Talk:Weymouth railway station

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As Swanage is neither a network station or open daily all year should it be listed as the next station on the list? I would have thought that Parkstone, Poole or if the Poole Harbour is not part of the path, Bournemouth, would be the next one.Britmax 23:13, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that it is not connected to the rest of the network does not stop it being a station. (witness the Isle of Wight line). The fact that it is not open all year does not stop it being a station (witness Newbury Racecourse, Smallbrook Junction). Wikipedia should surely report the facts, not interpret the facts; neither Parkstone, Poole, nor Bournmouth are the next station for as long as there is a station at Swanage. Though perhaps an annotation to the effect of your point would not be out of place, to avoid any travellers getting stuck unduly. 82.10.108.49 21:06, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I was concerned about. I may do somethiing about that, and the confusing route box: the tramway has never had a platform at Weymouth town, the junction is north of the station and faces Dorchester, and the old boat trains used to go straight down to the Quay station. Britmax 19:26, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Former Northern lines[edit]

There used to be lines extended through Bournemouth and Southampton, via Winchester (and Reading?) up to Manchester, Preston, and Lancaster? Can someone explain when these lines existed and why it was split into 2 (Scotland-Bournemouth/Poole/Bristol/-Weymouth), then eventually 3 lines (Blackpool/Scotland-Manchester-Bournemouth-Weymouth or Scotland-Birmingham-Castle Cary/Bristol/Bournemouth-Weymouth)? Tez011 (talk) 18:29, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I take it you mean routes, not lines. The cross country network is notoriously variable, with stations being added or removed and routes altered at a whim. The network has always been complex, with a variety of termini in the north (including Aberdeen, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and York) and a variety in the south (including Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Exeter, Gatwick, Guildford, Paddington, Penzance, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Ramsgate, Reading, Southampton, Weymouth) with the sole common factor that each route passed through Birmingham New Street. We don't attempt to track the changes, which typically happen three times a year (May, september and December). --Redrose64 (talk) 18:54, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

At least they change often enough. Do you know the Scotland-Weymouth former route's stops? Tez011 (talk) 11:47, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Current services[edit]

Both the Weymouth Wizard and SWR heart of Wessex services haven't run for a few years and aren't being brought back. (See the Weymouth Wizard Wikipedia article and SWR timetable consultation here https://www.southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey/timetables/timetable-consultation-december-2022). I attempted to remove them from the services table but couldn't quite figure out how, is it possible somebody else could? Adsy125 (talk) 13:12, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This means that all GWR services now call at Upwey. Adsy125 (talk) 13:13, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]