Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station

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Coordinates: 51°02′02″N 1°32′49″W / 51.0339, -1.5469

Mottisfont & Dunbridge

Location

Place

Dunbridge

Local authority

Test Valley

Operations

Station code

DBG

Managed by

First Great Western

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

10,611

2005/06 *

13,261

History

1 March 1847

Opened (Dunbridge)

15 May 1988

Renamed (Mottisfont Dunbridge)

29 May 1994

Renamed (Dunbridge)

2006

Renamed (Mottisfont & Dunbridge)

National Rail - UK railway stations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mottisfont & Dunbridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

UK Railways Portal

Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station is a small station in the village of Dunbridge, Hampshire.

The station is on the Wessex Main Line, and has an infrequent service.

It is the closest railway station to Mottisfont Abbey and the village of Mottisfont, and the station was renamed Mottisfont & Dunbridge in 2006 to reflect this. It was 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 under the Beeching Axe on 7 September 1964.^[1]

From 9 December a new service will serve Mottisfont & Dunbridge. It will operate from Salisbury to Romsey, via Southampton Central. South West Trains will operate the service utilising 2-car Class 158 units. Mottisfont & Dunbridge will have a roughly hourly service with some 2 hour gaps, a vast improvement on the current frequency. As a result of this the number of First Great Western service will be reduced.

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