chippenham railway station is on the great western main line and is served by services between "london paddington" and the west country via "bristol temple meads" or , and is famous for its railway arches and other buildings engineered by isambard kingdom brunel as part of the "great western railway" development. it is served by main line services and a smaller service to via melksham, westbury and salisbury. it is now mostly electrified to make train times faster from london to the west country (less than an hour from paddington), the chippenham to bath and bristol section having been indefinitely deferred in 2016.