Holton Heath railway station
- Holton Heath railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Holton Heath
code = HOL
manager = South West Trains
locale = Holton Heath
borough = Purbeck
lowusage0405 = 16,493
lowusage0506 = 17,145
lowusage0607 = 23,475
platforms = 2
start = 3 April 1916
Holton Heath railway station serves the area of Holton Heath in Dorset. It is located adjacent to the former Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, (RNCF); the station was opened in World War I to serve the RNCF. The station did not open to the public until 1924, probably because there was less of a security threat to the cordite factory.
The station is only served by London Waterloo to Weymouth semi-fast trains during the day. There are no services in the evening or on Sundays.
The platforms are able to accommodate trains of up to 5 coaches, and is one of the few remaining stations on the line not to be equipped with a self-service ticket machine, only a Permit to Travel machine. There is no ticket office at this station.
Holton Heath has been unstaffed since 1964, and the signal box was removed 3rd November 1969.
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