Dean railway station, also shown as Dean (Wilts), serves the village of West Dean in

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, England. The station is on the Wessex Main Line, from . Whilst the station building is in Wiltshire, the platforms straddle the county boundary with

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. South Western Railway (SWR) operates a regular service between

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and Southampton Central via Romsey. This runs hourly during the week, with a two-hourly service on Sundays, and uses two-car Class 158 units. As a result of the introduction of the SWR service, the number of Great Western Railway (GWR) trains between

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and

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that stop at Dean was reduced. Since October 2011, there have been no GWR trains stopping at Dean, and from April 2020 the management of the station was transferred from GWR to SWR.

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File:Dean (Wilts) railway station (geograph 5084878).jpg, Platforms looking west; note Hampshire signage on this part of the station File:Dean railway station towards Salisbury in 2008.jpg, Platforms looking east from the level crossing File:West Dean - Level Crossing - geograph.org.uk - 995505.jpg, SWT train crosses the level crossing into the station

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* Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations in Hampshire Railway stations in Wiltshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railway stations served by South Western Railway 1847 establishments in England DfT Category F2 stations {{SouthWestEngland-railstation-stub