Beaulieu Road railway station

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Beaulieu Road

Beaulieu Road station platforms

Location

Place

Beaulieu

Local authority

New Forest

Operations

Station code

BEU

Managed by

South West Trains

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

3,114

2005/06 *

2,435

History

1 June 1847

Opened

1 March 1860

Closed

1 November 1895

Reopened

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Beaulieu Road from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Beaulieu Road railway station is located at the point where the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth crosses the B3056 road from Beaulieu to Lyndhurst in Hampshire, England.

Opened by the Southampton and Dorchester Railway on the 1st June 1847, the station was not originally intended to serve the village of Beaulieu, which lies some 3.5 miles ( 5.5 km) distant. The railway company were obliged to open it as a 'personal' station for Lord Montagu, a concession to him for allowing the railway to be built over part of his Beaulieu Estate. A special signal would indicate to the train drivers that they should stop for Lord Montagu and his guests.

[edit] Services

Nowadays the station is served by London Waterloo to Poole stopping services operated by South West Trains. As of the December 2007 timetable, on Mondays to Fridays trains call only during the morning peak and late afternoon. From May 2008, a late morning service has also been added in each direction. On Saturdays there are five up and six down services. On Sundays, however, there is a better service, with trains to and from Poole calling hourly throughout the day.

Even on Sundays, however, services to and from Brockenhurst are much more frequent than those to Beaulieu Road, and visitors to the New Forest are likely to find the Brockenhurst trains more convenient.