Salisbury railway station

Salisbury railway station serves the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. It is 83.75mi by rail south-west of on the line to. This is crossed at Salisbury by the 'Wessex Main Line' between and /. In the past timetabled routes had more distant destinations to the south-west including, Padstow and. It is operated by South Western Railway (SWR) and also served by Great Western Railway (GWR).HistoryThree railway station sites have been used in Salisbury, owned by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) from 1847 and the Great Western Railway (GWR) from 1856, as well as two further stations at Wilton, west.London and South Western RailwayThe LSWR opened their Milford station on the east side of the city on 1 March 1847, with the opening of their branch line from Eastleigh, near Southampton, to passenger traffic. For nearly a decade this was the city's only railway, until 30 June 1856 when the GWR opened their Salisbury branch from Westbury. On 1 May 1857 the LSWR opened their extended main line from London and Andover, at first to the Milford station.