Bournemouth railway station

You can reach 59 stations directly from Bournemouth on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Brockenhurst, with 136 trains a day.

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Bournemouth is the nearest station for postcodes in BH1, BH2, BH3, BH8, BH9, BH22. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Bournemouth

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Brockenhurst	136	128	83
Southampton Central	138	127	83
Southampton Airport Parkway	112	111	81
Winchester	112	110	75
Poole	105	100	62
Branksome	83	74	35
Parkstone	83	74	35
Christchurch	73	69	32
New Milton	73	69	60
Pokesdown	71	69	32
Basingstoke	74	67	75
London Waterloo	67	67	51
Dorchester South	67	66	32
Hamworthy	67	66	32
Weymouth	67	66	32
Wareham	67	66	32
Wool	49	44	32
Moreton	45	43	32
Hinton Admiral	50	41	31
Sway	50	41	31
Totton	51	41	33
Upwey	43	41	32
Woking	38	39	51
Ashurst New Forest	45	38	32
Clapham Junction	33	36	51
Holton Heath	34	34	0
Banbury	29	29	22
Birmingham International	29	29	22
Birmingham New Street	29	29	22
Coventry	29	29	22
Leamington Spa	29	29	22
Oxford	29	29	22
Reading	29	29	23
Manchester Piccadilly	26	26	20
Stoke-on-Trent	25	26	19
Stafford	26	26	20
Wolverhampton	26	26	20
Macclesfield	24	25	19
Stockport	24	25	20
Eastleigh	21	22	32

and 21 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Bournemouth is

2,664,456 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 210th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 71,883 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Bournemouth and London Waterloo than any other pair: 533,182 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 44 stations instead of 59, a drop of about 25%. Saturday runs to 61.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Bournemouth gains 15 destinations including Dunbar, Alnmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Newcastle, Motherwell, York.

Nearest other stations

Pokesdown 1.7 miles
Branksome 2.4 miles
Christchurch 3.6 miles
Parkstone 3.7 miles
Poole 5.3 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Bournemouth, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Bournemouth East original · 0.2 miles
Meyrick Park Halt · 0.7 miles
Boscombe · 1.1 miles
Bournemouth West · 1.3 miles
Hurn · 4.3 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.