Seend railway station

Seend
Location
Place	Seend
Area	Wiltshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	ST934618
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1857	Opened
1966	Closed
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Seend was the railway station serving Seend in Wiltshire, England. The station was a stop on the Devizes Branch Line, between Semington and Bromham & Rowde

After the completion of the Devizes line, the junction at Holt allowed the fastest route from London to the West Country. However the Devizes line lost to competition and returned to a branch line in 1900.

Closure

Seend Station suffered from reduced traffic after the completion of the Stert and Westbury Railway between Patney and Chirton railway station and Westbury, which by-passed the Devizes Branch Line to reduce the London to Plymouth journey by 5 miles.

Seend station and the entire Devizes Branch Line were closed under the Beeching cuts. Both were destroyed in 1970.

See also

• Devizes Branch Line
• Devizes Station

References

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Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bromham and Rowde Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Devizes Branch Line		Semington Halt Line and station closed