Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station explained

Mottisfont & Dunbridge
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Dunbridge, Test Valley
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:South Western Railway
Platforms:2
Code:DBG
Classification:DfT category F2
Years:1 March 1847
Events:Opened as Dunbridge
Years1:15 May 1988
Events1:Renamed Mottisfont Dunbridge
Years2:29 May 1994
Events2:Renamed Dunbridge
Years3:2006
Events3:Renamed Mottisfont & Dunbridge
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station serves the village of Dunbridge in Hampshire, England. It is on the Wessex Main Line, 84chain21chain from . It is the closest station to Mottisfont Abbey and the village of Mottisfont, and was renamed Mottisfont & Dunbridge in 2006 to reflect this, having been previously known simply as Dunbridge. Mottisfont previously had a station of its own on the Andover to Romsey line, known as the Sprat and Winkle Line, but this closed on 7 September 1964 under the Beeching Axe.

Since 9 December 2007, a new service has served Mottisfont & Dunbridge. It runs from Salisbury to Southampton Central, via Romsey. South Western Railway operates the service using two-car Class 158 units. In consequence, Mottisfont & Dunbridge now has a roughly hourly service, a great improvement over the previous frequency. As a result of this, Great Western Railway no longer serves the station, although it continued to manage the station, and the station still carried First Great Western branding. In April 2020, the management of the station was transferred to South Western Railway.[1]

The station is one of 20 covered by the Three Rivers Community Rail partnership.[2]

According to station usage statistics, Mottisfont & Dunbridge is the second least frequently used station in Hampshire, with only Beaulieu Road having fewer passengers.

Services

The station is managed by South Western Railway, which runs an hourly service between Romsey and Salisbury via .[3] This also runs on Sundays, at a two-hourly frequency.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: South Western Railway welcomes three stations to its family . www.southwesternrailway.com . 1 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Three Rivers Community Rail partnership . www.threeriversrail.com . 4 June 2022.
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