Holton Heath railway station

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Holton Heath
Location
Place	Holton Heath
Local authority	Purbeck
Operations
Station code	HOL
Managed by	South West Trains
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	16,493
2005/06 *	17,145
History
Key dates	Opened 3 April 1916
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Holton Heath from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Holton Heath railway station serves the area of Holton Heath in Dorset. It is located adjacent to the former Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, (RNCF); the station was opened in World War I to serve the RNCF. The station did not open to the public until 1924, probably because there was less of a security threat to the cordite factory.

The station is only served by London Waterloo to Weymouth semi-fast trains during the day. There are no services in the evening or on Sundays.

The platforms are able to accommodate trains of up to 5 coaches, and is one of the few remaining stations on the line not to be equipped with a self-service ticket machine, only a Permit to Travel machine. There is no ticket office at this station.

Holton Heath has been unstaffed since 1964, and the signal box was removed 3rd November 1969.

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• Train times and station information for Holton Heath railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hamworthy		South West Trains London-Weymouth semi-fast services Mondays-Saturdays only		Wareham