Trains
Live boards for Weymouth station, where to buy tickets with no booking fee, and the lines that used to run here.
Trains from Weymouth
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Tickets
Buy from the operator and there is no booking fee. Same price at the station machines.
The Waterloo line. No booking fees when you buy direct.
The Bristol line. No booking fees.
Every operator, every route, then buy from the operator.
Got a railcard? It gives you a third off, per South Western Railway. Worth having if you go up to London more than a couple of times a year.
The station
King Street, Weymouth DT4 7BN. Station code WEY, managed by South Western Railway.
- Ticket office
- Monday to Friday 05:45 to 18:05, Saturday 06:10 to 18:05, Sunday 08:40 to 18:00. These change, so check National Rail before you rely on them. Ticket machines are there whatever the hour.
- Step free
- All platforms, though some of the ramps are long or steep, or you go round by the street.
- Car park
- 224 spaces.
- Toilets
- Yes, including an accessible toilet and a Changing Places room.
- Bikes
- Cycle storage at the station.
- Also
- Waiting area and wifi.
Where the trains go
London Waterloo, South Western Railway
Generally two trains an hour, calling at Dorchester South, Bournemouth and Southampton on the way. Around 2 hours 45 minutes to Waterloo, which is SWR's own figure.
SWR on WeymouthBristol and Gloucester, Great Western Railway
Around eight trains a day to Bristol Temple Meads via Dorchester West, Yeovil Pen Mill, Castle Cary, Westbury and Bath Spa, most carrying on to Gloucester. About 2 hours 15 to 2 hours 30 to Bristol. Weymouth to Dorchester West is about 13 minutes. This is the Heart of Wessex line.
The May 2026 timetable added a 21:28 Weymouth to Westbury, Monday to Thursday, and extra summer Saturday trains from Gloucester and Swindon.
History: the lines that used to run here
Weymouth once had trains along its streets, a station on the quay, a branch to Portland and another to Abbotsbury. Here is what happened to them.
1857: the railway arrives
The Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway was authorised in 1845 and taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1850. Its line reached Weymouth and opened on 20 January 1857, built to Brunel's broad gauge. The London and South Western Railway had running powers from opening day, so the GWR station was shared with the LSWR from the start. The broad gauge was converted to standard gauge in June 1874.sourcesource
1865: the Harbour Tramway, trains down the street
The GWR opened the Weymouth Harbour Tramway in 1865, running from the station along the streets to the quay. From 1889 it carried passenger boat trains to meet the Channel Islands ferries, which is why generations of Weymouth people remember a full size train creeping past the pubs on Custom House Quay. Regular boat trains ended in September 1987. The last train of all was a charter on 2 May 1999. Permanent closure was agreed in 2017.source
The tracks were lifted from the streets from 5 October 2020 through early 2021, Dorset Council working with Network Rail on £1.137m from the Department for Transport. A few short lengths were kept as a reminder near the Pavilion and on Custom House Quay, plus about 500 metres of the link line.source
Weymouth Quay and the ferries
Weymouth Quay station sat at the end of the tramway and sent boat trains to Waterloo until September 1987. The ferries outlasted the trains for a while: Condor ran from Weymouth from 1987, moved to Poole in 1997, came back, and had sailings suspended when the berth cracked in 2012, resuming in 2013. When Condor Liberation arrived in 2015 it ran from Poole, and Weymouth's ferry link ended. The last ferry left in 2015.sourcesourcesource
1865 to 1965: the Portland branch, now the Rodwell Trail
The Weymouth and Portland Railway carried passengers from 16 October 1865, closed to passengers on 3 March 1952 and kept goods trains going until April 1965. Its route through Weymouth is now the Rodwell Trail, opened in 2000: 3.5 km from Westham Bridge to Ferry Bridge, with the old Westham and Rodwell platforms still visible and Sandsfoot Castle on the way. It forms part of National Cycle Route 26.source
1885 to 1952: the Abbotsbury branch
A branch from Upwey to Abbotsbury opened on 9 November 1885. The last train ran on 29 November 1952.source
1986: the rebuild
The station was rebuilt in 1986 for £750,000 and opened by the Mayor on 3 July 1986. That is the building you use today.source
1988: electrification
The third rail from Bournemouth to Weymouth was energised on 11 January 1988 and public electric services began on 16 May 1988, cutting 25 minutes off the journey to Waterloo.source
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