Salisbury railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Salisbury | ||
| Local authority | Salisbury | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | SAL | ||
| Managed by | South West Trains | ||
| Platforms in use | 4 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 1.560 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 1.603 million | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 2 May 1859 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Salisbury from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Salisbury Station is a railway station serving the city of Salisbury in the county of Wiltshire in southern England. Located in the postal area, SP2 7RS, the station is the crossing point of the West of England Main Line 135 km (83¾ miles) south west of London Waterloo on the way to Exeter and the Wessex Main Line between Cardiff Central, Bristol Temple Meads and Southampton/Portsmouth Harbour.
South West Trains operate services from London Waterloo to Bristol and Exeter, a small number of the latter are extended to Paignton or Plymouth. Since 9 December 2007, a new service operated by South West Trains runs from Salisbury to Romsey, via Southampton Central, taking over the local service to Dean and Mottisfont using 2-car Class 158 units. First Great Western operate services between Cardiff and the South Coast.
Alongside the station is Salisbury Depot, where South West Trains maintain their fleet of diesel multiple units.
The station is operated by South West Trains who have announced that they will add Automatic Ticket Barriers in the near future.
[edit] Layout
The station has 4 platforms and another 2 which are no longer used.
- Platform 1 - Through platform which is not in use.
- Platform 2 - South West Trains services to London Waterloo (from West of England). First Great Western services to Southampton and Portsmouth.
- Platform 3 - Bi-directional through platform. Used for services on the West of England line to Yeovil & Exeter.
- Platform 4 - Services to Westbury, Bristol and Cardiff.
- Platform 5 - West facing bay platform, which is not in use.
- Platform 6 - East facing bay platform, South West Trains sevices to London Waterloo (starting at Salisbury).
[edit] Services
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Salisbury railway station from National Rail
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