Transport Links
At the eastern end of the village is Dilton Marsh Halt, a simple railway platform on the regional line. It is the subject of the John Betjeman poem Dilton Marsh Halt. Dilton Marsh is a request stop which means you have to ask the conductor to stop there, when you want to get on a train there you hold your hand like you are yelling for a taxi - you will have to pay on board as there are no facilities to pay at the platform.
In the past passengers were directed to the 7th house up the hill, Holmdale, where tickets could be bought from Mrs H. Roberts acting as a ticket agent for British Rail.
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