RailwayData | Thornford Station
 Thornford 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Thornford had 2,916 entries and exits, making it the 2,449th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
2449/2575
It ranked 923rd busiest (out of 997), with 112 scheduled services per week.
923/997
That's a daily average of 7.99 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 0.50 passengers per service, giving it the 1,621st (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1621/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 894
Reduced price entries & exits: 1,826
Season ticket entries & exits: 196
Total entries & exits: 2,916
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +550 : 23.25%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Single45163
*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)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
281Weymouth - Yeovil - Castle Cary - WestburyOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +882 (+43.36%)

Reasons for change:
2007-08 Ignore - Less than 15,000 E&X

Location Details

Location: Thornford
CRS: THO / NLC: 5849 / TIPLOC(S): THFORD
Station Facility Owner: Great Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 359380 112514
Constituency: West Dorset
Local Authority: Dorset
NR Region: South West
ELR: WEY 144m 35ch
This station is a request stop

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Thornford during 2022/2023:
•Weymouth (380 journeys)
•Bath Spa (205 journeys)
•Bristol Temple Meads (201 journeys)
•Frome (153 journeys)
•Yeovil Pen Mill (141 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Thornford's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Yetminster1.14
Yeovil Pen Mill3.16