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The West of England Line diverges at Worting Junction, a short distance west of Basingstoke. Network Rail splits the line into two sections: the first section from the line's start at Worting Junction to Wilton Junction (near Salisbury) is classified as "London & SE commuter", while the section from Wilton Junction to Exeter is a "secondary" route.
The North-East/South-West route (sometimes simply The Cross-Country Route) is the major British rail route running from South West England or Cardiff via Bristol, Birmingham, Derby and Sheffield to North-East England and Scotland. It includes some of the longest inter-city rail journeys in the UK, e.g. Penzance to Aberdeen.
Cranbrook railway station serves the new town of Cranbrook near Exeter in Devon, England. [2] The station is on the West of England Main Line between Whimple and Pinhoe stations, 166 miles 15 chains (267.5 km) down the line from London Waterloo. [3] It is the newest station on the line, having opened in December 2015.
Flooding has hit two main lines in the West of England, the Derby-Nottingham route and trains in the Leeds area ... Further west, flooding on the line between Exeter and Plymouth is causing delays ...
The West of England line (WEL) is the only mainline route that is not fully electrified. [43] It leaves the SWML at Basingstoke and runs to Exeter via Andover, Salisbury, Gillingham and Yeovil. South Western Railway is the only operator on the line, with most services running between London and either Salisbury or Exeter St Davids.
Pinhoe railway station is a railway station located on the eastern edge of the city of Exeter in Devon, England, that serves the village of Pinhoe.It was opened by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1871, but is now operated by South Western Railway, which provides services on the West of England Main Line.
A diesel fleet was used for services on the West of England line to Salisbury, Exeter and Bristol, using the unelectrified track beyond Worting Junction just west of Basingstoke, and for Salisbury to Southampton via Romsey services which also served Eastleigh. By 2015, SWT was reportedly operating roughly 1,600 train services each day and ...
The section between Exeter St Davids and Exeter Central is shared with South Western Railway services on the West of England line to London Waterloo. [ 7 ] Between 2006 and 2020 it operated using Class 143 , 150 or 153 diesel multiple units (DMUs) either singly or in multiple.