Dorchester West railway station
| General information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Dorchester, Dorset England | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°42′40″N 2°26′35″W / 50.711°N 2.443°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SY688902 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | DCW | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 20 January 1857 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 93,662 | ||||
| Interchange | 48 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 22,134 | ||||
| Interchange | 3 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 66,992 | ||||
| Interchange | 23 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 82,196 | ||||
| Interchange | 43 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 89,732 | ||||
| Interchange | 37 | ||||
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Dorchester West is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Dorchester in Dorset, England, the other is Dorchester South. It is managed by Great Western Railway, which also operates all services that stop here. The station is located on the Heart of Wessex Line between Castle Cary and Weymouth, at the southern end of a single track section from Maiden Newton. It is sited 161.63 mi (260.12 km) from London Paddington, via Swindon and Westbury. The line becomes double at the station and remains so to just before nearby Dorchester Junction, where the line joins the South West Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth.