Measures include increasing wheelchair ramps to platforms, new lighting and better crossing facilities.

Hearing loops will also be installed, floors levelled, anti-slip coatings applied and parking bays marked.

Bradford-on-Avon, Westbury, Gloucester, Bridgwater, Castle Cary, Warminster, Frome and Bath Spa will all benefit.

Working with local authorities and Network Rail, First Great Western is matching funds from the Department for Transport's 'Access for All' Small Schemes project, aimed at improving national rail access.

Allan Creedy, Local Transport Plan Manager for Wiltshire County Council said they were pleased to have secured "valuable funding" through the 'ccess for All scheme.

"We are keen to explore other opportunities for similar improvements at Wiltshire stations," he said.