Thornford
| Station Name | Thornford |
| Station Code | THO |
| Station Owner | Great Western Railway |
| Developable Area | 100.36ha |
| Development Capacity | 502 homes (at 5dph) |
| Local Planning Authority | Dorset |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score | 0% |
| Network Rail Region | South West |
| Network Rail Sub-Region | Dorset and Somerset |
| Passengers, 2020 - 2021 | 618 |
| Passengers, 2019 - 2020 | 2,744 |
| UK Station Passenger Rank (Use) | 2,423 |
Development Potential
England's busiest station (apart from those serving airports) had 4,170,558 passenger movements in the period 2019-2020. The station with the least was 68. Thornford station had 2,744 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 8 people per day.
For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 5 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.
Thornford is located within the South West railway region. The potential area for development around the station (excluding existing buildings, national parks, flood zones, public green space, protected habitats, areas of outstanding natural beauty, world heritage sites and surface water) is approximately 100.36ha.
Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 5 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 502 homes.
The station sits within Dorset planning authority.
