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1180:
1178:0-7153-4188-X
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824:Weymouth Quay
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738:Weymouth Quay
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363:0.642 million
357:
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334:
331:0.544 million
325:
321:
309:
302:
299:0.544 million
293:
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267:0.186 million
261:
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235:0.672 million
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1854:CrossCountry
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1753:Holton Heath
1718:Christchurch
1698:Brockenhurst
1675:
1663:
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1629:
1617:
1610:
1520:Herston Halt
1510:Corfe Castle
1492:Purbeck Line
1491:
1456:
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1389:Christchurch
1354:Holton Heath
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429:
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180:Pre-grouping
158:DfT category
146:Station code
18:
1842:Island Line
1728:Bournemouth
1631:Micheldever
1625:Basingstoke
1379:Bournemouth
1193:Train times
1008:Dorset Echo
991:(456): 461.
597:Basingstoke
371:Interchange
339:Interchange
307:Interchange
275:Interchange
243:Interchange
96: /
72:Coordinates
1871:Categories
1708:New Milton
1658:Swaythling
1637:Winchester
1437:Yetminster
1306:Gillingham
1145:. BE/1183.
1013:1 February
874:James 1983
847:References
621:Gloucester
593:Winchester
466:Gloucester
456:, and the
218:Passengers
207:1857-01-20
123:Managed by
81:50°36′58″N
1748:Hamworthy
1738:Parkstone
1733:Branksome
1723:Pokesdown
1677:Redbridge
1647:Eastleigh
1442:Thornford
1384:Pokesdown
1374:Branksome
1369:Parkstone
1359:Hamworthy
1301:Sherborne
937:Butt 1995
198:Key dates
133:Platforms
84:2°27′18″W
1850:Southern
1783:Weymouth
1665:St Denys
1642:Shawford
1432:Chetnole
1412:Weymouth
1324:Weymouth
1090:8 August
1064:8 August
1038:21 March
816:Terminus
789:Radipole
716:Terminus
675:Terminus
564:Services
510:Weymouth
438:Weymouth
430:Weymouth
116:SY679797
60:Weymouth
56:Location
27:Weymouth
1768:Moreton
1758:Wareham
1525:Swanage
1500:Wareham
1349:Wareham
1339:Moreton
1242:Exmouth
1231:Swanage
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476:History
355:2022/23
323:2021/22
291:2021/22
259:2020/21
227:2019/20
205: (
165:History
67:England
1683:Totton
1606:Woking
1569:routes
1505:Norden
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460:from
446:Upwey
440:, in
408:Notes
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350:4,020
318:4,020
286:1,378
254:4,655
1763:Wool
1703:Sway
1344:Wool
1195:and
1173:ISBN
1137:ISBN
1114:ISBN
1092:2024
1066:2024
1040:2017
1015:2022
965:2016
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