Codford railway station

Codford
The station site in 1984
Location
Place	Codford
Area	Wiltshire
Coordinates	51°09′36″N 2°04′01″W / 51.15994°N 2.06708°W / 51.15994; -2.06708Coordinates: 51°09′36″N 2°04′01″W / 51.15994°N 2.06708°W / 51.15994; -2.06708
Operations
Original company	Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway^[1] Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
30 June 1856	Opened^[1]
19 September 1955	Closed
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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.^[3]

History

Opened on 30 June 1856, this station lost its passenger service on 19 September 1955 and its goods yard was closed on 10 June 1963. The signal box remained in use until June 1982. 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.^[4]

When an army camp was built at Codford in 1914^[5] a 2.75 miles (4.43 km) branch line was built connecting it to the station.^[6] The branch was taken over at the end of the First World War by the Great Western Railway but closed in 1922.

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 at anywhere in between.^[7]

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

References

1 2 Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
↑ Station photo
↑ Station Road
↑ Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-904349-33-1.
↑ History of camp
↑ Map of branch line
↑ Current service

Closed railway stations in Wiltshire

Bristol and North Somerset Railway	Midford Halt Monkton Combe Halt Limpley Stoke

Salisbury Branch Line	Heytesbury Codford Wylye Langford Wishford Wilton North

Devizes Branch Line	Semington Halt Seend Bromham and Rowde Halt Devizes Pans Lane Halt

Reading to Taunton line	Patney and Chirton Woodborough Manningford Halt Wootton Rivers Halt Savernake Low Level

Chippenham and Calne Line	Stanley Bridge Halt Black Dog Halt Calne

Midland and South Western Junction Railway	Cricklade Moredon Halt Rushey Platt Swindon Town Chiseldon Chiseldon Camp Ogbourne Marlborough Low Level Marlborough High Level Savernake High Level Grafton and Burbage Collingbourne Kingston Halt Collingbourne Ludgershall Tidworth

Great Western Main Line	Box Box (Mill Lane) Halt Corsham Christian Malford Halt Dauntsey Wootton Bassett Wootton Bassett Road Stratton Park Halt

Highworth branch line	Stratton Stanton Hannington Highworth

Golden Valley Line	Oaksey Halt Minety and Ashton Keynes Purton

Wessex Main Line	Lacock Halt Beanacre Halt Broughton Gifford Halt Holt Junction Staverton Halt

Bulford Camp Branch	Bulford Amesbury Newton Tony

South Wales Main Line	Hullavington Little Somerford Brinkworth Great Somerford

West of England Main Line	Dinton Idmiston Halt Porton Semley Wilton South

Other lines	Downton Edington and Bratton Fovant Lavington Malmesbury

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