Bournemouth railway station
| General information | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
| 2020/21 | 0.698 million | ||||
| Interchange | 13,233 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 2.010 million | ||||
| Interchange | 39,650 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 2.430 million | ||||
| Interchange | 48,487 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 2.521 million | ||||
| Interchange | 62,051 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 2.664 million | ||||
| Interchange | 71,883 | ||||
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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 is managed by South Western Railway, and it has long been treated as an obligatory principal stop on the South West Main Line between London Waterloo and Weymouth. The station also is served by CrossCountry services via Reading and Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly. It is 108 miles 2 chains (173.8 km) measured from London Waterloo 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.