The Heart of Wessex Line
The Heart of Wessex Line runs for 32.9 miles between Castle Cary and Dorchester West, serving 7 stations, with a top line speed of 75 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 32.9 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 34 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 7 |
| Top line speed | 75 mph |
| Passengers a year | 655,246 entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Castle Cary354,740 a year
- Yeovil Pen Mill169,742 a year
- Thornford2,312 a year
- Yetminster7,088 a year
- Chetnole2,638 a year
- Maiden Newton21,882 a year
- Dorchester West96,844 a year
The busiest station on the line is Castle Cary, 354,740 entries and exits a year and 1067th busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.