| Bournemouth | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Bournemouth |
| Local authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Grid reference | Template:Gbmapscaled |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BMH |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Platforms in use | 4 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 2.199 million |
| 2005/06 * | decrease2.121 million |
| 2006/07 * | increase2.310 million |
| 2007/08 * | increase2.456 million |
| 2008/09 * | increase2.739 million |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 20 July 1885 | Opened (Bournemouth East) |
| 1 May 1899 | Renamed (Bournemouth Central) |
| 10 July 1967 | Renamed (Bournemouth) |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bournemouth from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
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Bournemouth railway station, originally known as Bournemouth East (1885 to 1899) and then Bournemouth Central (1899 to 1967), is the main railway station serving the town of Bournemouth in Dorset, England. It is located on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth. British Transport Police maintain a complement of Rail Community Officers at the station.[1]
As Bournemouth East station, it was previously on another site (1870 to 1885) – see Bournemouth East original railway station.
History[]
The station was designed by William Jacob, chief engineer of the London and South Western Railway, and opened on 20 July 1885 as Bournemouth East replacing the original station of the same name which was located on the other side of Holdenhurst Road.[2] The station was located some distance away from the town centre on the insistence of town authorities of the time. It was renamed Bournemouth Central on 1 May 1899 and became Bournemouth on 10 July 1967 following the closure of Bournemouth West. By 1967 third rail electrification had reached Bournemouth and continued beyond to Branksome and Bournemouth Depot but no further. From the end of steam most trains were formed of 4REP EMUs coupled up with one or more unpowered 4TC units. The 4TC units would be uncoupled at Bournemouth and attached to a Class 33/1 diesel locomotive for the onward journey to Weymouth. This continued until the electrification of the line from Branksome to Weymouth and the introduction of Wessex Electric units in 1988. The end of steam also saw the removal of the station's centre tracks which ran between the up and down lines serving platforms 2 and 3 respectively and the demolition of the locomotive sheds located to the west; the station car park is now located on this site.
The station roof was severely damaged by the Great Storm of 1987 that hit the South of England. It was extensively refurbished in 2000 by Railtrack after many years of disrepair and being surrounded by scaffolding to protect people from falling debris.
Ticket barriers were installed in 2008.
The current Bournemouth railway station is the centre of, what was once, a small network featuring 5 different railway lines - South West Main Line, Southampton and Dorchester Railway, Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway, Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway and Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway all of which passed through Bournemouth and surrounding villages.
Layout[]
The station has four platforms:
- Platform 1 – east facing bay platform capable of accommodating trains of up to 4 20-metre coaches.
- Platform 2 – for through services to the east towards Southampton & London.
- Platforms 3 and 4 – for terminating services from London and through services towards Poole and Weymouth. Platform 4 is rarely used by trains in passenger service.
Platforms 3 and 4 are continuous, and both can accommodate full-length trains. This means Bournemouth has one of the longest platforms in the country. Other stations with this arrangement include Gloucester, Cambridge and Edinburgh Waverley.
Motive power depot[]
A small locomotive depot was opened at Bournemouth East in 1870, but closed in 1883.[3] This was replaced by a larger shed, adjacent to Bournemouth Central station, in 1883. This in turn was supplemented by another shed nearby in 1888. In 1921, the 1883 shed was closed and the 1888 one was extended to increase capacity, and between 1936 and 1938 this was rebuilt and enlarged. The new shed included a Category:Aldwych Branch The Short Streach Of Line Between Holborn And Aldwych Was Closed In 1994.The Line Was Due To be extended to Waterloo but never was.There will be a bit of Aldwych In My Website when added turntable and a Template:Convert/lt hoist. However the facilities remained cramped and awkwardly sited there were proposals to move the depot to Branksome which were never implemented. This site therefore remained in use until June 1967 when the site was cleared.[4]
Services[]
Rail[]
The station is primarily served by South Western Railway who operate trains along the South Western Main Line between Weymouth station and London Waterloo. In addition, CrossCountry operate services from Bournemouth to Manchester.
As of June 2021, the typical stopping pattern of the station are:
- Monday to Saturday:
- 1 South Western Railway train per hour between Weymouth and London Waterloo, operating as a stopping service between Weymouth and Poole, and as a semi-fast service between Poole and Brockenhurst.
- 1 South Western Railway train per hour between Poole and London Waterloo, stopping at all stations between Poole and Bournemouth before continuing as an express service to London. This service extends to Weymouth on Saturday as a semi-fast service west of Poole.
- 1 South Western Railway train per hour between Bournemouth and Winchester, calling at most intermediate stations. This service extends to Poole, calling at all intermediate stations on Saturday.
- 1 CrossCountry train every 2 hours between Bournemouth and Manchester via Southampton, Reading, and Birmingham.
- Sunday:
- 1 South Western Railway train per hour between Weymouth and London Waterloo, stopping at all stations between Weymouth and Poole except Holton Heath and express thereafter.
- 1 South Western Railway train per hour between Poole and London Waterloo, running non-stop between Poole and Bournemouth and stopping all the way to Southampton Central.
- 1 CrossCountry train every 2 hours between Bournemouth and Manchester via Southampton, Reading, and Birmingham.
Bus[]
Bournemouth Travel Interchange is located on the down side of the station which consists of a coach station of 14 boarding / alighting bays, and 5 platforms for local buses, which 4 are located from Holdenhurst Road entrance serving routes from the town centre to suburbs, and 1 is located from Coach House Place entrance serving routes from suburbs to the town centre.
In addition, there is a pair of bus stop located on Holdenhurst Road outside the station.
As of June 2021, the following routes serve Bournemouth station, all linking the town centre with the exception of U1:
- Stopping at the local bus platforms:
- Stopping at the coach station:
- morebus route 50 for Swanage
- National Express routes 033, 035, 103, 160, 190, 205
- various tour services
- Stopping at Holdenhurst Road:
- Yellow Buses route 2
- UNIBUS route U1 (westbound only)
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/TravelInformation/Safety+and+security/
- ↑ Bournemouth Central
- ↑ Griffiths, Roger; Paul Smith (1999). The directory of British engine sheds 1. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co, 50. ISBN 0 86093 542 6.
- ↑ Hawkins, Chris; George Reeve (1979). An historical survey of Southern sheds. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co, 15. ISBN 0 86093 020 3.