HEART OF WESSEX LINE

Heart of Wessex Line branding on a Class 31 locomotive


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The 'Heart of Wessex Line' is a United Kingdom railway line that runs from Bristol to Westbury to Weymouth. It diverges from the Wessex Main Line at Westbury, and follows the course of the Great Western Main Line as far as Castle Cary.
The towns served by this routes are listed below:

Bristol Temple Meads

Keynsham

Oldfield Park

Bath

Freshford

Avoncliff

Bradford on Avon

Trowbridge

Westbury


Wessex Main Line continues to Southampton.

Frome

Bruton

Castle Cary


Great Western Main Line continues to Taunton.

Yeovil Pen Mill

Thornford

Yetminster

Chetnole

Maiden Newton

Dorchester

Upwey

Weymouth
Passenger services are currently operated by First Great Western. Most services originate from Bristol Temple Meads, but some from Westbury. Many services now originate from Cardiff and stop at Newport before reaching Bristol.

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External links



Heart of Wessex line.

Ordnance Survey [1]

Bibliography



The Directory of Railway Stations, R.V.J.Butt,, , , Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1995, ISBN 1 85260 508 1

Covering My Tracks, Robert Adley ,, , , Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1988, ISBN 0-85059-882-6

Railways of Dorset, J.H. Lucking ,, , , Railway Correspondence and Travel Society 1968, , ISBN(no ISBN)

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