Trowbridge railway station serves the county town of

Trowbridge Trowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England; situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, close to the border with Somerset. The town lies south-east of Bath, Somerset, Bath, south-west of Swindon and south-east of Brist ...

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to ...

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. The station is south east of on the

Wessex Main Line 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 to Weymouth. The Wessex Main Line intersects the Reading to Taunton Line at and ...

and is managed by

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, ...

. 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

. This is now the main line, as the original route to has been singled and reduced to secondary status.

Description

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.

Services

Regular service (at present half-hourly each way Mon-Sat, hourly on Sundays) is provided by

to , Bristol Temple Meads and either or northbound and or and

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in the south. 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 via 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 on weekdays only. There is also an early morning direct service to from Bristol Temple Meads, departing Trowbridge at 5.41 am, operated by either a Class 800 or Class 802 Intercity Express Train'''. There is no return service.

References

{{Wiltshire railway stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations in Wiltshire Railway stations served by Great Western Railway Trowbridge DfT Category D stations