| Route | Weymouth Branch |
| Section | Thingley Jn to Dorchester Jn (via Frome and Yeovil) |
| Maps | WEY Interactive • Google • Local: Chippenham , Trowbridge , Westbury , Frome , East Somerset Jn , Castle Cary , Yeovil , Dorchester |
| Details | Track Curvature • Elevation Profile |
| Extent | 96M 0170y to 162M 0331y • 66.091 miles • 106.364 km |
| Measured | 106.199 km (-165m, relative to reported extent) ⚠️ |
| Neighbours | BAE2 , BFB , BML2 , BML3 , CCL , DSY , ESB , FNS1 , FNS2 , FRA , MLN1 , SAL , SWY , USY , WES , WYL , YJP |
| NR Regions | 🟧 Wales & Western • 96M 0170y to 129M 1748y 🟩 Southern • 129M 1749y to 162M 0331y |
| LOR | 🟠 GW500 Reading to Cogload Jn (via Westbury and Frome Avoiding Lines) 🟠 GW510 Westbury North Jn to Bathampton Jn 🟠 GW523 Thingley Jn to Bradford Jn 🟠 GW560 Heywood Road Jn to Fairwood Jn (via Westbury) 🟠 GW570 Clink Road Jn to Blatchbridge Jn (via Frome) 🟠 GW590 Castle Cary to 130M 00ch (Weymouth Line) ⚪ SW175 Castle Cary Jn to Dorchester Jn |
| TRACKmaps | 🟠 Western & Wales 🟢 Southern & TfL |
Administrative Areas and Nearest Places
From To Country Administrative Area 96 111 ●●● England Wiltshire 111 ●●● 138 ● England Somerset 138 ● 139 ●●● England Dorset 139 ●●● 140 ● England Somerset 140 ● 140 ●●● England Dorset 140 ●●● 142 ● England Somerset 142 ● 162 England Dorset From To Nearest Place District / County Proximity 96 96 ●● Thingley Wiltshire Distant → Remote 96 ●● 97 ●●● Notton Wiltshire Near → Remote 97 ●●● 98 Lacock Wiltshire Remote 98 99 ●● Beanacre Wiltshire Near → Remote 99 ●● 99 ●●● Shaw Wiltshire Remote 99 ●●● 101 ● Melksham Wiltshire Distant → Remote 101 ● 101 ● Broughton Gifford Wiltshire Remote 101 ● 102 ●●● Whaddon Wiltshire Distant → Remote 102 ●●● 103 Holt Wiltshire Distant → Remote 103 103 ●● Ham Green Wiltshire Distant 103 ●● 104 ●● Staverton Wiltshire Near → Remote 104 ●● 104 ●●● Hilperton Marsh Wiltshire Remote 104 ●●● 105 ●●● Trowbridge Wiltshire Near → Remote 105 ●●● 106 Longfield Wiltshire Near 106 107 Lower Studley Wiltshire Adjacent → Remote 107 107 ● North Bradley Wiltshire Distant → Remote 107 ● 108 Yarnbrook Wiltshire Near → Distant 108 108 Dursley Wiltshire Near → Distant 108 108 ●●● Norleaze Wiltshire Adjacent → Distant 108 ●●● 109 Heywood Wiltshire Distant → Remote 109 110 The Ham Wiltshire Near → Remote 110 111 Penleigh Wiltshire Distant → Remote 111 111 ●● Brokerswood Wiltshire Remote 111 ●● 112 Rudge Somerset - Mendip Remote 112 113 ● Standerwick Somerset - Mendip Near → Remote 113 ● 114 ●● Berkley Marsh Somerset - Mendip Near → Remote 114 ●● 116 Easthill Somerset - Mendip Adjacent → Remote 116 117 ● Blatchbridge Somerset - Mendip Adjacent → Remote 117 ● 118 ● West Woodlands Somerset - Mendip Adjacent → Remote 118 ● 119 ● Lower Marston Somerset - Mendip Remote 119 ● 121 ●●● Witham Friary Somerset - Mendip Near → Remote 121 ●●● 122 ●●● Upton Noble Somerset - Mendip Remote 122 ●●● 124 North Brewham Somerset - South Somerset Distant → Remote 124 125 South Brewham Somerset - South Somerset Remote 125 126 ●● Bruton Somerset - South Somerset Near → Remote 126 ●● 126 ●●● Tolbury Somerset - South Somerset Near → Distant 126 ●●● 127 Pitcombe Somerset - South Somerset Distant 127 128 Cole Somerset - South Somerset Near → Remote 128 128 ● Wyke Champflower Somerset - South Somerset Remote 128 ● 128 ●● Hadspen Somerset - South Somerset Remote 128 ●● 129 ●● Ansford Somerset - South Somerset Remote 129 ●● 130 ●● Clanville Somerset - South Somerset Near → Remote 