Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station

Coordinates: 51°02′02″N 1°32′49″W / 51.0339°N 1.5469°W / 51.0339; -1.5469

Mottisfont & Dunbridge National Rail
Location
Place Dunbridge
Local authority Test Valley
Grid reference SU318261
Operations
Station code DBG
Managed by Great Western Railway
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 25,986
2013/14 Increase 28,854
2014/15 Decrease 27,366
2015/16 Increase 29,792
2016/17 Decrease 29,778
History
1 March 1847 Opened as Dunbridge
15 May 1988 Renamed Mottisfont Dunbridge
29 May 1994 Renamed Dunbridge
2006 Renamed Mottisfont & Dunbridge
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mottisfont & Dunbridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station serves the village of Dunbridge in Hampshire, England. It is on the Wessex Main Line, 84 miles 21 chains (135.6 km) measured from London Waterloo. It is the closest railway station to Mottisfont Abbey and the village of Mottisfont, and the station was renamed Mottisfont & Dunbridge in 2006 to reflect this, having been previously known simply as Dunbridge. Mottisfont previously had a station of its own on the Andover to Romsey line, known as the Sprat and Winkle Line, but this closed on 7 September 1964 under the Beeching Axe.[1]

From 9 December 2007 a new service began to serve Mottisfont & Dunbridge. It operates from Salisbury to Soutahmpton Central, via Romsey. South Western Railway operates the service utilising 2-car Class 158 units. Mottisfont & Dunbridge has a roughly hourly service; a vast improvement over the previous frequency. As a result of this Great Western Railway no longer serves the station, although As of October 2017 the station still carries full FGW branding. According to station usage statistics Mottisfont & Dunbridge is the second least frequently used station in Hampshire, with only Beaulieu Road having fewer passengers.

Services

Although the station is managed by Great Western Railway all services are operated by South Western Railway running an hourly service between Romsey and Salisbury via Southampton Central.[2] This also runs on Sundays, on a two-hourly frequency each way.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Dean   South Western Railway
Salisbury-Romsey (via Southampton)		   Romsey

References

  1. ↑ Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (May 1973) [1964]. Passengers No More (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-0438-2. OCLC 2554248. 1513 CEC 573.
  2. ↑ Table 158 National Rail timetable, May 2016


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