Trains to Swindon - Station Details and further Information on Swindon Train Services
Swindon train station is in the town of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The station entrance is on Station Road, to the south of the line. It is approximately 200 metres from the central bus station and the town centre. It is served by First Great Western services from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads, Cardiff Central and the rest of South Wales.
Swindon is a major junction, where the former Great Western Railway line to Gloucester and Cheltenham, the Great Western Main Line to Bristol Temple Meads and the Great Western Railway route to Bristol Parkway and South Wales diverge.
The station consists of an island platform containing a buffet, small shop and waiting room. Adjacent to the main entrance is a booking office. Access to the platforms is through a subway and stairs or lifts. Platform 4 opened in 2003 on the location of the former parcels siding to improve operational flexibility. It contains a coffee shop and waiting room.
Ticket barriers are in the main entrance subway and at the foot of the access stairs, adjacent to the Research Council buildings on the north side of the line. The barriers are in place to prevent access to the platforms without a valid ticket. Unfortunately the barriers mean that the station is no longer a through route across the line.
The station has a half hourly service to both Bristol and Cardiff westbound on the main lines, with hourly extensions (and peak extras) to Swansea on the latter. These combine to give four trains each hour to Reading and London throughout the day, with a fifth service every second hour from Gloucester. Some westbound Bristol trains continue onwards to Weston-super-Mare or to Taunton, Exeter & Plymouth, whilst there is a single through train each day to Carmarthen via Swansea.
There is a basic hourly service on the Golden Valley Line to Gloucester & Cheltenham Spa, with alternate trains running to/from London. There are also two trains per day from here to Westbury via Melksham (which continue to Southampton on Mondays to Fridays only).
On Sundays, the service is hourly on both main line routes, either hourly or two-hourly to Cheltenham depending on the time of day and a single train to and from Westbury. |