Bournemouth railway station

Bournemouth
General information
Location	Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Grid reference	SZ096919
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	BMH
Classification	DfT category C1
History
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
20 July 1885	Opened as Bournemouth East
1 May 1899	Renamed Bournemouth Central
10 July 1967	Renamed Bournemouth
Passengers
2018/19	2.752 million
Interchange	48,752
2019/20	2.526 million
Interchange	64,754
2020/21	0.698 million
Interchange	13,233
2021/22	2.010 million
Interchange	39,650
2022/23	2.430 million
Interchange	48,487
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e Railways in the Bournemouth area
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South West Main Line to London via Southampton Brockenhurst Holmsley Lymington Branch Line to Lymington Pier Ringwood Sway Avon Lodge New Milton Hurn Hinton Admiral Ringwood, Christchurch & Bournemouth Railway Christchurch (RC&BR) Christchurch Pokesdown Ashley Heath Halt Boscombe Bournemouth East Salisbury & Dorset Jn Rly to Salisbury via Verwood Bournemouth Central Bournemouth West Meyrick Park Halt Bournemouth Depot West Moors Branksome Parkstone Wimborne Salterns Quay Poole Poole Quay Line Creekmoor Halt Broadstone Holes Bay Causeway Corfe Mullen Halt Lower Hamworthy Goods Hamworthy (1847–1896) Hamworthy Junction Lake Halt Bailey Gate Somerset & Dorset Jt Rly to Bath or Burnham South West Main Line to Weymouth via Dorchester

Bournemouth railway station serves the seaside town of Bournemouth, in Dorset, England. It was known previously as Bournemouth East (1885 to 1899) and then Bournemouth Central (1899 to 1967). It has long been treated as an obligatory principal stop on the South West Main Line between London Waterloo and Weymouth. It is 108 miles 2 chains (173.8 km) down the main line from Waterloo^{[note 1]} and is situated between Pokesdown and Branksome.

A previous incarnation of Bournemouth East station was on another site. Ticket barriers were installed in 2008 and British Transport Police have a Bournemouth office at the station which acts as a regional hub.^[1]

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