Thornford railway station

Thornford
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Location
Place	Thornford
Local authority	West Dorset
Coordinates
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*
2002/03	1,705
2004/05	1,396
2005/06	1,573
2006/07	2,720
2007/08	5,132
2008/09	2,486
2009/10	3,256
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

There is generally a two-hourly service southbound to Weymouth and northbound to Bristol Temple Meads and beyond. Sundays there is an infrequent service in each direction.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Yeovil Pen Mill		Great Western Railway Bristol - Weymouth		Yetminster