Dilton Marsh Railway Station (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dilton Marsh railway station is a railway station serving the village of Dilton Marsh in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. The station is located on the Wessex Main Line between Bristol Temple Meads and Southampton Central railway station 23 miles north of Salisbury. First Great Western operate local services between Bristol and the South Coast which call at Dilton Marsh, the station is also operated by them. The Great Western Railway opened "Dilton Marsh Halt" on 1 June 1937. The wooden platforms were 300 feet long and were provided with small wooden shelters; the construction cost 1,134. Being a "halt" there were no staff to sell tickets, but a sign directed would-be passengers to the "7th house up the hill" where Mrs H. Roberts sold tickets from her home. She had sold tickets on a commission basis since 1947.