- Codford railway station
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Codford 
The level crossing at Codford Location Place Codford Area Wiltshire Coordinates 51°09′36″N 2°04′01″W / 51.15994°N 2.06708°WCoordinates: 51°09′36″N 2°04′01″W / 51.15994°N 2.06708°W Operations Original company Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway[1]
Great Western RailwayPlatforms 2 History 30 June 1856 Opened[1] 19 September 1955 Closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
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1922 Bradshaw's timetable
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 lineWylye References
- ^ a b 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 1-904349-33-2.
- ^ History of camp
- ^ Map of branch line
- ^ Current service
Closed railway stations in Wiltshire Bristol and North Somerset Railway Salisbury Branch Line Devizes Branch Line Reading to Taunton line Patney and Chirton · Woodborough · Manningford Halt · Wootton Rivers Halt · Savernake Low LevelChippenham and Calne Line Midland and South Western Junction Railway Cricklade · Moredon Platform · 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 · TidworthGreat Western Main Line Box · Box (Mill Lane) Halt · Corsham · Christian Malford Halt · Dauntsey · Wootton Bassett · Wootton Bassett Road · Stratton Park HaltHighworth branch line Stratton · Stanton · Hannington · HighworthGolden Valley Line Oaksey Halt · Minety and Ashton Keynes · PurtonWessex Main Line Lacock Halt · Beanacre Halt · Broughton Gifford Halt · Holt Junction · Staverton HaltBulford Camp Branch South Wales Main Line Hullavington · Little Somerford · Brinkworth · Great SomerfordOther lines Dinton · Downton · Edington and Bratton · Idmiston Halt · Lavington · Malmesbury · Porton · Semley · Wilton SouthCategories:- Railway stations opened in 1856
- Rail transport in Wiltshire
- Railway stations closed in 1955
- Disused railway stations in Wiltshire
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