Chetnole railway station

Chetnole
Location
Place	Chetnole
Local authority	West Dorset
Coordinates	50°51′59″N 2°34′23″W / 50.8664°N 2.5730°W / 50.8664; -2.5730Coordinates: 50°51′59″N 2°34′23″W / 50.8664°N 2.5730°W / 50.8664; -2.5730
Grid reference	ST597075
Operations
Station code	CNO
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12	2,204
2012/13	2,358
2013/14	2,398
2014/15	2,334
2015/16	1,946
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
1933	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chetnole from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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.

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 singled 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 West Trains runs an additional service running once on a Saturday between Weymouth and Yeovil Junction operating on Summer Saturdays.^[1]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Maiden Newton		Great Western Railway Heart of Wessex Line		Yetminster
		South West Trains Heart of Wessex Line (Saturdays Only)

Notes

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