Places Served
The places served are listed below.
- Bristol
- Keynsham
- Oldfield Park
- Bath
- Great Western Main Line diverges to Chippenham, Swindon and London Paddington
- Freshford
- Avoncliff
- Bradford-on-Avon
- Trowbridge
- Westbury
- Heart of Wessex Line diverges to Weymouth
- Dilton Marsh
- Warminster
- Salisbury
- Dean
- Mottisfont & Dunbridge
- Romsey
- Eastleigh to Romsey Line diverges to Chandler's Ford and Eastleigh
- Southampton
Passenger services are currently operated by First Great Western local services, supplemented by South West Trains between Salisbury and Bristol Temple Meads, and First Great Western high speed express services between Bristol and Bath. Many services continue beyond Southampton along the West Coastway Line to Portsmouth Harbour and Brighton, and beyond Bristol to Newport and Cardiff along the South Wales Main Line. Strong passenger growth meant that Wessex Trains increased train lengths from two carriages to three in 2004, but the new franchise specification reduced them back to two carriages, with inevitable chronic overcrowding and passenger protests. As of 2011, the service now regularly runs with three carriages, although with significant overcrowding remaining in peak times.
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