In 2022/2023, Dorchester South had 395,886 entries and exits, making it the 873^rd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 654^th busiest (out of 997), with 433 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1084.62 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 17.58 passengers per service*, giving it the 565^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 1085.73 passengers passing through the station and 17.62 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1 - Up	171	621
2 - Down	120	436

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2012-13 Entries and Exits distribution between stations in this station group adjusted to reflect count data
2019-20 Methodological change. Updated count splits used in 2019-20 to estimate usage at Dorchester BR group stations.

Location: Dorchester South
CRS: DCH / NLC: 5961 / TIPLOC(S): DRCHS
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 369221 90043
Constituency: West Dorset
Local Authority: Dorset
NR Region: South West
Station Group: DORCHESTER BR
ELR: BML2 135m 70ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Dorchester South during 2022/2023:
•Weymouth (41,780 journeys)
•London Waterloo (36,291 journeys)
•Bournemouth (26,005 journeys)
•Poole (22,780 journeys)
•Wareham (Dorset) (9,681 journeys)
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