Great Western Railway passengers across Wiltshire can now embark on a historic trip, thanks to a Windrose Rural Media Trust film project.
The Great Western Approaches Revisited project uses footage from 1909 to the 1990s and pertains to 24 stations across seven routes, including Westbury to Salisbury, Westbury to Bath and Taunton to Bristol.
Each film explores life as it once was, accessible via a QR code link on posters at the stations.
The project was inspired by the 1936 film, Great Western Approaches.
Windrose director Trevor Bailey said: "Long ago, the Great Western Railway saw the potential of film to promote its trains and the places they served.
"It has an extraordinary heritage and the modern GWR is proud to link past glories with today’s progress.
"We have a massive film archive of life in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire, which has largely been digitised.
"By scanning a QR code, viewers can select the route and station of their choice and find themselves in the past life of that community.
"These moving images are the nearest thing to living history that exists."
The project was funded by a grant from GWR's Customer and Community Improvement Fund, which supports small and medium rail-related projects completable within a year.
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