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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.
Branksome  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Branksome, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole England | ||||
| Grid reference | SZ057919 | ||||
| Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BSM | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
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| 1 June 1893 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.291 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  56,690 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.150 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.202 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.235 million | ||||
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History
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The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) opened its line from Bournemouth to Poole in 1874,[1] but the station was not opened until 1 June 1893.[2] The S&DJR opened a locomotive depot at the station in 1895 which operated until closure of the line into Bournemouth West in 1965,[3] after which the S&D trains ran, for the remaining few months of operation, into Bournemouth Central railway station, which had its own locomotive shed.[4]
The line between Bournemouth Central to Branksome and Bournemouth Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot was electrified in 1967 to enable stock to access Bournemouth Depot.[5] The route west of Branksome to Weymouth was electrified in 1988 using the standard British Rail Southern Region system of a third rail with 750 volts direct current.
Layout
editThe station has two platforms which are 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 Traincare 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.
Service
editThe station is managed and served by South Western Railway.[6]
The typical off-peak service on Mondays-Saturdays in trains per hour is:
- 1 tph in each direction between Poole and London Waterloo
- 1 tph in each direction between Weymouth and London Waterloo
On Sunday, there is 1 tph in each direction between Weymouth and London Waterloo.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Bournemouth | South Western Railway South West Main Line |
Parkstone | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Bournemouth West Line and station closed |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR and Midland Railways |
Parkstone | ||
Connections
editThe station is served by several bus routes, operated by Morebus; these include:[7]
- m1: Poole - Bournemouth Hospital via Bournemouth
- m2: Poole - Southbourne via Bournemouth
- 18: Bournemouth - Broadstone[8]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ White 1992, p. 161.
- ^ Quick 2023, p. 98.
- ^ Atthill & Nock 1970, p. 141.
- ^ Hawkins & Reeve 1979, p. 15.
- ^ White 1992, p. 202.
- ^ "Timetables". South Western Railway. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Stops in Branksome". Bustimes.org. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Timetables & Maps - morebus".
Bibliography
edit- Atthill, Robin; Nock, O. S. (1970) [1967]. The Somerset & Dorset Railway. London: Pan Books. ISBN 978-0-330-02478-5. 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.
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