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Location notes
Dorchester, an historic market town, is the county town of Dorset. The Station is on the main line from London Waterloo to Weymouth. The nearest large town is Bournemouth.
Railway type and traffic
The main trains that travel through Dorchester South are South West trains, classes 450 and 442 EMU service.
The Freightliner sand train, runs on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at approximately 3.00pm. It bring in trucks, pushes them into a siding, un-couples a few and takes them into the station and will run round the train. The same operation will happen again when the train returns a couple of hours later. The 66 returns light engine.
Steam tours travel through the station every couple of months. Every 2 to 3 months a Balfour Beatty track cleaner comes down from Eastleigh and parks in the sidings for later use.
The Freightliner sand train, runs on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at approximately 3.00pm. It bring in trucks, pushes them into a siding, un-couples a few and takes them into the station and will run round the train. The same operation will happen again when the train returns a couple of hours later. The 66 returns light engine.
Steam tours travel through the station every couple of months. Every 2 to 3 months a Balfour Beatty track cleaner comes down from Eastleigh and parks in the sidings for later use.
Environment
Situated next to the brewery, U-drive depot and the Station Master pub, the station is a curved where the porters have a good view from the platform 1 ticket office. The general public use the footbridge over the track as a short cut to get into town.
Road directions
The A35 from Poole, you come to the Kingston Maurward Roundabout, proceed along the Dorchester bypass to Tesco and Dorchester Football ground, turn right which is the third exit, up to the traffic lights, straight across and station is the first right past the police station.
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Dorchester South map co-ordinates
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Dorchester South map co-ordinates
Parking
There is a 'pay and display' car park within the Station area.
Public transport
Bus services travel to the station and taxis are always available.
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Amenities
The Station is situated within walking distance from Dorchester Town Centre. There is a Market on Wednesday mornings, which is just over the road from the Station.
Accommodation
There are plenty of hotels and bed and breakfasts in the area, it is advisable to book in advance. Contact local Tourist Information Centre for more information.
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Dorchester South
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Dorchester South
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Dorchester South
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Dorchester South
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Photographic notes
The place is a good area for photographers when it isn’t busy in the station. Standing at the south end of platform 1 to photography a train heading down to Weymouth. If you wanted to see a train heading north to London Waterloo you should really stand on platform 1 facing north.
General views - All photographs © Jack Haynes unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking east
Fig 2 - Looking south
Fig 3 - Looking east
Fig 4 - Looking south
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
