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Location notes
Located in the Cathedral city of Salisbury, the station is on the junction of the Waterloo - Exeter and Bristol - Portsmouth main lines.
Railway type and traffic
Passenger services include regular South West Trains and Wessex Trains services operated by classes 150/153/158/159/170. SWT depot adjacent to the station provides many empty stock moves. Also regular steam or diesel hauled charters.
Freight services are usually hauled by classes 59/60/66 in a variety of liveries. These are fairly frequent and include stone, LPG, freightliner and engineers traffic.
Freight services are usually hauled by classes 59/60/66 in a variety of liveries. These are fairly frequent and include stone, LPG, freightliner and engineers traffic.
Environment
Situated in the beautiful Cathedral city of Salisbury. The station clean and well lit with friendly staff.
Road directions
The station well signposted from Salisbury ring road.
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Salisbury Station map co-ordinates
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Salisbury Station map co-ordinates
Parking
Parking at station, or nearby in city centre. Most on-street parking either metered or 'residents only'. Good security.
Public transport
Regular rail services from London, Bristol/Cardiff, the South West and Portsmouth/Southampton. Good local and express bus services from Swindon, Southampton, Bath etc.
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Amenities
Toilets, coffee shop and cash machine on station. City centre nearby with everything you need.
Accommodation
Salisbury is a popular tourist destination so good choice of accommodation to suit all budgets. Local Tourist Information Center a good place to start.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
It might be necessary to adjust the time to suit your visit, this link should open with the current day.
Salisbury Station
Streetmap links
Salisbury Station general view map
Salisbury Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Salisbury Station
It might be necessary to adjust the time to suit your visit, this link should open with the current day.
Salisbury Station
Googly map
Salisbury Station general view map
Salisbury Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Salisbury Station
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Photographic notes
Best spots are the ends of platforms 4/6 - staion is on a slight curve so you can usually take advantage of the suns position at most times of the day.
Find a place early if planning to phot one of the steam specials.
Find a place early if planning to phot one of the steam specials.
Links to photographs at this location
UK Railpics - Serco Test Train
General views - All photographs © Matt Weston unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking east
From Platform 4
Fig 2 - Looking west
From platform 4
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
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.
