Yetminster railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Yetminster
Yetminster
General information
Location	Yetminster, Dorset; England
Coordinates	50°53′45″N 2°34′26″W / 50.8958°N 2.5738°W
Grid reference	ST597108
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	YET
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1857	opened
Passengers
2018/19	7,698
2019/20	7,672
2020/21	1,600
2021/22	5,302
2022/23	6,828
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Yetminster railway station serves the village of Yetminster in Dorset, England. The station is on the Heart of Wessex Line, 23.25 miles (37 km) north of Weymouth. The station is 145.46 miles (234.10 kilometres) from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Swindon and Westbury.^[1]

Yetminster railway station is managed by Great Western Railway.

History

Looking south from Yetminster in c. 1910, with the second platform still in use.

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 20 January 1857 as part of their Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth line.^[2]

Facilities

Yetminster has basic facilities including a small waiting shelter, a car park, a help point and bike racks. It has 2 entrances: one from the main road, and one from the car park, the latter of the two being step-free.^[3]

Services

Great Western Railway operate services between Gloucester and Weymouth. South Western Railway used to run an additional service once on a Saturday between Weymouth and Yeovil Junction operating from late May to early September each year.^[4] This is a request stop so passengers must signal clearly to the driver if they wish to board the train.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Thornford		Great Western Railway Heart of Wessex Line		Chetnole

References

^ Jacobs, Gerald (2005). Railway Track Diagrams, Book 3: Western. Bradford-on-Avon: Trackmaps. pp. 18A.
^ "Yetminster". Dorset Stations. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] Jacobs, Gerald (2005). Railway Track Diagrams, Book 3: Western. Bradford-on-Avon: Trackmaps. pp. 18A.

[2] "Yetminster". Dorset Stations. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

[3] "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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