General information | |||||
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Location | Frome, Mendip England | ||||
Coordinates | 51°13′35″N 2°18′39″W / 51.2263°N 2.3107°W | ||||
Grid reference | ST784476 | ||||
Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | FRO | ||||
Classification | DfT category D | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
7 October 1850 | Opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 0.208 million | ||||
Interchange | 898 | ||||
2020/21 | 47,914 | ||||
Interchange | 194 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.166 million | ||||
Interchange | 719 | ||||
2022/23 | 0.207 million | ||||
Interchange | 394 | ||||
2023/24 | 0.255 million | ||||
Interchange | 1,899 | ||||
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Frome railway station serves a largely rural area of the county of Somerset in England, and is situated in the town of Frome. The station is located on a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long branch line which loops off the main line railway, which carries services on both the Reading to Taunton line and Bristol to Weymouth route. Most of the trains which take the loop line in order to serve Frome station are on the Bristol to Weymouth route, and most trains on the Reading to Taunton line by-pass the station on the main line. The station is 22.25 miles (36 km) south of Bath Spa on the Bristol to Weymouth line, it is owned by Network Rail and is operated by Great Western Railway.