Description of line

Known as the Heart of Wessex Line , it runs from Bristol to Westbury to Weymouth. It diverges from the Wessex Main Line at Westbury , and follows the course of the Great Western Main Line as far as Castle Cary.

The stations served by this route are listed below :

Bristol Temple Meads - Keynsham - Oldfield Park -Bath - Freshford - Avoncliff - Bradford on Avon -Trowbridge - Westbury - Frome - Bruton - Castle Cary - Yeovil Pen Mill - Thornford - Yetminster - Chetnole - Maiden Newton - Dorchester - Upwey - Weymouth.



8 services each way on Monday - Friday , 7 each way on Saturday and 3 each way on Sunday. Many journeys extend to Cardiff Central , and not all trains call at all stations. Some other services also terminate at Frome , which recently gained a direct service to / from London Paddington.





Stakeholders aspire to a 2 - hourly service , which was originally planned under the new Greater Western Franchise , but was subsequently shelved.



See here

Recent discussions:
Link to ... "West" Timetable Woes
Link to ... Calls to tear up Weymouth's tramway lines. (Dorset Echo 15/07/2010)
Link to ... Dorchester Connections
Link to ... Failed train at Upwey/Saturday nightmare return journey
Link to ... Weymouth ghost train?
Link to ... Speed restrictions between Castle Cary and Dorchester West
Link to ... Lovely time in sunny Weymouth
Link to ... Freshford Trespass Incident
Link to ... Early departures
Link to .. Weymouth Vintage Bus Running Day
Link to .. 18:51 Great Malvern to Weymouth due 23:09
Link to .. 20:08 arrival at Weymouth from Gloucester/20:21 Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meads
Link to .. Line problem between Bath Spa and Westbury
Link to .. 15:08 Weymouth to Gloucester due 18:32
Link to .. Short formation
Link to .. Police issue CCTV images after theft of passenger's handbag at Frome on 2/5/2010
Link to .. Yeovil Junction - Pen Mill - Westbury - Trowbridge .... Oxford .... proposal,
Link to .. The bridge at Westbury
Link to .. BTP release CCTV image after member of staff threatened - Somerset (20/02/2010)
Link to .. Summer season IC125 Weymouth Bristol


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