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 | |
| 2016/17 |  2,598 |
| 2017/18 | 2,998 |
| 2018/19 | 3,090 |
| 2019/20 |  2,720 |
| 2020/21 | 460 |
| 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 converted to a single track 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.