The town has two railway stations.
Dorchester South is on the South Western Main Line to Bournemouth, Southampton and London Waterloo is operated by South Western Railway; Dorchester West, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is on the Heart of Wessex Line, operated by Great Western Railway and connects with Yeovil, Bath, Bristol, Gloucester and London Paddington.
As part of the regeneration at the Brewery Site in the town centre, Dorchester South railway station will become the first solar powered railway station in the UK.

Mowlem completed a bypass road to the south and west of the town in 1988, diverting through traffic using the A35 and A37 roads away from the town centre.
Dorchester is approximately 43 miles (69 km) south east of junction 25 of the M5 motorway at Taunton.
The town has two railway stations. Dorchester South is on the South Western Main Line to Bournemouth, Southampton and London Waterloo is operated by South Western Railway; Dorchester West, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is on the Heart of Wessex Line, operated by Great Western Railway and connects with Yeovil, Bath, Bristol, Gloucester and London Paddington. As part of the regeneration at the Brewery Site in the town centre, Dorchester South railway station will become the first solar powered railway station in the UK.
Mowlem completed a bypass road to the south and west of the town in 1988, diverting through traffic using the A35 and A37 roads away from the town centre. Dorchester is approximately 43 miles (69 km) south east of junction 25 of the M5 motorway at Taunton.
Dorchester, Dorset