Better transport in and around Dorchester

  • Would you like to be able to get about more easily and enjoyably by foot, bike or public transport?
  • Would you like our streets to feel safer and more pleasant, for our children and our communities?
  • Do you frequently get caught up in traffic jams and are you concerned about your carbon footprint?

Welcome to our new website

It's a work in progress, and we'll be adding much more about various projects to make transport better in Dorchester, but for now...

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Meet our volunteer team and find out why DTAG was set up and what it does.

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Find out what's going on in local transport, and subscribe to our e-news.

Check our calendar

See what's on the agenda with DTAG and other transport related groups in Dorchester.

Plan your journey

Plan a journey using one of these online planning tools and apps.

Our latest news posts...

Ride to West Bay
Rob Hattersley

Ride to West Bay

A new WB1 shuttle bus service is now running between Bridport town centre and West Bay at weekends, providing a convenient and affordable way to travel between the two locations. The service, which launched on July 26, 2025, is a pilot program and runs every half hour on Saturday and…
Rob Hattersley | 7 August 2025 | 07:41 | No comments
Discover Dorset’s transport history at the next ‘From the Stacks’ talk
Julie-Ann Booker

Discover Dorset’s transport history at the next ‘From the Stacks’ talk

Spotted this article on the Dorset Council website, here’s the link. Some of you may be interested to go: Dorset History Centre is excited to announce the next event in its popular From the Stacks lunchtime talk series. Join them on Wednesday 30 July at 12.30pm for a fascinating insight…
Julie-Ann Booker | 26 July 2025 | 15:11 | No comments
Seventy cyclists turned out for the first Streets Alive community cycle ride
Julie-Ann Booker

Seventy cyclists turned out for the first Streets Alive community cycle ride

The first Streets Alive community cycle ride on 13 July was a great success. Organised by Dorchester Transport Action Group some 70 cyclists aged from 5 years old to 84 years young participated.  The Mayor of Dorchester, Cllr Andy Canning, waved off the cyclists saying, “Great to see so many…
Julie-Ann Booker | 23 July 2025 | 15:33 | No comments

Community cycle ride this Sunday

Get your bikes out, get them oiled up and ready, get them ‘blinged’ up to win a prize! This coming Sunday is going to be great! Cyclists (and younger scooter riders) of all abilities are welcome. Bring a picnic for after the cycle and have a great afternoon out on the Great…
Julie-Ann Booker | 9 July 2025 | 15:29 | No comments
Getting around Dorchester by bus
Julie-Ann Booker

Getting around Dorchester by bus

Good to see this article by Stewart Palmer, our Dorchester Transport Action Group Chair, in the latest edition of the Dorchester Town Council newsletter. Stewart wrote the article to generally promote bus usage, not in his capacity as our Chair, nevertheless well done Stewart! Link to: Dorchester Town Council Newsletter…
Julie-Ann Booker | 30 June 2025 | 16:09 | No comments
Dorchester Transport Action Group – open meeting interim report
Julie-Ann Booker

Dorchester Transport Action Group – open meeting interim report

DTAG held their annual open meeting on Wednesday 18th June 2025 in The Corn Exchange Dorchester. This is a brief update on what took place and what will happen next. Some 30 people attended, a mixture of DTAG members and local residents who are interested in improving how we all…
Julie-Ann Booker | 29 June 2025 | 09:06 | No comments

Dorchester and beyond by train

Our friends at Purbeck and South Wessex Community Rail Partnerships have produced a great little video promoting the delights of Dorchester by train!

Journey planning & assistance

A small Damory bus passes Dorchester Shire Hall

MoreBus (Damory) provide bus services in and around Dorchester, including inter-town services and services into Purbeck and beyond.

Live travel updates from Dorset Council for unexpected disruption, congestion and incidents on roads and public transport; planned maintenance works on public transport; other travel alerts and warnings when reported. You can contact the public transport team below.

First Bus Wessex provides services around Dorset and South Somerset, including the busy No. 10 Bus from Dorchester to Weymouth, and the X51 and X53 from Dorchester through Martinstown to Bridport, Lyme Regis and Axminster station.

Great Western Railway runs trains from Weymouth up through Dorchester West station and onwards to Yeovil, Castle Cary, Bath Spa and Bristol.

South West Coaches operate the Dorchester to Yeovil service CR5. You can view the timetable here.

South Western Railway runs the line from London Waterloo through Dorchester South station, and on to Weymouth.

Both Google and Apple maps now include live public transport information and journey planning options. This is useful if you want to know walking times to and from bus stops and train stations, and so see more than one route option for your journey.

Complaints or problems

Address complaints directly with the operator

delay repay logo from GWR

Any complaints about specific transport services should be addressed directly to the relevant operator using the contact details above.

DTAG cannot be involved in individual complaints.

DTAG's remit is the bigger picture for better transport, so it would only get involved if a wider issue were identified.

Delay repay (trains)

On Time Trains calculates which services are due delay repay payments, and links to the relevant delay reply site, making your claim much easier.

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