Salisbury railway station
Salisbury 
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| Location | |
| Place | Salisbury |
| Local authority | Wiltshire |
| Coordinates | 51°04′14″N 1°48′20″W / 51.0705°N 1.8055°WCoordinates: 51°04′14″N 1°48′20″W / 51.0705°N 1.8055°W |
| Grid reference | SU136301 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SAL |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 6 (4 in use) |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.873 million |
| 2012/13 |
 1.857 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.944 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.963 million |
| 2015/16 |
2.028 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Salisbury and Yeovil Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 1859 | 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 Salisbury from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Salisbury railway station serves the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. It is 83.75 miles (135 km) by rail south-west of London Waterloo on the line to Exeter St Davids. This is crossed at Salisbury by the 'Wessex Main Line' between Cardiff Central and Portsmouth Harbour/Brighton. In the past timetabled routes had more distant destinations to the south-west including Ilfracombe, Padstow and Plymouth. It is operated by South West Trains (SWT) and also served by Great Western Railway (GWR).
Three railway station sites have existed in Salisbury, owned by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) from 1847 and the Great Western Railway (GWR) from 1856, as well as two further railway stations at Wilton, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west.
The LSWR opened their Milford station on the Eastern side of the city on 1 March 1847, with the opening of their branch line from Southampton to passenger traffic. For nearly a decade this was the railway of the city until 30 June 1856 when the GWR opened a line from Westbury, and 1 May 1857 when the LSWR extended their main line from London to Andover.
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