Codford railway station

Codford railway station was an intermediate station[2] on the Salisbury branch line of the Great Western Railway built along the Wylye valley to connect Warminster and Salisbury to serve the surrounding villages, and situated along the lane from Codford St Peter to Boyton.

Codford
The station site in 1984
General information
LocationCodford, Wiltshire
England
Coordinates51.15994°N 2.06708°W / 51.15994; -2.06708
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Key dates
30 June 1856Opened [1]
19 September 1955Closed

History

The station opened on 30 June 1856, at the same time as this section of the line. The original single platform was built on the north side of the line next to a level crossing. A passing loop was installed here in 1897 which necessitated the construction of a second platform to serve trains towards Westbury. The line was doubled from Heytesbury in 1899 and on to Wylye in 1900.[3]

When an army camp was built at Codford in 1914,[4] a 2.75-mile (4.43 km) branch line was built connecting it to the station.[5] The branch was taken over at the end of the First World War by the Great Western Railway but closed in 1922.

The station lost its passenger service on 19 September 1955 and its goods yard was closed on 10 June 1963.[3] The signal box remained in use until June 1982, when the level crossing was automated.[3]

Services

The station was served by stopping trains on the Westbury to Salisbury line. Trains still run between Warminster and Salisbury, but no longer stop anywhere in between.[6]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Heytesbury   Great Western Railway
Salisbury branch line		   Wylye

References
  1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. Station photo Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 40–42. ISBN 1-904349-33-1.
  4. "Military sites in West Wiltshire". Visit Wiltshire. Archived from the original on 8 July 2006 – via Internet Archive.
  5. Map of branch line Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Current service
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