Bournemouth railway station.

Bournemouth railway station is the main railway station serving the town of Bournemouth in Dorset, England. It is located on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... Bournemouth is a seaside resort in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The South Western Main Line is the railway line from London Waterloo to Weymouth on the Dorset coast. ... Facade of Waterloo Station, London Waterloo is a major train station and transport interchange located in the Waterloo district of London, which was itself named after the Battle of Waterloo in which Napoleon was defeated near Brussels. ... Weymouth Promenade in 1993 Weymouth is a coastal town in Dorset, England. ...

The station is primarily served by South West Trains, who operate both fast trains from Waterloo to Weymouth, and local stopping services from Brockenhurst to Wareham. In addition, Virgin Trains operate services from Bournemouth and Poole to the North West and Scotland. In the past, Southern used to operate a London Victoria-Bournemouth service, but this has now been truncated at Southampton. A Class 458 unit at Virginia Water station in April 2004. ... Brockenhurst is a village in Hampshire in the New Forest in England. ... This article is about the town in England; you may have been looking for Wareham, Massachusetts . ... Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... A Southern Class 171 Turbostar on display at the York Railfest exhibition on 3rd June 2004 prior to entering service. ... Victoria Station concourse Victoria station is a London Underground and railway station in London, in the City of Westminster. ... Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ...

The station has four platforms:

• Platform 1 - east facing bay platform, previously used by Southern services to London Victoria.
• Platform 2 - for through services to the east towards Southampton.
• Platforms 3 and 4 - for terminating services from London and through services towards Poole and Weymouth.

Platforms 3 and 4 are continuous, and both can accommodate full-length trains. This means Bournemouth has one of the longest platforms in the country. Other stations with this arrangement include Gloucester and Cambridge. Cambridge railway station is a railway station serving the city of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. ...

External links

• Train times (http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=BMH) for Bournemouth railway station from National Rail
• Street map (http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?client=public&lang=&advanced=&quicksearch=BH88AP) and aerial photo (http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&lang=&pc=BH88AP) of Bournemouth railway station from Multimap.com

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