Pewsey railway station
Pewsey 
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| Location | |
| Place | Pewsey |
| Local authority | Wiltshire |
| Coordinates | 51°20′31″N 1°46′16″W / 51.342°N 1.771°WCoordinates: 51°20′31″N 1°46′16″W / 51.342°N 1.771°W |
| Grid reference | SU160603 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PEW |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| 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 |
 0.211 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.204 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.204 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.219 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.233 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Berks and Hants Extension Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1862 | 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 Pewsey from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Pewsey railway station is a railway station in the village of Pewsey in the county of Wiltshire in England. The station is on the Berks and Hants line, served by intercity trains operated by Great Western Railway between London and the West Country. The average journey time to London Paddington from Pewsey is just over an hour. Services between Pewsey and Bedwyn, the next station up the line, are infrequent, most eastbound services next calling at Hungerford, Newbury or Reading instead. This is a hangover from when Bedwyn was the most westerly point of the Network SouthEast on this line, while Pewsey was an InterCity station.
Pewsey station (despite its relatively few services) has decent passenger usage due to its proximity to Marlborough, about 6 miles (10 km) away, and other nearby towns and villages with no railway station.
The station was opened by the Berks and Hants Extension Railway on 11 November 1862 when the railway opened, connecting the earlier Berks and Hants Railway with the Devizes branch of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, thereby creating a shorter route from London Paddington station to Weymouth. On 2 July 1906 the line became part of the Reading to Taunton line following the opening of the Castle Cary Cut-Off.
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