Pewsey railway station is a railway station in the village of Pewsey in the county of Wiltshire in England. The station is on the Berks and Hants line and is served by intercity services operated by First Great Western to and from the West Country. The average journey time to London Paddington from Pewsey is just over an hour. Services to Bedwyn, the next station up the line, are infrequent with most east-bound services next calling at Hungerford, Newbury or Reading instead. This is a hangover from when Bedwyn was the most westerly point of the Network Southeast on this line whilst Pewsey was an Intercity station.
Pewsey station (despite its relatively few services) has decent passenger usage due to its proximity to Marlborough, about 6 miles (10 km) away, and other nearby towns and villages which do not have railway stations.
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