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A new station on the outskirts of Devizes will soon offer people the chance to revisit what was once an integral part of the market town. Devizes railway station – on the branch line between Holt Junction to Patney & Chirton Junction - operated between 1857 and 1966. The Reading-Hungerford line was quickly extended in 1862 westward via Pewsey to Devizes, reaching the station through a tunnel under Devizes Castle, in what proved to be the busiest period for the Devizes station. The line was entirely closed in 1966, and now there is little trace of what once was a bustling rail community. Tracks were pulled up, station buildings demolished and the line s tunnel beneath Devizes Castle bricked up at one end. ....