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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