Classic route
West of England line
London → Exeter · England
The other way to Exeter: from Waterloo by Woking and Basingstoke, then west by Andover, Salisbury, Sherborne and Yeovil Junction, much of it on single track, to Exeter Central and down to St Davids, reached in 1862.
- Distance
- 276 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 56 min
- Average speed
- 70 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmLondon Waterloo +1
- 6 kmClapham Junction +2
- 39 kmWoking
- 77 kmBasingstoke +1
- 107 kmAndover
- 134 kmSalisbury +1
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- 154 kmTisbury
- 169 kmGillingham
- 180 kmTemplecombe
- 190 kmSherborne
- 197 kmYeovil Junction
- 211 kmCrewkerne
- 232 kmAxminster
- 249 kmHoniton
- 256 kmFeniton
- 262 kmWhimple
- 267 kmCranbrook
- 271 kmPinhoe
- 275 kmExeter Central +5
- 277 kmExeter St Davids +5
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8846254: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of South Western Railway
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the West of England line?
The West of England line runs 276 km from London to Exeter.
How long does the West of England line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 56 min for the 276 km. That is an average of 70 km/h end to end.
Who runs the West of England line?
South Western Railway.
How old is the West of England line?
The line has been in service since 1862. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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