Between the 18th & 22nd June 1874 the track was converted to standard gauge.

Doubling of the track from Yeovil reached Grimstone & Frampton Station in 1884 and Dorchester in 1885.

In 1901 the Station Master at Grimstone & Frampton Station was 63-year-old Richard Tucker.

Bradford Peverell & Stratton Halt was first built of wood. It opened on the 22nd May 1933.

Nationalisation of the railways on the 1st January 1948 saw the line become part of British Railways Western Region. In 1950 it was transferred to the Southern Region.