Wessex Main Line

Wessex Main Line
A South West Trains Class 158 at Romsey in 2014
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Wiltshire Hampshire South East England South West England
Service
Type	Regional rail, Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Technical
Line length	85mi 49ch (137.77 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Bristol–Exeter line to Taunton Bristol Temple Meads South Wales Main Line to Cardiff Central River Avon St Anne's Park Keynsham Saltford Twerton-on-Avon Oldfield Park Bath Spa River Avon Hampton Row Halt Bathampton Bathampton Junction Great Western Main Line Bristol & North Somerset Rly Camerton branch Limpley Stoke Freshford Avoncliff Thingley Junction Great Western Main Line to London Lacock Halt Beanacre Halt Melksham Broughton Gifford Halt Devizes branch line Holt Junction Holt Junction Staverton Halt Bradford-on-Avon Bradford South Junction Trowbridge Reading–Taunton line to Reading Westbury Reading–Taunton line to Taunton Dilton Marsh Warminster Heytesbury Codford Camp Branch Codford A303 Wylye Langford Wishford Wilton North West of England line to Exeter Wilton South Salisbury River Avon Fisherton Tunnel West of England line to London Milford goods depot Alderbury staff platforms Salisbury & Dorset Jn Rly Dean Mottisfont & Dunbridge Sprat and Winkle Line & Andover to Redbridge Line River Test Romsey Eastleigh–Romsey line M27 Nursling South West Main Line to Bournemouth and Weymouth Redbridge Millbrook Southampton Central Southampton Tunnel Southampton Terminus South West Main Line to London West Coastway line to Brighton

The Wessex Main Line is the railway line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central.^[1] Diverging from this route is the Heart of Wessex Line from Westbury to Weymouth. The Wessex Main Line intersects the Reading to Taunton Line at Westbury and the West of England Main Line at Salisbury.