1 Strawberry Hill

Dorchester to Weymouth is "our area"!

23rd May 2011 comes to mind, although I'm not sure why because I thought timetables changed on sundays and that day wasn't!

Ah well, not to worry, I've had a great time with a 8/15 Severn and Solent rover which expires in 3 hours 41 minutes. I was just hoping that I could get a new one on sunday for roughly the same price but including the railcard!

Thank you!

Can a one year senior card be purchased in advance? I shall be 60 on sunday (15th) and I did so want a celebration galavant, and Frome ticket office always closed on sundays!

Similar at Frome.  A year or so ago First changed the route of 234 bus to terminate at Frome Railway Station. For the whole year the bus information display on the platform continued to show that the bus stop outside the station was for Rail Replacement Bus service only. Recently First reverted the terminus to Sainsburys, as the service to/from the station was under used!

Yes, must have been a one off,  I've been on the same train this morning since Dorchester, nearly at Frome now,  plenty of spare seats!

I think suitable under garments are still required at Yetminster, Chetnole and Thornford :-)

Thanks for your input,  you're right on the stock, two coach SWT^▸ (South West Trains) unit. When the ticket machine first reappeared at Frome it did accept cash, then stopped. My issue is that there is frequently a queue at said machine and people in front of you spend ages trying to find the ticket they want,  get to the 'buy' bit and find that it won't accept cash.  The sign on the machine still says 'cash or card'.

Thank you very much for the welcome and VERY  comprehensive reply!

I must thank you for running this excellent forum. I find it very educational, and answers so many queries that I have had concerning GW^▸ (Great Western).
I live in Frome and travel from Frome station on most days, to Dorchester, Trowbridge, Salisbury, Bath and occasionally London.
I am looking forward to getting a Senior Railcard on 15th Sept!

A bit fed up! 28.08.13 I bought a ticket at Frome 15 minutes before the scheduled arrival of the 1015 train,  the platform was well full, what happens? Two coaches again. The train was already full and standing. I actually forced my way on to the train, there was barely any room, poor girl with crutches I helped on and had to wedge against me at the door. People left behind on platform. Very few people buy a ticket at Frome before boarding, ticket machine doesn't accept cash (even though it says it does! )  Absolutely no attempt to collect the fares on the train, so presumably the management would never know how horrendous the journey was.