Chetnole railway station

Coordinates: 50°51′59″N 2°34′23″W / 50.8664°N 2.5730°W

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Chetnole

General information

Location

Chetnole, Dorset
England

Coordinates

50°51′59″N 2°34′23″W / 50.8664°N 2.5730°W

Grid reference

ST597075

Managed by

Great Western Railway

Platforms

Other information

Station code

CNO

Classification

DfT category F2

History

Original company

Great Western Railway

Key dates

11 September 1933

Opened

Passengers

2019/20

2,720

2020/21

460

2021/22

1,768

2022/23

2,048

2023/24

2,238

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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, and 147.5 miles (237.4 kilometres) from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Swindon and Westbury.^[1]

History

The station was opened on 11 September 1933,^[2] being originally built of timber. This was replaced by a concrete structure, believed to be in the 1960s.^{[by whom?]} The line was converted to a single track in 1968.^{[citation needed]}

Facilities

Chetnole only has the most basic facilities, being a small waiting area (including a payphone),^[3] a help point, bike racks and some information boards including timetable posters. There is no step-free access.^[4]

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 used to run additional services between Weymouth and Yeovil Junction on Summer Saturdays.^[5] The station is a request stop, meaning passengers wishing to board a train need to signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Yetminster		Great Western Railway Heart of Wessex Line		Maiden Newton

References

^ Jacobs, Gerald (2005). Railway Track Diagrams, Book 3: Western. Bradford-on-Avon: Trackmaps. pp. 18A.
^ "Chetnole". Dorset Stations. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ Marshall, Geoff (30 September 2017). "Chetnole - Least Used Station in Dorset". youtube.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)