Wilton North railway station

Wilton North
Wilton North
Location
Place	Wilton
Area	Wiltshire
Coordinates	51.0871°N 1.8590°W
Grid reference	SU099319
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
30 June 1856	Opened as Wilton
September 1949	renamed Wilton North
19 September 1955	Closed to passengers
6 September 1965	Closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
	Closed railway stations in Britain; A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Wilton North railway station is a former railway station in Wilton, Wiltshire, UK, in the Wylye Valley. Opened with the line on 30 June 1856, the station for Wilton was originally just one platform on the left of trains heading towards Westbury. A second platform was added when the line was doubled in 1896. Along with other local stations, it was closed on 19 September 1955, although Wilton South remained open for passengers until 1966. Wilton North remained open for goods traffic until 6 September 1965 and the goods shed remains intact and used as a shop.[1]

A short distance to the south the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway opened a station called Wilton in 1859, a route that later became the West of England Main Line of the London and South Western Railway. In September 1949 the former LSWR station was renamed Wilton South, and the former GWR station became "Wilton North".

Possible reopening

In 2015 the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership proposed a new Wilton Parkway station[2] immediately to the east (on the other side of Kingsway road bridge). A two platform, six carriage length station would serve the adjacent Park and Ride and the new housing estate being built on the former and adjacent MOD Erskine Barracks site.[3] A feasibility study was to be undertaken by Wiltshire Council in 2017.[4]

References

Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-904349-33-1.
http://www.twcrp.org.uk/WiltonParkway_2015_09.pdf
http://www.ourwilton.org/web/uploads/Erskine_Barracks_Public_Exhibition.pdf

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Wishford Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Salisbury branch line		Salisbury Line and station open

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[Oakley-1] Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-904349-33-1.

[2] ttp://www.twcrp.org.uk/WiltonParkway_2015_09.pdf

[3] ttp://www.ourwilton.org/web/uploads/Erskine_Barracks_Public_Exhibition.pdf

Closed railway stations in Wiltshire
Bristol and North Somerset Railway	Midford Halt Monkton Combe Halt Limpley Stoke
Salisbury branch line	Heytesbury Codford Wylye Langford Wishford Wilton North
Devizes branch line	Semington Halt Seend Bromham and Rowde Halt Devizes Pans Lane Halt
Reading–Taunton line	Patney and Chirton Woodborough Manningford Halt Wootton Rivers Halt Savernake Low Level
Chippenham and Calne line	Stanley Bridge Halt Black Dog Halt Calne
Midland and South Western Junction Railway	Cricklade Moredon Halt Rushey Platt Swindon Town Chiseldon Chiseldon Camp Ogbourne Marlborough Low Level Marlborough High Level Savernake High Level Grafton and Burbage Collingbourne Kingston Halt Collingbourne Ludgershall Tidworth
Great Western Main Line	Box Box (Mill Lane) Halt Corsham Christian Malford Halt Dauntsey Wootton Bassett Junction Wootton Bassett Road Stratton Park Halt
Highworth branch line	Stratton Stanton Hannington Highworth
Golden Valley line	Oaksey Halt Minety and Ashton Keynes Purton
Wessex Main Line	Lacock Halt Beanacre Halt Broughton Gifford Halt Holt Junction Staverton Halt
Bulford Camp branch	Bulford Amesbury Newton Tony
South Wales Main Line	Hullavington Little Somerford Brinkworth Great Somerford
West of England line	Dinton Idmiston Halt Porton Semley Wilton South
Other lines	Downton Edington and Bratton Fovant Lavington Malmesbury