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Location notes
Westbury station is just off the main line from London to Exeter via Reading and Taunton. There are avoiding lines so a lot of passenger and freight traffic passes to the south of the station out of view.
Railway type and traffic
Westbury is a busy junction with a staple diet of cross country DMU services as well as First Great Western HSTs and sometimes loco-hauled services.
There is a reasonable amount of freight to and from the yards to the south west of the station. The main freight flows are stone trains to and from the large quarries in the area. These are hauled by classes 59, 60 and 66.
There is a reasonable amount of freight to and from the yards to the south west of the station. The main freight flows are stone trains to and from the large quarries in the area. These are hauled by classes 59, 60 and 66.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Westbury Station
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Environment
Busy main line station with usual facilities.
Road directions
Westbury is on the A350 just north of Warminster in Wiltshire. Warminster is on the A36 from Bath to Salisbury. Follow the signs for the station from Westbury town centre, it's just to the north of the town.
To visit the sidings, leave the station on the approach road and turn sharp right at the end and go over the bridge. At the mini roundabout turn left and then left into the industrial estate. Follow your nose along the road with security fencing each side and turn left into the sidings.
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Westbury Station map co-ordinates
To visit the sidings, leave the station on the approach road and turn sharp right at the end and go over the bridge. At the mini roundabout turn left and then left into the industrial estate. Follow your nose along the road with security fencing each side and turn left into the sidings.
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Westbury Station map co-ordinates
Parking
Westbury station has a car park that is quite reasonably priced.
Public transport
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Westbury Station
Streetmap links
Westbury Station general view map
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Westbury Station
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Westbury Station
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Westbury Station general view map
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Photographic notes
The station is accessed by means of a subway and is a good open design with two island platform structures but only 3 platforms in use. A fourth platform did exist and is now unused.
Freight trains from either direction often come into the line adjacent to the disused platform which now has a fence between the platform and the line which can obscure the view. Stone trains from the south sometimes come into the down yard and run round so they can continue their journey south. Unless you're very fast running out the station and along the road to the top of the yard you will see them briefly but not be able to photograph them!
The best photos and video can be taken at the far south west end of the middle island platform which is flanked either side by passenger running lines. Although not a covered location on a good weather day it offers excellent views all the way down to where the line splits. Left (south) to Southampton and right (west) to the southwest Taunton Exeter etc. as with all locations photos and videos are best taken during summer months when the sun is high in the sky.
Freight trains from either direction often come into the line adjacent to the disused platform which now has a fence between the platform and the line which can obscure the view. Stone trains from the south sometimes come into the down yard and run round so they can continue their journey south. Unless you're very fast running out the station and along the road to the top of the yard you will see them briefly but not be able to photograph them!
The best photos and video can be taken at the far south west end of the middle island platform which is flanked either side by passenger running lines. Although not a covered location on a good weather day it offers excellent views all the way down to where the line splits. Left (south) to Southampton and right (west) to the southwest Taunton Exeter etc. as with all locations photos and videos are best taken during summer months when the sun is high in the sky.
Links to photographs at this location
UK Railpics - Westbury
General views - All photographs © Carl Watson unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north west
The loco sidings to the north of the station
Fig 2 - Looking north west
A FGW passenger service arrives from London
Fig 3 - Looking south west
A stone train arrives from the west
Fig 4 - Looking south west
The loco holding siding to the south west of the station
Fig 5 - Looking north
The Fragonset sidings
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
