Thornford railway station

Thornford
Location
Place	Thornford
Local authority	West Dorset
Coordinates	50°54′39″N 2°34′45″W / 50.9107°N 2.5792°W / 50.9107; -2.5792Coordinates: 50°54′39″N 2°34′45″W / 50.9107°N 2.5792°W / 50.9107; -2.5792
Grid reference	ST593125
Operations
Station code	THO
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	2,838
2011/12	2,832
2012/13	3,042
2013/14	2,708
2014/15	3,144
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
23 March 1936	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Thornford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Thornford railway station serves the village of Thornford, four miles to the south west of Sherborne in Dorset, England. It is managed by Great Western Railway and is served by trains on the Heart of Wessex Line between Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth. This is a request stop so passengers must signal clearly to the driver if they wish to board the train.

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 23 March 1936 as Thornford Bridge Halt. It was renamed in the 1960s to its present shorter name.

Services

This is a request stop so passengers must signal clearly to the driver if they wish to board the train. Great Western Railway operate services between Gloucester and Weymouth via Bristol Temple Meads.^[1] South West Trains run an additional service once on a Saturday between Weymouth and Yeovil Junction operating from late May to early September each year.^[2]

References

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Yeovil Pen Mill		Great Western Railway Heart of Wessex Line		Yetminster
		South West Trains Heart of Wessex Line (Saturdays Only)