Westbury is on the A350 follow signs to the station.
Trains direct from London, Bristol, Cardiff, Swindon, south coast and southwest + many others.
Parking £1.90 all day. (After 10am)
Buffet on 2/3 a little pricey but a reasonable selection of snacks.
Toilets on 2/3
Two quite big yards with an 08 shunter.. Network rail, DBS & Colas have depots.
A good selection of heavy haul loco's 59/0, 59/1, 59/2,66's,70/8 + 43's & DMU's can be seen.
Westbury town centre is close by for pubs, fast food, convenience stores.

Nothing really changed since 2005.

However to gain views of the Down Yard follow the road that leads from the car park adjacent to the yard.

Some workings are known to take the avoider....in the main this is IETs that pass in each direction just after the hour...but can include some stone workings if it is not necessary to access the station area for a crew change.

These can be viewed by leaving the station and walking down to the Railway Inn...here you can get well priced food and drinks and sit in the pub garden to view the passing trains...the pub is run by a local DB driver and his family.

Colas have a small depot and this can be viewed from the end of the station platform which is being extended to take you even closer to their stabling area....DB have a train crew depot so their engines are present but this will change in November 2019 when Freightliner take over all the stone workings from Merehead and Whatley Quarries.

This will greatly diminish the DB presence in the area....no reduction in trains...in fact this may increase as Freightliner are proposing more trains of smaller length so they do not have to access and split workings in Acton Yard...which is owned by DB.

Martin Harrison..5th May 2019

ON ARRIVAL
parking in the station car park is £2 all day

FACILITIES

toilets are on platform 2 and 3 as is the buffet this was open from 7 am onwards and was not too bad

TOWN CENTRE
about 20 mins walk has a chippy and greggs and a few other shops

PUB

turn left out of the station and its at the end of the approach 5 mins walking

TRAINS

i found the end of platform 2 nearest the yards best for photos after noticing a few trains sneak into the yard and never reach the station best time is after 11 am and up till 5 pm as the 59's start to work in at around lunchtime

CLASS REVIEW

you can see 08's 47's 59/0's 59/1's 59/2's 60's 66's 153's 158's 170's 180's 150/2's and hst's as a rule but you never no whats round the corner as i saw 2 x 31's whilst i was there

POINTERS

IF TRAVELLING BY CAR

i found didcot on the way home between 16:30 and 20:00 very busy just follow the A350 then pick up the M4 toowards swindon till you reach the A34 or if going south eastleigh isnt too far down the A36