Once were trains [2]
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Once were trains [2]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 Jun 2018
Seen from the bridge that carries the minor road, this was once the trackbed of the Devizes branch railway. Devizes was first reached by a branch line from Holt junction on the Wessex main line in 1857. The line became a through line in 1862 when the GWR Reading to Hungerford line was extended to Devizes via Pewsey. It returned to being a branch line in 1900 when the Stert to Westbury link was built. The line and all of its stations closed in 1966.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.333504
Longitude
-1.953157