Trowbridge railway station

Trowbridge railway station serves the county town of Trowbridge in Wiltshire, England. The station is 24 miles (39 km) south east of Bristol Temple Meads on the Wessex Main Line and is managed by Great Western Railway.

Trowbridge
General information
Location	Trowbridge, Wiltshire England
Coordinates	51.3200°N 2.2143°W / 51.3200; -2.2143
Grid reference	ST851578
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	TRO
Classification	DfT category D
History
Original company	Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1848	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.934 million
Interchange	37,084
2019/20	0.917 million
Interchange	40,976
2020/21	0.252 million
Interchange	10,682
2021/22	0.640 million
Interchange	31,481
2022/23	0.735 million
Interchange	36,255
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Originally opened by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway in 1848, as part of their Thingley Junction to Westbury line, it gained a link to Bath and Bristol nine years later thanks to the Great Western Railway. This is now the main line, as the original route to Chippenham has been singled and reduced to secondary status.

Description

The small station building is located on the northbound platform (platform 1). This platform is for trains to Bath, Bristol and Cardiff. Platform 2, on the southbound line is for trains to Westbury, London and the South Coast.

The station building contains a staffed ticket office, benches, vending machines, one electronic information sign, timetable information, bus timetable information and free leaflets, toilet facilities and Free Metro newspapers are available. On Platform 1 there are Two electronic information signs, covered bike stands, benches, shelter with benches, one self-service ticket machine. Platform 2 has a two electronic display signs, covered bike racks, train timetables, a shelter with benches, one self-service ticket machine, public telephone and taxi hiring.

Services

A train to Portsmouth

Regular service (at present half-hourly each way Mon-Sat, hourly on Sundays) is provided by Great Western Railway to Bath Spa, Bristol Temple Meads and either Gloucester or Cardiff Central northbound and Weymouth or Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour in the south.^[1]

The original WS&WR line diverges to the north of Trowbridge, formerly carried a limited passenger service (two per day each way Mon-Sat, one each way on Sundays) to/from Swindon via Melksham and Chippenham. This was improved to a two-hourly service (8 trains each way total on weekdays, 5 each way on Sundays) at the December 2013 timetable change. Two services continue beyond Swindon through to Cheltenham Spa on weekdays only.

There is also an early morning direct service to London Paddington from Bristol Temple Meads, departing Trowbridge at 5.41 am, operated by either a Class 800 or Class 802 'Intercity Express Train'. There is no return service.^[2]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bradford-on-Avon		Great Western Railway Great Malvern/Gloucester - Westbury/South Coast		Westbury
Melksham		Great Western Railway Swindon - Westbury
Bradford-on-Avon		Great Western Railway Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour		Westbury

References

1. GB National Rail Timetable May 2016, Table 123 (Network Rail)
2. "Timetable B1 train times 11 Dec 2022 - 20 May 2023" (PDF). Great Western Railway. 11 December 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.