Wool railway station

Wool
Location
Place Wool
Local authority Purbeck
Grid reference SY845869
Operations
Station code WOO
Managed by South West Trains
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 139,162
2005/06 * 141,556
2006/07 * 151,192
2007/08 * 167,369
History
Original company Southampton and Dorchester Railway
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
1 June 1847 (1847-06-01) Station opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wool from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Wool railway station serves the village of Wool in Dorset, England. It is on the South Western Main Line between London Waterloo and Weymouth.

History

When the Southampton and Dorchester Railway (S&DR) was opened on 1 June 1847 Wool was one of the original stations on the line.[1][2] The line was originally built with a single track but no telegraph, with the result that there was a head-on collision between Wool and Wareham on 27 September 1847; casualties were light.[3] The S&DR was amalgamated into the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) on 11 October 1848, and that company doubled the line in stages: the section from Wimborne to Wool was doubled on 1 June 1863, and the double track was extended from Wool to Dorchester on 1 August 1863.[4] In 1960, the station was allocated a camping coach converted from a Pullman car, which was fitted with a full kitchen, two sleeping compartments and a room with two single beds.[5]

Services

There is one train per hour in each direction, operated by South West Trains.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Wareham   South West Trains
South Western Main Line		   Moreton

References

  1. ^ Williams, R.A. (1968). The London & South Western Railway, volume 1: The Formative Years. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 62. ISBN 0 7153 4188 X. 
  2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 255. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 
  3. ^ Williams 1968, pp. 63–64
  4. ^ Williams 1968, p. 65
  5. ^ "Pullman Cars as Camping Coaches". Railway Magazine 107 (711): 449–450. July 1960. 
Railway stations in Dorset
Exeter to London:
Sherborne • Templecombe (Somerset) • Gillingham
Weymouth to London:
Weymouth to Bristol:
Heart of Wessex Line
Heritage Railways
North Dorset Railway
Swanage Railway:
Purbeck Line