Poole railway station
You can reach 38 stations directly from Poole on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bournemouth, with 105 trains a day.
Address: BH15 2BQ
Poole is the nearest station for postcodes in BH15, BH17, BH19. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Poole
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | 105 | 100 | 62 |
| Branksome | 83 | 74 | 35 |
| Parkstone | 83 | 74 | 35 |
| Brockenhurst | 78 | 73 | 60 |
| Southampton Central | 80 | 72 | 60 |
| Southampton Airport Parkway | 66 | 69 | 58 |
| Winchester | 66 | 68 | 52 |
| London Waterloo | 63 | 67 | 51 |
| Dorchester South | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Hamworthy | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Weymouth | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Wareham | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Wool | 49 | 44 | 32 |
| Christchurch | 45 | 43 | 32 |
| Moreton | 45 | 43 | 32 |
| New Milton | 45 | 43 | 60 |
| Pokesdown | 44 | 43 | 32 |
| Upwey | 43 | 41 | 32 |
| Woking | 38 | 39 | 51 |
| Basingstoke | 39 | 38 | 52 |
| Clapham Junction | 30 | 36 | 51 |
| Holton Heath | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Hinton Admiral | 23 | 15 | 31 |
| Sway | 23 | 15 | 31 |
| Totton | 24 | 15 | 33 |
| Ashurst New Forest | 19 | 12 | 32 |
| Eastleigh | 8 | 9 | 32 |
| Shawford | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Micheldever | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 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 | 28 |
| 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 Poole is
965,090 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 555th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 6,630 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Poole and London Waterloo than any other pair: 150,876 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 1.6 miles
- Hamworthy 1.6 miles
- Branksome 2.9 miles
- Holton Heath 4.1 miles
- Bournemouth 5.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Poole, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Creekmoor Halt · 2.0 miles
- Broadstone · 3.0 miles
- Bournemouth West · 3.9 miles
- Meyrick Park Halt · 4.7 miles
- Corfe Mullen Halt · 4.7 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.