Swindon Station :: Shared Description
Swindon station is a main line station serving Swindon in Wiltshire. It is an important junction, where the former Great Western Railway line to Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa, the Great Western Main Line to Bristol Temple Meads and the South Wales Main Line route to Bristol Parkway and South Wales diverge. The station is managed by Great Western Railway (GWR), who operate all trains serving it.
It is approximately 200 m from the central bus station and the town centre. It is served by GWR services from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads, Cardiff Central, Cheltenham Spa via Gloucester, Swansea and the rest of South Wales, and from Swindon to Westbury. There is also an early morning service to Southampton which originates at Gloucester reversing at Swindon. The station opened in 1842.
It is approximately 200 m from the central bus station and the town centre. It is served by GWR services from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads, Cardiff Central, Cheltenham Spa via Gloucester, Swansea and the rest of South Wales, and from Swindon to Westbury. There is also an early morning service to Southampton which originates at Gloucester reversing at Swindon. The station opened in 1842.
by N Chadwick
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Created: Mon, 16 Jan 2017, Updated: Mon, 16 Jan 2017
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