Heart of Wessex Line

Heart of Wessex Line

Principal stations (from north to south) Bristol Temple Meads Keynsham Oldfield Park Bath Spa Freshford Avoncliff Bradford-on-Avon Trowbridge Westbury (for Wessex Main Line) Frome Bruton Castle Cary (for Great Western Main Line) Yeovil Pen Mill Thornford Yetminster Chetnole Maiden Newton Dorchester West Upwey Weymouth

The Heart of Wessex Line is a railway line 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 towns served by this routes are listed below:

• Bristol Temple Meads
• Keynsham
• Oldfield Park
• Bath
• Freshford
• Avoncliff
• Bradford-on-Avon
• Trowbridge
• Westbury
  • Wessex Main Line continues to Southampton.
• Frome
• Bruton
• Castle Cary
  • Great Western Main Line continues to Taunton.
• Yeovil Pen Mill
• Thornford
• Yetminster
• Chetnole
• Maiden Newton
• Dorchester
• Upwey
• Weymouth

Passenger services are currently operated by Wessex Trains. Most services originate from Bristol Temple Meads, but some from Westbury.

External Links

• Heart of Wessex line.

Railway lines in Great Britain:
<p style="font-size: 90%">High-speed main lines:	<p style="font-size: 90%">Channel Tunnel Rail Link - Channel Tunnel
<p style="font-size: 90%">'Classic' main lines:	<p style="font-size: 90%">Cross-Country - East Coast - Great Eastern - Great Western - Midland - West Coast
<p style="font-size: 90%">Other main lines:	<p style="font-size: 90%">Brighton - Chiltern - Chatham - Hastings - Highland - Kent Coast - London, Tilbury & Southend - North Wales - Portsmouth Direct - Settle-Carlisle - Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton - South Wales - South Western - Welsh Marches - Wessex - West Anglia - West of England
<p style="font-size: 90%">Secondary routes:	<p style="font-size: 90%">Airedale - Arun Valley - Ayrshire Coast - Birmingham-Peterborough - Caldervale - Cambridge-Norwich - Cotswold - Dearne Valley - East Coastway - Golden Valley - Glasgow South Western - Hallam - Harrogate - Harwich - Hope Valley - Huddersfield - Lea Valley - Leeds-Bradford - Medway Valley - North Downs - Pontefract - Robin Hood - Riviera - Wakefield - West Coastway - York & Selby
<p style="font-size: 90%">Commuter lines:	<p style="font-size: 90%">Alton - Argyle - Bexleyheath - Birmingham Cross-City - Braintree - Butetown - Cardiff City - Caterham - Catford Loop - Chase - Coryton - Dartford Loop - Gospel Oak-Barking - Hayes - Hounslow Loop - Inverclyde - Ivanhoe - Maesteg - Merthyr - Mid-Kent - Morecambe - North Clyde - North Kent - North London - Northern City - Oxted - Rhondda - Rhymney - Romford-Upminster - Severn Beach - Sheerness - South London - St Albans Abbey - Sutton & Mole Valley - Tattenham Corner - Vale of Glamorgan - Walsall - Waterloo-Reading - West London - Wharfedale - Whifflet
<p style="font-size: 90%">Rural lines:	<p style="font-size: 90%">Atlantic Coast - Avocet - Bittern - Buxton - Cambrian - Crouch Valley - Cumbrian Coast - Conwy Valley - Derwent Valley - Durham Coast - East Suffolk - Esk Valley - Far North - Felixstowe - Fen Line - Furness - Heart of Wales - Heart of Wessex - Island Line - Kyle of Lochalsh - Looe Valley - Lymington - Maritime - Marshlink - Marston Vale - Penistone - Ribble Valley - St Ives - Sudbury - Tamar Valley - Tarka - Tees Valley - Tyne Valley - West Highland - Wherry - Windermere - Yorkshire Coast
<p style="font-size: 90%">Closed major routes:	<p style="font-size: 90%">Great Central - Honeybourne - Somerset & Dorset - Waverley - Woodhead

See also: Heart of Wessex Line, Airedale Line, Alton Line, Argyle Line, Glasgow, Arun Valley Line, Atlantic Coast Line, Cornwall, Avocet Line, Ayrshire Coast Line, Glasgow