Weymouth railway station
Railway station in Dorset, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Weymouth railway station is the main railway station serving the town of Weymouth, Dorset, England (the other being Upwey station which is located north of the town centre). The station is the southern terminus of both the South West Main Line, 142 miles 64 chains (229.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo, and the Heart of Wessex Line from Bristol Temple Meads and Gloucester, 168 miles 63 chains (271.6 km) from London Paddington.[1]
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General information | |||||
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Location | Weymouth, Dorset England | ||||
Coordinates | 50.616°N 2.455°W / 50.616; -2.455 | ||||
Grid reference | SY679797 | ||||
Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | WEY | ||||
Classification | DfT category C1 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
20 January 1857 (1857-01-20) | Opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 0.672 million | ||||
Interchange | 4,655 | ||||
2020/21 | 0.186 million | ||||
Interchange | 1,378 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.544 million | ||||
Interchange | 4,020 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.544 million | ||||
Interchange | 4,020 | ||||
2022/23 | 0.642 million | ||||
Interchange | 6,596 | ||||
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