Chetnole railway station

Chetnole railway station is a small rural station serving the village of Chetnole, Dorset, England. The station is on the Heart of Wessex Line 21¼ miles (34 km) north of Weymouth towards Westbury. The station is a request stop, meaning passengers wishing to board a train need to signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches.

Chetnole
Location
PlaceChetnole
Local authorityDorset
Coordinates50.8664°N 2.5730°W / 50.8664; -2.5730
Grid referenceST597075
Operations
Station codeCNO
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 2,334
2015/16 1,946
2016/17 2,598
2017/18 2,998
2018/19 3,090
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
11 September 1933Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chetnole from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
View from the platform of Chetnole Station, looking northbound towards Yeovil

History

The station was opened on 11 September 1933, being originally built of timber. This was replaced by a concrete structure, believed to be in the 1960s. The line was singled in 1968.

Services

Great Western Railway operate services between Gloucester and Weymouth via Bristol Temple Meads and Westbury (8 per day each way on weekdays and Saturdays, 3-5 each way on Sundays depending on the time of year). South Western Railway runs additional services between Weymouth and Yeovil Junction on Summer Saturdays.[1]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Yetminster   Great Western Railway
Heart of Wessex Line		   Maiden Newton
  South Western Railway
Yeovil Junction to Weymouth
(Summer only)		  

Notes
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

References
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.


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