Westbury railway station
Westbury 
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View from the north
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| Location | |
| Place | Westbury |
| Local authority | Wiltshire |
| Coordinates | 51°15′59″N 2°11′58″W / 51.2665°N 2.1995°WCoordinates: 51°15′59″N 2°11′58″W / 51.2665°N 2.1995°W |
| Grid reference | ST861519 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WSB |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| 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 |
 0.454 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.467 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.487 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.529 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.544 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 5 September 1848 | Station opened as terminus of line from Chippenham |
| 7 October 1850 | Line extended to Frome |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Westbury from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Westbury railway station is a railway station serving the town of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway.
The station is a major junction, serving the Reading to Taunton line with services to and from Penzance and London Paddington, Wessex Main Line with services to and from Cardiff and Portsmouth, services to Swindon, Heart of Wessex Line providing local services from Bristol to Weymouth, and services to London Waterloo.
The buffet at Westbury appeared in a list of "highly commended" station cafes published in The Guardian in 2009.
The station was opened by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (WS&WR) on 5 September 1848, and was the initial terminus of the WS&WR line from Chippenham. This line was later extended to Frome, which opened on 7 October 1850. The Salisbury branch opened on 30 June 1856, whilst the opening of the line to Patney & Chirton in 1900 (along with that further west from Castle Cary to Cogload Junction six years later) completed the GWR's new main line from London Paddington to Taunton and beyond.
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