Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station

Coordinates: 51°02′02″N 1°32′49″W / 51.0339°N 1.5469°W / 51.0339; -1.5469

Mottisfont & Dunbridge National Rail
Location
Place Dunbridge
Local authority Test Valley
Grid reference SU318261
Operations
Station code DBG
Managed by Great Western Railway
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 26,950
2011/12 Decrease 26,846
2012/13 Decrease 25,986
2013/14 Increase 28,854
2014/15 Decrease 27,366
History
1 March 1847 Opened (Dunbridge)
15 May 1988 Renamed (Mottisfont Dunbridge)
29 May 1994 Renamed (Dunbridge)
2006 Renamed (Mottisfont & Dunbridge)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mottisfont & Dunbridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station is a railway station serving the village of Dunbridge situated in Hampshire, England, on the Wessex Main Line. It is the closest railway station to Mottisfont Abbey and the village of Mottisfont, and the station was renamed Mottisfont & Dunbridge in 2006 to reflect this, having been previously known simply as Dunbridge. Mottisfont previously had a station of its own on the Andover to Romsey line, known as the Sprat and Winkle Line, but this closed on 7 September 1964 under the Beeching Axe.[1]

From 9 December 2007 a new service began to serve Mottisfont & Dunbridge. It operates from Salisbury to Southampton Central, via Romsey. South West Trains operates the service utilising 2-car Class 158 units. Mottisfont & Dunbridge has a roughly hourly service; a vast improvement over the previous frequency. As a result of this Great Western Railway no longer serves the station, although it still carries full FGW branding. According to station usage statistics Mottisfont & Dunbridge is the second least frequently used station in Hampshire, with only Beaulieu Road having fewer passengers.

Services

Although the station is managed by Great Western Railway all services are operated by South West Trains running an hourly service between Romsey and Salisbury via Southampton Central.[2] This also runs on Sundays, on a two-hourly frequency each way.

References

  1. ↑ Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (May 1973) [1964]. Passengers No More (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-0438-2. OCLC 2554248. 1513 CEC 573.
  2. ↑ Table 158 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Dean   South West Trains
Salisbury-Romsey (via Southampton)		   Romsey


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