Grid reference SZ076914 Post-grouping SDJR (LMS & SR) Platforms in use 6 | Pre-grouping SDJR (MR & LSWR) 15 June 1874 Opened | |
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Similar Evercreech Junction railway st, Meyrick Park Halt railway st, Boscombe railway station, Ringwood railway station, Southampton Terminus railway st | ||
History
The station opened on 15 June 1874. Although passenger trains were withdrawn from 6 September 1965 a substitute bus service was provided until official closure on 4 October 1965 The closure was originally temporary, but then became permanent and the station was demolished. The station was the southern terminus of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, as well as being the terminus for trains from London Waterloo and other local trains.
Accidents and incidents
Closure
The station was closed during the electrification of the London Waterloo-Bournemouth line. Originally the closure was meant to be temporary pending completion of the electrification project, as it was thought that Bournemouth Central did not have enough capacity to handle all of Bournemouth's trains. Experience during the temporary closure showed that the newly electrified Central station could handle all the trains in the town, so the closure became permanent.
The station was demolished shortly after the closure became permanent and the site is now occupied by a car park and the A338 Wessex Way. Bournemouth Train Care depot, former home of the Class 442 Wessex Electrics, occupies the former approaches to the station.
