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<table><tbody><tr><th><ul><li>v</li><li>t</li><li>e</li></ul>Devizes Branch</th></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"> <table><tbody><tr><td><a href="/facts/Wessex_Main_Line/GlcUYByo">Wessex Main Line</a></td></tr><tr><td>to <a href="/facts/Trowbridge_railway_station/5Qj3IyEm">Trowbridge</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Holt_Junction_railway_station/uLw3Kl1h">Holt Junction</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"> <table><tbody><tr><td><a href="/facts/Wessex_Main_Line/GlcUYByo">Wessex Main Line</a></td></tr><tr><td>to <a href="/facts/Melksham_railway_station/YCjnlX4b">Melksham</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Semington_Halt_railway_station/kteGm7Bp">Semington Halt</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Seend_railway_station/cVnSJsND">Seend</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Bromham_and_Rowde_Halt_railway_station/Usu9IR34">Bromham and Rowde Halt</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Devizes_railway_station/l1KsBs32">Devizes</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pans_Lane_Halt_railway_station/gml50IS9">Pans Lane Halt</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"> <table><tbody><tr><td><a href="/facts/Reading_to_Taunton_Line/N5IxAH7B">Reading to Taunton Line</a></td></tr><tr><td>to <a href="/facts/Westbury_railway_station/LKpv4cbY">Westbury</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Patney_and_Chirton_railway_station/vkyEtqbG">Patney and Chirton</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"> <table><tbody><tr><td><a href="/facts/Reading_to_Taunton_Line/N5IxAH7B">Reading to Taunton Line</a></td></tr><tr><td>to <a href="/facts/Pewsey_railway_station/l2A5cSqK">Pewsey</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Devizes branch line was a railway line from <a href="/facts/Holt_Junction_railway_station/uLw3Kl1h">Holt Junction</a> (south-west of Melksham) to <a href="/facts/Patney_and_Chirton_railway_station/vkyEtqbG">Patney and Chirton</a> (south-east of <a href="/facts/Devizes/I2uY5lfV">Devizes</a>), in Wiltshire, England. It was named after Devizes, the largest town on the line. The branch was opened by the <a href="/facts/Great_Western_Railway/dFDmbH3d">Great Western Railway</a> in 1857, and from 1862 when the Reading-Hungerford line reached Devizes it became part of the shortest route from London to the <a href="/facts/West_Country/6tILf1Lq">West Country</a>. Those services were re-routed in 1900, and the line closed in 1966. </p>