Gillingham railway station (Dorset)

Gillingham
General information
Location	Gillingham, Dorset England
Coordinates	51°02′02″N 2°16′23″W / 51.034°N 2.273°W / 51.034; -2.273
Grid reference	ST809261
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GIL
Classification	DfT category D
History
Original company	Salisbury and Yeovil Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
2 May 1859	Line opened from Salisbury
1 June 1860	Line extended westwards
1 April 1967	Line singled
Passengers
2018/19	0.378 million
2019/20	0.351 million
2020/21	82,042
2021/22	0.227 million
2022/23	0.278 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Gillingham railway station serves the town of Gillingham, Dorset, England. It is on the West of England Main Line, 105 miles 23 chains (169.4 km) down the line from London Waterloo. Today it is managed by South Western Railway. The main offices, designed by Sir William Tite, stand on the north side of the line.^[1]

It is commonly suffixed as Gillingham (Dorset) to avoid confusion with a station of the same name in Kent.