Branksome railway station
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Branksome Southern Railway | |
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Key dates | |
1 June 1893 | Opened |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.286 million |
2019/20 | 0.291 million |
2020/21 | 56,690 |
2021/22 | 0.150 million |
2022/23 | 0.202 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Branksome railway station serves the Branksome and Branksome Park areas of Poole in Dorset, England. It is on the South West Main Line, 110 miles 51 chains (178.1 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
History
The
The line between Bournemouth Central to Branksome and
Accommodation
The station is able to accommodate trains of up to five coaches; longer trains only open the doors in the first four or five coaches depending on the type of unit operating the service.
To the east of the station is the junction leading to Bournemouth Train Care Depot, built on part of the site of Bournemouth West carriage sidings. Trains can often be seen arriving on platform 2 and then reversing into the depot.
Services
The station is served by
The typical off-peak stopping pattern of this station, as of June 2021, is below:
- 1 train per hour on Monday-Friday on Poole-London Waterloo express service.
- 2 trains per hour on Saturday, 1 on Weymouth-London Waterloo express service, and 1 on Poole-Winchester stopping service.
- 1 train per hour on Sunday on Weymouth-London Waterloo express service.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Bournemouth | South Western Railway
South West Main Line |
Parkstone | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Bournemouth West Line and station closed |
Parkstone |
Bus Services
The station is served by multiple bus services, operated by morebus all year round.
- m1: Poole - Bournemouth Hospital via Bournemouth
- m2: Poole - Southbourne via Bournemouth
- 18: Bournemouth - Broadstone[6]
References
- ^ White 1992, p. 161.
- ^ Quick 2023, p. 98.
- ^ Atthill & Nock 1970, p. 141.
- ^ Hawkins & Reeve 1979, p. 15.
- ^ White 1992, p. 202.
- ^ https://www.morebus.co.uk/services
Bibliography
- Atthill, Robin; Nock, O. S. (1970) [1967]. The Somerset & Dorset Railway. London: Pan Books. OCLC 1345653021.
- Hawkins, Chris; Reeve, George (1979). An historical survey of Southern sheds. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-020-3.
- Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
- White, H. P. (1992). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 2 Southern England (5th ed.). Nairn, Scotland: David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-77-1.