In 2022/2023, Dorchester West had 82,196 entries and exits, making it the 1,724^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 922^nd busiest (out of 997), with 113 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 225.19 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 13.99 passengers per service*, giving it the 713^rd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 225.31 passengers passing through the station and 14 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	170	618
2 - Down	170	618

*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)

2006-07 Group Of Stations
2007-08 Growth of 27% or more
2011-12 Cause of large decrease not clear
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 West
CRS: DCW / NLC: 5962 / TIPLOC(S): DRCHW
Station Facility Owner: Great Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 368844 90238
Constituency: West Dorset
Local Authority: Dorset
NR Region: South West
Station Group: DORCHESTER BR
ELR: WEY 161m 63ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Dorchester West during 2022/2023:
•Weymouth (4,597 journeys)
•Bath Spa (3,708 journeys)
•Castle Cary (660 journeys)
•Frome (560 journeys)
•Yeovil Pen Mill (555 journeys)
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