Corsham Station site from Potley Lane Bridge Photo Trevor Porter A NEW funding bid for train stations in Corsham and Wilton have been submitted to the Department for Transport. Wiltshire Council have bid for funding to develop feasibility studies for the two proposed stations as part of the DfT’s Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund. The proposed new two platform station for Corsham would connect the Great Western Main Line with potential links to London Paddington, Bristol, Swindon and Reading. It would also reduce traffic in the town as it would provide easy access to and from the MOD Corsham site, according to the council.
The DDP team (photo taken before lockdown) One of the team members behind Devizes s future station has spoken of the three main aims for the service moving forward. The town is the largest in the county without its own personal set of working rails for the public, a problem that the Devizes Development Partnership (DDP) have been working to change. The Department for Transport (Dft) have now agreed to fund a study into the potential for a new rail station called Devizes Gateway, which about 3.4 miles from Devizes Market Place, close to Lydeway. A feasibility study into the rail station is well underway, and now a survey has been launched to understand the views of people and businesses across the Devizes Community Area.