Heart of Wessex Line

The Heart of Wessex Line, also known as the Bristol to Weymouth line, is a United Kingdom railway line that runs from Bristol to Westbury to Weymouth. It diverges from the Wessex Main Line at Westbury, and follows the course of the Reading to Taunton line as far as Castle Cary.

Places served
The cities, towns and villages served by this route are listed below:
 * Bristol
 * Keynsham
 * Bath
 * Freshford
 * Avoncliff
 * Bradford on Avon
 * Trowbridge
 * Westbury
 * Wessex Main Line continues to Southampton
 * Frome
 * Bruton
 * Castle Cary
 * Reading to Taunton line continues to Taunton
 * Yeovil
 * Thornford
 * Yetminster
 * Chetnole
 * Maiden Newton
 * Dorchester
 * Upwey
 * Weymouth

Operator
Passenger services are currently operated by First Great Western. Most services originate from Bristol Temple Meads, or from Westbury. However, some services originate from towns and cities beyond Bristol such as Gloucester, Cheltenham and Great Malvern.

Rolling stock
Services are provided on Sprinter diesel multiple unit trains built during the late 1980s and 1990s, typically of 2 or 3 coach Class 150, with some Class 158 trains. During the summers of 2008 - 2010 an additional southbound morning and northbound evening train were added to the Saturday timetable to cope with demand between the cities and the seaside resort of Weymouth. This consists of five British Railways Mark 2 coaches hauled by a modern Class 67 (or, on special occasions, 1960s Class 37) diesel locomotive. Outside of, amongst others, the InterCity 125 trains, this is one of the few remaining diesel locomotive hauled regular scheduled services left in Britain.