Dorchester South railway station
You can reach 37 stations directly from Dorchester South on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bournemouth, with 67 trains a day.
See Dorchester South on the map
Address: DT1 1QX
Direct trains from Dorchester South
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Hamworthy | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Poole | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Weymouth | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Wareham | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Southampton Central | 62 | 63 | 30 |
| Brockenhurst | 58 | 64 | 30 |
| Southampton Airport Parkway | 56 | 60 | 28 |
| Winchester | 56 | 59 | 28 |
| London Waterloo | 55 | 59 | 28 |
| Wool | 49 | 44 | 32 |
| Branksome | 47 | 40 | 32 |
| Parkstone | 47 | 40 | 32 |
| Moreton | 45 | 43 | 32 |
| Upwey | 43 | 41 | 32 |
| Holton Heath | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Basingstoke | 32 | 31 | 28 |
| Woking | 32 | 34 | 28 |
| Christchurch | 27 | 35 | 17 |
| New Milton | 27 | 35 | 30 |
| Pokesdown | 27 | 35 | 17 |
| Clapham Junction | 25 | 30 | 28 |
| Hinton Admiral | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Sway | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Totton | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| Ashurst New Forest | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Eastleigh | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Shawford | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Fleet | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Farnborough (Main) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Beaulieu Road | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brookwood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hook | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Micheldever | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Surbiton | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wimbledon | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Winchfield | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How busy Dorchester South is
466,422 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 902nd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 562 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Dorchester South and Weymouth than any other pair: 95,622 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 29 stations instead of 37, a drop of about 22%. Saturday runs to 36.
Nearest other stations
- Dorchester West 0.3 miles
- Upwey 4.4 miles
- Moreton 5.4 miles
- Weymouth 6.5 miles
- Maiden Newton 7.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Dorchester South, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Monkton and Came Halt · 1.2 miles
- Bradford Peverell & Stratton Halt · 3.2 miles
- Upwey Wishing Well Halt · 3.3 miles
- Grimstone and Frampton · 4.2 miles
- Upwey railway station (Abbotsbury Railway) · 4.3 miles
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More about this station on Wikipedia.