Chippenham station serves the eponymous Wiltshire town and lies on the line between Swindon and Bath.
The approach to the station:
The canopy and globe lamps on the front of the station:
The entrance to the station, to the left of the main building:
Somewhat oddly, the station building backs on to a now-disused platform:
A cafe in the main station building backs onto the disused platform:
Access to the ticket office from the disused platform:
Looking east along the trackbed from the end of the disused platform:
At the western end of the disused platform is a footbridge crossing the entire station:
The supports of the bridge on the central platform:
From this bridge, looking east at the station complex:
Looking west:
The footbridge, accessed from steps next to the ticket hall entrance/exit:
The island platform 1 seen from the disused platform:
The end of the canopy on platforms 1 and 2:
Looking west towards the station building from platform 1:
Platform 2:
The footbridge crosses the tracks to the car park on the opposite side of the station:
This building in the station forecourt was used as a site office by Brunel:
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