Wareham train station
You can reach 37 stations directly from Wareham on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bournemouth, with 67 trains a day.
Wareham is the nearest station for postcodes in BH20. Check your own postcode.
- 37 direct destinations
- 1,155th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 69 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Wareham
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Dorchester South | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Hamworthy | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Poole | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Weymouth | 67 | 66 | 32 |
| Southampton Central | 62 | 63 | 30 |
| Brockenhurst | 58 | 64 | 30 |
| Southampton Airport Parkway | 56 | 60 | 28 |
| Winchester | 56 | 59 | 28 |
| London Waterloo | 55 | 59 | 28 |
| Wool | 49 | 43 | 32 |
| Branksome | 47 | 40 | 32 |
| Parkstone | 47 | 40 | 32 |
| Moreton | 45 | 42 | 32 |
| Upwey | 43 | 41 | 32 |
| Holton Heath | 34 | 33 | 0 |
| Basingstoke | 32 | 31 | 28 |
| Woking | 32 | 34 | 28 |
| Christchurch | 27 | 35 | 17 |
| New Milton | 27 | 35 | 30 |
| Pokesdown | 27 | 35 | 17 |
| Clapham Junction | 25 | 30 | 28 |
| Hinton Admiral | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Sway | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Totton | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| Ashurst New Forest | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Eastleigh | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Shawford | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Fleet | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Farnborough (Main) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Beaulieu Road | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brookwood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hook | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Micheldever | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Surbiton | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wimbledon | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Winchfield | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Wareham
Wareham 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 Wareham station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Wareham 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 Wareham station is
301,986 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,155th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Wareham and London Waterloo than any other pair: 48,560 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
- Holton Heath 2.1 miles
- Wool 4.7 miles
- Hamworthy 4.8 miles
- Poole 6.0 miles
- Parkstone 7.6 miles
Facilities at Wareham station
Wareham is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 18:30 · Saturday: 07:15 to 13:50 · Sunday: 10:00 to 14:00
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Wareham station
- Wareham (Dorset) Car Park 69 spaces, 2 accessible
£1.00 an hour, £1.80 off-peak, £3.60 a day, £14.30 a week
Cycle parking: 20 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 September 2026.
Getting to Wareham station
Wareham station is in Dorset, South West, and is run by South Western Railway.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Wareham Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Wareham 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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