Chetnole Station, looking north towards Yeovil

Chetnole railway station is a small rural station serving the village of

Chetnole Chetnole is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies approximately south-southwest of Sherborne and southeast of Yeovil in Somerset. It is sited on Oxford clay by the small Wriggle River at the western end ...

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...

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. The station is on the

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21¼ miles (34 km) north of Weymouth towards Westbury, and from the zero point at

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, measured via

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and Westbury.

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.

Facilities

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

Services

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

operate services between

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and Weymouth via and (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 and

Yeovil Junction Yeovil Junction railway station is the busier, but less central, of two railway stations serving the town of Yeovil in England. The station is outside the town, in the village of Stoford. Although Yeovil is in Somerset, the station was in Dor ...

on Summer Saturdays. The station is a

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, meaning passengers wishing to board a train need to signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches.

References

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External links

Station on navigable O.S. map

Chetnole - Least Used Station in Dorset
2017 YouTube video by Geoff Marshall about the station. Railway stations in Dorset Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1933 Railway stations served by Great Western Railway Railway request stops in Great Britain DfT Category F2 stations {{SouthWestEngland-railstation-stub