Gillingham  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Gillingham, Dorset England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°02′02″N 2°16′23″W / 51.034°N 2.273°W | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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Gillingham railway station is in 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.