Dorchester West train station
You can reach 23 stations directly from Dorchester West on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bruton, with 17 trains a day.
See Dorchester West on the map
Dorchester West is the nearest station for postcodes in DT1, DT2. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Dorchester West
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruton | 17 | 16 | 12 |
| Castle Cary | 18 | 17 | 12 |
| Chetnole | 17 | 16 | 12 |
| Frome | 18 | 17 | 12 |
| Maiden Newton | 18 | 17 | 12 |
| Thornford | 17 | 16 | 12 |
| Weymouth | 18 | 17 | 12 |
| Westbury | 18 | 17 | 12 |
| Yetminster | 18 | 17 | 12 |
| Yeovil Pen Mill | 18 | 17 | 12 |
| Trowbridge | 16 | 16 | 11 |
| Upwey | 18 | 17 | 11 |
| Avoncliff | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 16 | 16 | 8 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 16 | 16 | 8 |
| Bath Spa | 16 | 16 | 8 |
| Freshford | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Keynsham | 16 | 16 | 8 |
| Oldfield Park | 16 | 16 | 8 |
| Chippenham | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Melksham | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Swindon | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cardiff Central | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Filton Abbey Wood | 12 | 13 | 1 |
| Newport | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lines serving Dorchester West
Dorchester West is on the Heart of Wessex Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Dorchester West station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Dorchester West station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Dorchester West station is
96,844 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,776th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Dorchester West and London Waterloo than any other pair: 22,344 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.
Nearest other stations
- Dorchester South 0.3 miles
- Upwey 4.4 miles
- Moreton 5.7 miles
- Weymouth 6.6 miles
- Maiden Newton 7.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Dorchester West, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Monkton and Came Halt · 1.2 miles
- Bradford Peverell & Stratton Halt · 2.9 miles
- Upwey Wishing Well Halt · 3.3 miles
- Grimstone and Frampton · 3.9 miles
- Upwey railway station (Abbotsbury Railway) · 4.3 miles
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Facilities at Dorchester West station
Dorchester West is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 February 2026.
Getting to Dorchester West station
Dorchester West station is in Dorset, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Dorchester West.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Dorchester West station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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