Pokesdown railway station

Pokesdown
Pokesdown station platforms looking southwards (towards Bournemouth), 22 February 2014
General information
Location	Pokesdown, Borough of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole England
Grid reference	SZ124924
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	POK
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 July 1886	Opened as Boscombe
1 October 1891	Renamed Pokesdown (Boscombe)
1 May 1897	Renamed Pokesdown
1930	Renamed Pokesdown for Eastern Bournemouth
?	Renamed Pokesdown
Passengers
2018/19	0.345 million
2019/20	0.318 million
2020/21	96,824
2021/22	0.242 million
2022/23	0.310 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Pokesdown railway station serves the Pokesdown, Boscombe and Southbourne areas of the town of Bournemouth in Dorset, England. It is on the South West Main Line, 106 miles 24 chains (171.1 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

The station is served by South Western Railway, who operate semi-fast services from London Waterloo to Weymouth and stopping services from London to Poole.