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Woodborough
Woodborough
	Woodborough Sidings, the site of the former station
General information
Location	Woodborough, Wiltshire; England
Coordinates	51°20′07″N 1°51′04″W / 51.33516°N 1.85106°W
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1862	Opened
1966	Closed

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Woodborough railway station is a former railway station in Woodborough, Wiltshire, UK on the Reading to Taunton line. The line opened in 1862, providing a link to Devizes. The station closed in 1966 as part of the Beeching cuts. Today the line is still in use and the station's sidings remain in place.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Woodborough". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
^ Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. The Dovecote Press. p. 148. ISBN 1904349331.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Manningford Halt Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Berks and Hants Railway		Patney and Chirton Line open, station closed

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[Wilts_history-1] "Woodborough". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

[2] Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. The Dovecote Press. p. 148. ISBN 1904349331.

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+| borough             = [[Woodborough, Wiltshire|Woodborough]], [[Wiltshire]]
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+| years               = {{Start date|1862|df=yes}}
+| events              = Opened<ref name="Wilts history">{{cite web| url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/254| access-date=2013-08-13| title=Woodborough| work=Wiltshire Community History| publisher=Wiltshire Council}}</ref>
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-[[Category:Railway stations closed in 1966]]
+[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966]]
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v t e Closed railway stations in Wiltshire
Bristol and North Somerset Railway	Midford Halt Monkton Combe Halt Limpley Stoke
Salisbury branch line	Heytesbury Codford Wylye Langford Wishford Wilton North
Devizes branch line	Semington Halt Seend Bromham and Rowde Halt Devizes Pans Lane Halt
Reading–Taunton line	Patney and Chirton Woodborough Manningford Halt Wootton Rivers Halt Savernake Low Level
Chippenham and Calne line	Stanley Bridge Halt Black Dog Halt Calne
Midland and South Western Junction Railway	Cricklade Moredon Halt Rushey Platt Swindon Town Chiseldon Chiseldon Camp Ogbourne Marlborough Low Level Marlborough High Level Savernake High Level Grafton and Burbage Collingbourne Kingston Halt Collingbourne Ludgershall Tidworth
Great Western Main Line	Box Box (Mill Lane) Halt Corsham Christian Malford Halt Dauntsey Wootton Bassett Junction Wootton Bassett Road Stratton Park Halt
Highworth branch line	Stratton Stanton Hannington Highworth
Golden Valley line	Oaksey Halt Minety and Ashton Keynes Purton
Wessex Main Line	Lacock Halt Beanacre Halt Broughton Gifford Halt Holt Junction Staverton Halt
Bulford Camp branch	Bulford Amesbury Newton Tony
South Wales Main Line	Hullavington Little Somerford Brinkworth Great Somerford
West of England line	Dinton Idmiston Halt Porton Semley Wilton South
Other lines	Downton Edington and Bratton Fovant Lavington Malmesbury Milford
Railway Stations in Wiltshire Disused Railway Stations in Wiltshire