130 ●● 131 Dimmer Somerset - South Somerset Near → Distant 131 131 ●●● Cockhill Somerset - South Somerset Distant → Remote 131 ●●● 133 North Barrow Somerset - South Somerset Distant → Remote 133 133 ●●● South Barrow Somerset - South Somerset Remote 133 ●●● 134 ●●● Sparkford Somerset - South Somerset Near → Remote 134 ●●● 135 Sparkford Hill Somerset - South Somerset Near → Distant 135 135 ●●● Weston Bampfylde Somerset - South Somerset Distant → Remote 135 ●●● 136 ●● Lambrook Somerset - South Somerset Distant → Remote 136 ●● 137 ●● Marston Magna Somerset - South Somerset Distant → Remote 137 ●● 138 ● Adber Dorset - West Dorset Distant → Remote 138 ● 139 Hummer Dorset - West Dorset Adjacent → Distant 139 139 ●● Gore Dorset - West Dorset Distant → Remote 139 ●● 139 ●●● Trent Dorset - West Dorset Remote 139 ●●● 140 ● Over Compton Dorset - West Dorset Remote 140 ● 141 Little Lyde Somerset - South Somerset Near → Remote 141 142 ● Pen Mill Somerset - South Somerset Near → Remote 142 ● 142 ●●● Bradford Abbas Dorset - West Dorset Remote 142 ●●● 142 ●●● Stoford Somerset - South Somerset Remote 142 ●●● 143 ●●● Bradford Abbas Dorset - West Dorset Remote 143 ●●● 144 Thornford Dorset - West Dorset Remote 144 145 ● Beer Hackett Dorset - West Dorset Adjacent → Remote 145 ● 146 Yetminster Dorset - West Dorset Near → Remote 146 147 Hamlet Dorset - West Dorset Adjacent → Remote 147 147 ●●● Chetnole Dorset - West Dorset Near → Distant 147 ●●● 148 ●● Melbury Bubb Dorset - West Dorset Near → Distant 148 ●● 149 ● Woolcombe Dorset - West Dorset Near → Distant 149 ● 150 ●● Holywell Dorset - West Dorset Adjacent → Remote 150 ●● 151 ● Frome St Quintin Dorset - West Dorset Distant → Remote 151 ● 151 ●●● Higher Chalmington Dorset - West Dorset Distant → Remote 151 ●●● 151 ●●● Chalmington Dorset - West Dorset Distant 151 ●●● 152 ●● Sandhills Dorset - West Dorset Adjacent → Distant 152 ●● 153 ● Cattistock Dorset - West Dorset Near → Distant 153 ● 153 ●● Chilfrome Dorset - West Dorset Distant → Remote 153 ●● 154 ●● Maiden Newton Dorset - West Dorset Near → Remote 154 ●● 155 Cruxton Dorset - West Dorset Near → Distant 155 156 Notton Dorset - West Dorset Near → Remote 156 157 Frampton Dorset - West Dorset Adjacent → Remote 157 157 ●●● Grimstone Dorset - West Dorset Adjacent → Distant 157 ●●● 158 Muckleford Dorset - West Dorset Distant 158 158 ●●● Stratton Dorset - West Dorset Adjacent → Distant 158 ●●● 159 ●●● Bradford Peverell Dorset - West Dorset Near → Remote 159 ●●● 160 ●● Charminster Dorset - West Dorset Remote 160 ●● 161 Burton Dorset - West Dorset Distant → Remote 161 162 Dorchester Dorset - West Dorset Near → Remote
| Milepost | Principal Features (More…) | Connections |
|---|---|---|
| 96 | Thingley Jn | MLN1 |
| 100 | MELKSHAM | |
| 104 ●● | Bradford Jn | BFB |
| 105 ●● | TROWBRIDGE | |
| 109 | Hawkeridge Jn | WYL |
| 109 ●● | Westbury North Jn | SWY |
| 109 ●●● | WESTBURY | |
| 110 | Westbury South Jn | SAL |
| 111 | Fairwood Jn | WES |
| 114 ●● | Clink Road Jn | FRA |
| 114 ●●● | UGL connection | FNS1 |
| 115 ● | Frome North Jn | FNS1 |
| 115 ●● | FROME | |
| 116 ●● | Blatchbridge Jn | FRA |
| 121 | East Somerset Jn | ESB |
| 126 | BRUTON | |
| 129 ●● | CASTLE CARY | |
| 129 ●● | Castle Cary Jn | CCL |
| 141 ● | YEOVIL PEN MILL | |
| 141 ● | Yeovil Pen Mill Jn | YJP |
| 144 ● | THORNFORD | |
| 145 ●● | YETMINSTER | |
| 147 ●● | CHETNOLE | |
| 154 | MAIDEN NEWTON | |
| 161 ●●● | DORCHESTER WEST | |
| 162 | Dorchester Jn | BML2 , BML3 |