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  | |
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| Location | Chetnole, Dorset England |
| Coordinates | 50.8664°N 2.5730°W |
| Grid reference | ST597075 |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CNO |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 11 September 1933 | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  1,946 |
| 2016/17 |  2,598 |
| 2017/18 | 2,998 |
| 2018/19 | 3,090 |
| 2019/20 | 2,720 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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) |
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Notes
- "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.
External links
- Station on navigable O.S. map
- Chetnole - Least Used Station in Dorset 2017 YouTube video by Geoff Marshall about the station.