Dilton Marsh railway station

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Coordinates: 51°14′56″N 2°12′28″W / 51.2490, -2.2079

Dilton Marsh
Location
Place	Dilton Marsh
Local authority	West Wiltshire
Operations
Station code	DMH
Managed by	First Great Western
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	12,191
2005/06 *	13,456
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dilton Marsh from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Dilton Marsh railway station is a railway station serving the village of Dilton Marsh in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.

The station is located on the Wessex Main Line between Bristol Temple Meads and Southampton Central railway station 37 km (23 miles) north of Salisbury. First Great Western operate local services between Bristol and the South Coast which call at Dilton Marsh, the station is also operated by them.

The station was the subject of a well-loved poem "Dilton Marsh Halt" by the late British poet John Betjeman which ends: [1]

And when all the horrible roads are finally done for,

And there's no more petrol left in the world to burn,

Here to the Halt from Salisbury and from Bristol,

Steam trains will return.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Westbury		First Great Western Wessex Main Line		Warminster