Bournemouth West railway station

Bournemouth West
Station approach in 1963
Location
Place	Bournemouth
Area	Borough of Bournemouth
Grid reference	SZ076914
Operations
Pre-grouping	SDJR (MR & LSWR)
Post-grouping	SDJR (LMS & SR)
Platforms	6
History
15 June 1874	Opened
6 September 1965	Closed to passengers
4 October 1965	Closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
UK Railways portal

View eastward, to buffer-stops; terminus of ex-LSWR main line from London in 1963

Bournemouth West railway station was a railway station in Bournemouth, Dorset, England.

History

The station opened on 15 June 1874. Although passenger trains were withdrawn from 6 September 1965 a substitute bus service was provided until official closure on 4 October 1965 The closure was originally temporary, but then became permanent and the station was demolished. The station was the southern terminus of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, as well as being the terminus for trains from London Waterloo and other local trains.

Accidents and incidents

• On 17 August 1956. a rake of carriages ran away and collided with another rake of carriages and a parcels van. The van was pushed into the parcels office, bringing down its roof, which crushed two cars.

Closure

The station was closed during the electrification of the London Waterloo-Bournemouth line. Originally the closure was meant to be temporary pending completion of the electrification project, as it was thought that Bournemouth Central did not have enough capacity to handle all of Bournemouth's trains. Experience during the temporary closure showed that the newly electrified Central station could handle all the trains in the town, so the closure became permanent.

The station was demolished shortly after the closure became permanent and the site is now occupied by a car park and the A338 Wessex Way. Bournemouth Train Care depot, former home of the Class 442 Wessex Electrics, occupies the former approaches to the station.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Terminus		Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway LSWR and Midland Railways Line closed		Branksome
Terminus		Southampton and Dorchester Railway LSWR Line closed		Meyrick Park Halt Station closed

External sources

• Bournemouth West
• SEMG online
• The station on navigable 1946 O. S. map