Frome railway station

Frome
Location
Place	Frome
Local authority	Mendip, Somerset
Operations
Station code	FRO
Managed by	First Great Western
Platforms in use	1
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2005/06 *	93,407
History
Key dates	Opened 1850
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Frome from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Frome Station serves the town of Frome in Somerset. The station is operated by First Great Western. The station is 36 km (22¼ miles) south of Bath Spa on the Heart of Wessex Line. Frome station was opened in 1850 and is one of the oldest railway stations still in operation in Britain. The unusual station structure consists of a 120 by 48 foot (36.5 x 14.6 metres) timber roof. The station has two platforms, one of which is now unused due to the line being made into a single track, and benefits from a public address system. [1] The station is bypassed by through London-Exeter services as it is not situated on the mainline, but rather on its own single track branch line.

Services

The station is a quiet one as it is only normally served by Bristol to Weymouth trains, although there are now many other peak services to Bristol and Cardiff which originate and terminate at Frome. The station is now also served by a Class 180 'Adelante' train to London Paddington and back in the morning and evening peak.

External links

• Train times and station information for Frome railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Frome railway station from Multimap.com

Coordinates: 51°13′35″N 2°18′39″W / 51.2263, -2.3107