Branksome train station
You can reach 38 stations directly from Branksome on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bournemouth, with 83 trains a day.
Address: BH12 1DF
Branksome is the nearest station for postcodes in BH12, BH4, BH13, BH11, BH10. Check your own postcode.
- 38 direct destinations
- 1,194th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- 30 parking spaces
- 9 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Branksome
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | 83 | 74 | 35 |
| Parkstone | 83 | 74 | 35 |
| Poole | 83 | 74 | 35 |
| Brockenhurst | 57 | 48 | 33 |
| Southampton Central | 59 | 47 | 33 |
| Southampton Airport Parkway | 46 | 44 | 31 |
| Winchester | 46 | 43 | 30 |
| London Waterloo | 44 | 42 | 30 |
| Dorchester South | 47 | 40 | 32 |
| Hamworthy | 47 | 40 | 32 |
| Weymouth | 47 | 40 | 32 |
| Wareham | 47 | 40 | 32 |
| Woking | 36 | 38 | 30 |
| Wool | 35 | 26 | 32 |
| Moreton | 32 | 25 | 32 |
| Christchurch | 24 | 18 | 20 |
| Holton Heath | 23 | 18 | 0 |
| New Milton | 24 | 18 | 33 |
| Pokesdown | 23 | 18 | 20 |
| Hinton Admiral | 21 | 15 | 19 |
| Sway | 21 | 15 | 19 |
| Totton | 22 | 15 | 6 |
| Upwey | 23 | 15 | 32 |
| Basingstoke | 20 | 13 | 30 |
| Ashurst New Forest | 17 | 12 | 5 |
| Clapham Junction | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| Eastleigh | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| Shawford | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Micheldever | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Fleet | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Farnborough (Main) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| St Denys | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Surbiton | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Wimbledon | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Beaulieu Road | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Brookwood | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hook | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Swaythling | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Walton-on-Thames | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| West Byfleet | 0 | 1 | 0 |
and 2 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Branksome
Branksome is on the South West Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Branksome station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Branksome station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Branksome station is
280,126 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,194th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Branksome and London Waterloo than any other pair: 66,008 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.
Nearest other stations
- Parkstone 1.3 miles
- Bournemouth 2.4 miles
- Poole 2.9 miles
- Pokesdown 4.1 miles
- Hamworthy 4.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Branksome, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bournemouth West · 1.2 miles
- Meyrick Park Halt · 1.8 miles
- Bournemouth East original · 2.6 miles
- Boscombe · 3.5 miles
- Creekmoor Halt · 3.8 miles
- Broadstone · 4.1 miles
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Facilities at Branksome station
Branksome is staffed part time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:05 to 10:00 · Saturday: 08:00 to 11:00 · Sunday: closed
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Parking at Branksome station
- Branksome Car Park 30 spaces, 1 accessible
£1.00 an hour, £2.40 off-peak, £4.80 a day, £19.10 a week
Cycle parking: 20 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 September 2026.
Getting to Branksome station
Branksome station is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, and is run by South Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M27 J1 (Cadnam), 19.4 miles north-east.
9 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Cromer Road.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Branksome station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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