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Seend railway station

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Seend station and the entire Devizes Branch Line were closed under the
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made the line part of the fastest route from London to the
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After the completion of the Devizes line, the junction at
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Index

Seend
Wiltshire
51°21′21″N 2°05′44″W / 51.3557°N 2.0955°W / 51.3557; -2.0955
Grid reference
ST934618
Great Western Railway

Seend
Wiltshire
Devizes Branch Line
Semington
Bromham & Rowde
iron ore quarry and iron works
Seend Cleeve
Holt
West Country
Stert and Westbury Railway
Patney and Chirton station
Westbury
Beeching cuts
Devizes railway station
ISBN
1904349331
A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 4
Victoria County History
"Great Western Railway – Devizes Branch"
Bromham and Rowde Halt
Great Western Railway
Devizes Branch Line
Semington Halt

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