| Restricted Access to the Railway Station | |
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Westbury station is really big on the tracks. Two principal main lines, plus local lines, meet here. Yet there is only one way in by road to this big railway junction - through Station Road. Wiltshire County Council proposes to cut the traffic in Station Road by 96%. In practice, this is to be contrived by putting restrictions on this road. So effectively choking off access to the railway and the businesses in Station Road. According to its own policy, the County Council is meant to be improving access to the railway. A road to rail freight terminal has been planned, alongside the extensive sidings at Westbury station. The present entrances to the station are small side-streets off pathetically-inadequate mini-roundabouts which impede or prevent heavy goods vehicles or large buses/coaches from getting in and out. A western access road (as described on this site) to the station and freight sidings could resolve all of this. |
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