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]

Chetnole
General information
Location	Chetnole, Dorset England
Coordinates	50.8664°N 2.5730°W / 50.8664; -2.5730
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,[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

Bibliography

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• 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.

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