Swindon Railway Station
Swindon railway station is on the Great Western Main Line in South West England, serving the town of Swindon, Wiltshire. The station is 77 miles 23 chains down the line from the zero point at London Paddington and lies between Didcot Parkway and Chippenham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “SWI”, “Swindon railway station”, and “Swindon Station”
- Address: Swindon, SN1 1BY
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Great Western Hotel and Museum of the Great Western Railway.
The Great Western Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Martin Corey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Great Western Hotel is situated 410 feet southeast of Swindon Railway Station.
Museum of the Great Western Railway
Museum
Photo: BazzaDaRambler, CC BY 2.0.
STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, also known as Swindon Steam Railway Museum, is housed in part of the former railway works in Swindon, England – Wiltshire's 'railway town'. The 6,500-square-metre museum opened in 2000. Museum of the Great Western Railway is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Swindon Railway Station.
Swindon Mechanics’ Institute
Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Swindon Mechanics' Institute is a Grade II* listed building in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It is located in the railway village area, which is today part of a conservation area. The Swindon Mechanics' Institute served workers from the Swindon Railway Works. Swindon Mechanics’ Institute is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Swindon Railway Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swindon and Rodbourne.
Swindon
Photo: Fanvonangelie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, south west England, that is known for its railway-town heritage and links with the British railway system in which it played a central part during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Rodbourne
Suburb
Rodbourne is a suburb of Swindon in Wiltshire, England, north of the town centre and about 0.9 miles northwest of Swindon railway station. It includes an area formerly called Even Swindon.
Okus
Suburb
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Okus is a suburb of Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. It is south of the town centre and is home to the Commonweal School, a secondary school with academy status.
Swindon Railway Station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Swindon, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.56565° or 51° 33′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.78588° or 1° 47′ 9″ westElevation
338 feet (103 metres)Operator
Great Western RailwayNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“SWI”IATA airport code
XWSOpen location code
9C3WH687+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 104734OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Swindon Railway Station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Swindon”
- Dutch: “Station Swindon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة سويندون”
- French: “gare de Swindon”
- French: “Gare de Swindon”
- French: “Swindon”
- German: “Bahnhof Swindon”
- Italian: “stazione di Swindon”
- Italian: “Stazione di Swindon”
- Japanese: “スウィンドン駅”
- Polish: “Swindon”
- Romanian: “gara Swindon”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Swindon”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Swindon Railway Station”. Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.