Wiltshire Gallery

Stratton Park Halt, Wiltshire

A bird's eye view of Stratton Park Halt situated between Shrivenham and Swindon. The photograph was taken from the road bridge that crossed over the lines and where the footpath to the left of the photograph led to. Although sited on the original GWR main line, by the time it closed in 1964 only 5 trains a day called at the halt

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Wootton Bassett Station, 1893

A view of Wootton Bassett Station in Wiltshire, taken in 1893, showing the station building and a number of staff on the platform with a dray horse.
The station opened in 1841, replacing Wootton Bassett Road station. It was renamed Wootton Basset Junction in 1903 and closed in 1965

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1890s, Railway, Railway Staff, Station, Victorian Railway, Wiltshire, Wootton Bassett

Wootton Bassett Junction Station, c.1960

6100 Class tank locomotive No. 6129 waits in steam at Wootton Bassett Junction Station in the early 1960's. Sited on the original London to Bristol main line, this was the third in a succession of GWR built stations to serve the town of Wootton Bassett, following on from Wootton Bassett Road and Wootton Bassett Station. The æJunction was added to the station's title following the opening of the South Wales and Bristol Direct Railway in 1903 for which Wootton Bassett became an important junction station

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