Frome railway station
Frome 
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| Location | |
| Place | Frome |
| Local authority | Mendip, Somerset |
| Coordinates | 51°13′35″N 2°18′39″W / 51.2263°N 2.3107°WCoordinates: 51°13′35″N 2°18′39″W / 51.2263°N 2.3107°W |
| Grid reference | ST784476 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | FRO |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.146 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.152 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.158 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.169 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.175 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| 1850 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Frome from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Frome railway station serves a largely rural area of the county of Somerset in England, and is situated in the town of Frome.
The station is located on a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long branch line which loops off the main line railway, which carries services on both the Reading to Taunton line and Bristol to Weymouth route. Most of the trains which take the loop line in order to serve Frome station are on the Bristol to Weymouth route, and most trains on the Reading to Taunton line by-pass the station on the main line. The station is 22.25 miles (36 km) south of Bath Spa on the Bristol to Weymouth line, and is operated by Great Western Railway.
Frome station was designed by J R Hannaford and opened in 1850. It is one of the oldest through train shed railway stations still in operation in Britain. The unusual station structure consists of a 120 by 48 foot (36.5 x 14.6 metres) timber train shed, supported by 12 composite trusses with a span of 49 feet (15 m). The station has two platforms, one of which is now unused due to the line being made into a single track. It is now a Grade II listed building.
Frome station was originally on the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, a railway that linked the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Chippenham with Weymouth. The line was authorised in 1845, was acquired by the GWR in 1850, reached Frome in the same year, and was completed throughout in 1857. The original route of this line is that of the loop line through Frome station. This line forms the basis for today's Bristol to Weymouth route.
A branch from Frome to , authorised by the same act of 1845, opened to freight traffic in 1854 and to passenger traffic in 1875. At Radstock this line connected with the Bristol and North Somerset Railway, providing a more direct route to Bristol than that provided by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway.
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