RailwayData | Wool Station
 Wool 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Wool had 160,582 entries and exits, making it the 1,381st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1381/2575
It ranked 753rd busiest (out of 997), with 314 scheduled services per week.
753/997
That's a daily average of 439.95 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 9.83 passengers per service, giving it the 935th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
935/1659

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

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 34,894
Reduced price entries & exits: 118,430
Season ticket entries & exits: 7,258
Total entries & exits: 160,582
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +33,340 : 26.20%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1 - Up123447
2 - Down118429
*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
286Weymouth - Poole - Bournemouth - Southampton & LondonOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +10,515 (+7.01%)

Location Details

Location: Wool
CRS: WOO / NLC: 5960 / TIPLOC(S): WOOL
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 384450 86910
Constituency: South Dorset
Local Authority: Dorset
NR Region: South West
ELR: BML2 125m 69ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Wool during 2022/2023:
•Bournemouth (13,024 journeys)
•Poole (11,807 journeys)
•London Waterloo (11,649 journeys)
•Weymouth (8,282 journeys)
•Dorchester South (7,996 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Wool's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Moreton (Dorset)4.44
Wareham (Dorset)4.99