Sherborne train station
You can reach 23 stations directly from Sherborne on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Gillingham, with 35 trains a day.
Sherborne is the nearest station for postcodes in DT9. Check your own postcode.
- 23 direct destinations
- 1,380th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free in part
- 79 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Sherborne
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillingham | 35 | 36 | 38 |
| Salisbury | 35 | 36 | 2 |
| Tisbury | 35 | 36 | 2 |
| Templecombe | 35 | 36 | 38 |
| Yeovil Junction | 35 | 36 | 38 |
| Andover | 32 | 30 | 2 |
| Basingstoke | 32 | 30 | 2 |
| London Waterloo | 32 | 30 | 1 |
| Clapham Junction | 27 | 30 | 1 |
| Axminster | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Cranbrook | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Crewkerne | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Exeter Central | 16 | 18 | 15 |
| Exeter St Davids | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Feniton | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Honiton | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Pinhoe | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Whimple | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Grateley | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| Overton | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| Whitchurch | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| Woking | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Yeovil Pen Mill | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Lines serving Sherborne
Sherborne is on the West of England Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Sherborne station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Sherborne 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 Sherborne station is
207,354 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,380th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Sherborne and London Waterloo than any other pair: 66,486 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.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Sherborne gains 4 destinations including Bruton, Castle Cary, Frome, Westbury.
Nearest other stations
- Thornford 3.7 miles
- Yetminster 4.3 miles
- Yeovil Pen Mill 4.4 miles
- Yeovil Junction 4.5 miles
- Templecombe 5.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Sherborne, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Milborne Port · 3.6 miles
- Marston Magna closed 1966 · 4.6 miles
- Yeovil Town · 4.9 miles
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Facilities at Sherborne station
Sherborne is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 07:10 to 14:00 · Friday: 07:10 to 17:40 · Saturday: 08:00 to 15:00 · Sunday: closed
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Sherborne station
- Sherborne Car Park 79 spaces, 2 accessible
£1.00 an hour, £2.50 off-peak, £4.90 a day, £19.50 a week
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Sherborne station
Sherborne station is in Dorset, South West, and is run by South Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M5 J24 (Huntworth Interchange), 23.5 miles north-west.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being The Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Sherborne 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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