Pokesdown train station
You can reach 39 stations directly from Pokesdown on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Brockenhurst, with 72 trains a day.
Pokesdown is the nearest station for postcodes in BH7, BH5, BH31. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Pokesdown
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockenhurst | 72 | 69 | 32 |
| Bournemouth | 72 | 69 | 32 |
| Christchurch | 72 | 69 | 32 |
| New Milton | 72 | 69 | 32 |
| Southampton Central | 69 | 68 | 32 |
| Southampton Airport Parkway | 49 | 52 | 30 |
| Winchester | 48 | 51 | 24 |
| Poole | 44 | 43 | 32 |
| Hinton Admiral | 50 | 41 | 31 |
| Sway | 50 | 41 | 31 |
| Totton | 48 | 41 | 18 |
| Ashurst New Forest | 44 | 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 | 20 | 20 | 17 |
| Branksome | 23 | 18 | 20 |
| Parkstone | 23 | 18 | 20 |
| Shawford | 18 | 17 | 1 |
| Beaulieu Road | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Woking | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| St Denys | 3 | 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Walton-on-Thames | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| West Byfleet | 0 | 1 | 0 |
and 2 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Pokesdown
Pokesdown 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 Pokesdown station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Pokesdown 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 Pokesdown station is
377,104 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,020th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Pokesdown and London Waterloo than any other pair: 52,800 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
- Bournemouth 1.7 miles
- Christchurch 1.9 miles
- Branksome 4.1 miles
- Hinton Admiral 5.2 miles
- Parkstone 5.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Pokesdown, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Boscombe · 0.6 miles
- Bournemouth East original · 1.5 miles
- Meyrick Park Halt · 2.3 miles
- Bournemouth West · 3.0 miles
- Hurn · 3.3 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Pokesdown station
Pokesdown is staffed part time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:50 to 12:30 · Saturday: 07:50 to 13:40 · Sunday: closed
WiFi
Cycle parking: 24 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 September 2026.
Getting to Pokesdown station
Pokesdown station is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, and is run by South Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M27 J1 (Cadnam), 16.4 miles north-east.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Pokesdown Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Pokesdown 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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