Branksome railway 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.
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 | 27 | 32 |
| Moreton | 32 | 26 | 32 |
| Holton Heath | 23 | 19 | 0 |
| Christchurch | 24 | 18 | 20 |
| 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 | 0 |
| Wimbledon | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 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.
How busy Branksome 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 30 stations instead of 38, a drop of about 21%. Saturday runs to 42.
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
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.