Poole train 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.
- 38 direct destinations
- 555th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 146 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
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 |
| Christchurch | 45 | 43 | 32 |
| New Milton | 45 | 43 | 60 |
| Pokesdown | 44 | 43 | 32 |
| Wool | 49 | 43 | 32 |
| Moreton | 45 | 42 | 32 |
| Upwey | 43 | 41 | 32 |
| Woking | 38 | 39 | 51 |
| Basingstoke | 39 | 38 | 52 |
| Clapham Junction | 30 | 36 | 51 |
| Holton Heath | 34 | 33 | 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 | 8 |
| Surbiton | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Wimbledon | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 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.
Lines serving Poole
Poole 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 Poole station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Poole 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 Poole station 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.
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
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Facilities at Poole station
Poole is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:55 to 19:00 · Saturday: 07:00 to 18:00 · Sunday: 09:00 to 19:00
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Poole station
- Poole Car Park 146 spaces, 3 accessible
£1.80 an hour, £5.50 off-peak, £10.90 a day, £43.40 a week
Cycle parking: 90 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Poole station
Poole station is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, and is run by South Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M27 J1 (Cadnam), 21.9 miles north-east.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Poole Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Poole 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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