Savernake Low Level railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Burbage |
| Area | Wiltshire |
| Grid reference | SU236632 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Berks and Hants Extension Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 3 |
| History | |
| 11 November 1862 | Opened as Savernake |
| 1 July 1924 | Renamed Savernake Low Level |
| 11 September 1961 | Renamed Savernake for Marlborough |
| 18 April 1966 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Savernake Low Level railway station was a station on the Berks and Hants Extension Railway, near the village of Burbage in Wiltshire, England. It was open from 1862 until 1966.
The Berks and Hants Extension Railway, which ran from Hungerford to Devizes, opened on 11 November 1862, and the station named Savernake was opened with the line. It was situated between Bedwyn and Pewsey stations, about 0.6 miles (1 km) northeast of the village of Burbage where the line passed under the road to Durley. The site is directly above the Bruce Tunnel which carries the Kennet and Avon Canal.
There was a goods station at Burbage Wharf, about three-quarters of a mile to the west, providing an interchange between the railway, the canal and the road to Marlborough. This was closed in 1947.
On 15 April 1864, the Marlborough Railway opened its short branch line to Marlborough, which was operated by the Great Western and then taken over by it, and Savernake became a junction.
When the Reading to Taunton line was created and the Stert to Westbury cut-off opened in 1900, the platforms at Savernake were lengthened, the footbridge roofed and brick waiting rooms provided on the down platform. Until 1916, Savernake then had six trains a day, plus up to six slip coaches from Paddington, the fastest covering the 70 mi (110 km) to Savernake in 75 minutes. In the 1950s Savernake had ten trains a day on the main line, seven to Marlborough and two other Midland and South Western Junction Railway trains.
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