Station code PKS DfT category E Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SZ037915 Managed by South West Trains 2011/12 0.189 million | |
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Parkstone railway station uk
Parkstone railway station serves the Parkstone area of Poole in Dorset, England. The platform sign used to say "Parkstone (for Sandbanks)".
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- Parkstone railway station uk
- sir lamiel 30777 steam locomotive at parkstone railway station
- Services
- References
The station is operated by South West Trains and is served by both the Weymouth express and the Poole stopping services.
The station is 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.
Served by the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway line from Bath Green Park to Bournemouth West from 1874 until the Beeching Axe in 1965.
Until 1967 a branch goods line ran from here to the George Jennings South Western Pottery. The line extended from the Pottery to Salterns Pier, on the northern shores of Poole Harbour, until 1922.[1]
The line between Bournemouth and Weymouth was electrified in 1988 using the standard British Rail Southern Region system of a third rail with 750 Volts direct current.
sir lamiel 30777 steam locomotive at parkstone railway station
Services
On Mondays to Saturdays the station generally sees two trains per hour to Poole and London Waterloo (one semi-fast and one local stopper) and an hourly service to Weymouth. On Sundays, the service is hourly each way.