant Lavington Malmesbury Milford
Railway Stations in Wiltshire Disused Railway Stations in Wiltshire