Devizes railway station (site), Wiltshire

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Devizes railway station (site), Wiltshire

Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 25 May 2022

Opened in 1857 as the terminus of a branch line from Holt, near Trowbridge, this became a through station in 1862 when the line was continued eastwards to Pewsey and Hungerford. After 1900, when the main-line was diverted via Westbury to the West Country, Devizes found itself on a railway backwater. The station closed in 1966. View east from the site of the platforms, the line having curved to the right through a tunnel under Castle Hill, towards Pans Lane Halt and Pewsey. All trace of the railway here has gone, replaced by a car park.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.352396
Longitude
-2.000382