Bournemouth West railway station
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Bournemouth West railway station was a railway station in Bournemouth
, Dorset
, England
. It closed on 4 October 1965. 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.
The station was demolished shortly after closure 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.
Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...
, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It closed on 4 October 1965. The station was the southern terminus of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway – almost always referred to as "the S&D" – was an English railway line connecting Bath in north east Somerset and Bournemouth now in south east Dorset but then in Hampshire...
, as well as being the terminus for trains from London Waterloo and other local trains.
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, so Bournemouth West never re-opened.The station was demolished shortly after closure and the site is now occupied by a car park and the A338 Wessex Way
A338 road
The A338 is a major trunk road in southern England, that runs from the junction with the A35 at Bournemouth in Dorset to the junction with the A420 at Besselsleigh in Oxfordshire, roughly long.-Route:...
. Bournemouth Train Care depot, former home of the Class 442 Wessex Electrics
British Rail Class 442
The British Rail Class 442 Wessex Electric electrical multiple units were introduced in 1988 on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo to Southampton Central, Bournemouth, Poole and Weymouth. Twenty-four of these 5-car units were built in 1988/89 by BREL at its Derby works...
, occupies the former approaches to the station.