Hamworthy railway station

50°43′30″N 2°01′10″W / 50.72500°N 2.01944°W / 50.72500; -2.01944

Hamworthy South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HAM
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Southampton and Dorchester Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1847	Opened as Poole Junction
2 December 1872	Renamed Hamworthy Junction
c. 1973	Renamed Hamworthy
Passengers
2018/19	0.155 million
2019/20	0.134 million
2020/21	44,902
2021/22	0.103 million
2022/23	0.116 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hamworthy railway station serves Hamworthy, an area of Poole in Dorset, England. It is 115 miles 77 chains (186.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

History

The station opened with the Southampton & Dorchester Railway, which later became part of the

Until 1967, trains through the station were normally steam hauled. Between 1967 and 1988, passenger services were normally provided by Class 33/1 diesel locomotives with Class 438 coaching stock (also known as 4-TC units). The line was electrified in 1988, using the standard British Rail Southern Region direct current third rail at 750 volts. Class 442 electric multiple units were initially used following electrification, until being displaced by Class 444 electric multiple units in 2007.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Poole		South Western Railway South West Main Line		Holton Heath or Wareham
	Disused railways
Broadstone line and station closed		Southampton and Dorchester Railway		Wareham line and station open
		Southampton and Dorchester Railway Port of Poole branch		Lake Halt line open, station closed

Facilities

The platforms are able to accommodate trains of up to five coaches. Longer passenger trains are rarely seen past Poole. The station does not have a footbridge but has an underpass that also serves as a public footpath from Turlin Moor to Hamworthy. There was a foot crossing at the Poole end of the station for passenger in wheelchairs or with heavy luggage but this has been removed and access to the platform end fenced off. A light indicating if it is safe to cross remains at the end of platform 1 but is permanently switched off.

Hamworthy was one of two South West Trains stations not to receive a Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress self-service ticket machine to replace the former "Quickfare" (Ascom B8050) machine installed during the Network SouthEast era due to fears of vandalism, although tickets could be bought from the ticket office at certain times of the day and a permit to travel could be purchased at all times. The Quickfare machine was removed in October 2006. South West Trains installed a Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress self-service ticket machine in August 2008 and removed the permit to travel machine. The ticket machine is fitted with a security shutter and casing to protect it from vandalism.

This is the junction where the

Until recently, Hamworthy had the only remaining semaphore signal on the South West Main Line, but this was removed in May 2014 as part of the signaling upgrade scheme.

References

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