Christchurch train station
You can reach 40 stations directly from Christchurch on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Brockenhurst, with 74 trains a day.
Christchurch is the nearest station for postcodes in BH6, BH23. Check your own postcode.
- 40 direct destinations
- 880th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 65 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Christchurch
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockenhurst | 74 | 69 | 32 |
| Bournemouth | 74 | 69 | 32 |
| New Milton | 74 | 69 | 32 |
| Pokesdown | 72 | 69 | 32 |
| Southampton Central | 71 | 68 | 32 |
| Southampton Airport Parkway | 50 | 52 | 30 |
| Winchester | 49 | 51 | 24 |
| Poole | 45 | 43 | 32 |
| Hinton Admiral | 50 | 41 | 31 |
| Sway | 50 | 41 | 31 |
| Totton | 50 | 41 | 18 |
| Ashurst New Forest | 45 | 38 | 17 |
| London Waterloo | 33 | 37 | 24 |
| Basingstoke | 34 | 36 | 24 |
| Clapham Junction | 30 | 35 | 24 |
| Dorchester South | 27 | 35 | 17 |
| Hamworthy | 27 | 35 | 17 |
| Weymouth | 27 | 35 | 17 |
| Wareham | 27 | 35 | 17 |
| Upwey | 27 | 34 | 17 |
| Wool | 21 | 26 | 17 |
| Moreton | 20 | 25 | 17 |
| Holton Heath | 15 | 21 | 0 |
| Eastleigh | 21 | 20 | 17 |
| Branksome | 24 | 18 | 20 |
| Parkstone | 24 | 18 | 20 |
| Shawford | 19 | 17 | 1 |
| Beaulieu Road | 16 | 14 | 14 |
| Woking | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| St Denys | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Micheldever | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Fleet | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Farnborough (Main) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Surbiton | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Wimbledon | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Brookwood | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hook | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Swaythling | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Walton-on-Thames | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| West Byfleet | 0 | 1 | 0 |
and 2 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Christchurch
Christchurch 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 Christchurch station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Christchurch 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 Christchurch station is
484,080 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 880th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Christchurch and London Waterloo than any other pair: 90,626 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
- Pokesdown 1.9 miles
- Hinton Admiral 3.3 miles
- Bournemouth 3.6 miles
- New Milton 5.7 miles
- Branksome 5.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Christchurch, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Boscombe · 2.5 miles
- Hurn · 3.0 miles
- Bournemouth East original · 3.4 miles
- Meyrick Park Halt · 4.1 miles
- Bournemouth West · 4.9 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Christchurch station
Christchurch is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 12:55 · Saturday: 07:00 to 14:00 · Sunday: 08:45 to 12:45
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Christchurch station
- Christchurch Car Park 65 spaces, 2 accessible
£1.10 an hour, £3.30 off-peak, £6.60 a day, £26.30 a week
Cycle parking: 44 spaces (sheltered, lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Christchurch station
Christchurch station is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, and is run by South Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M27 J1 (Cadnam), 14.9 miles north-east.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Christchurch Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Christchurch 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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