Wareham railway station

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Wareham

Location

Place

Wareham

Local authority

Purbeck

Operations

Station code

WRM

Managed by

South West Trains

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.270 million

2005/06 *

0.282 million

History

Key dates

Opened 4 April 1887

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

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Wareham railway station serves the town of Wareham in the English county of Dorset. It is situated about a kilometre north of the town centre.

[edit] History

The current station opened in 1887 replacing the original which opened in 1847 and was sited east of what is now only a pedestrian crossing. This station had 2 bay platforms which served the branch line to Swanage until 1972, when the branch closed.

The branch line to Swanage is now the Swanage Railway, a steam locomotive operated heritage railway that currently operates between Swanage and a Park and Ride site at Norden just north of Corfe Castle. The rail connection between the Swanage Railway and the Network Rail tracks at Worgret Junction has been restored, and there are plans to extend the Swanage Railway back into Wareham station on a regular basis, thus restoring a connection with the National Rail network. One of the bay platforms is now covered by part of the station car park, the other is clear, awaiting the eventual arrival of the Swanage Railway to the station.

[edit] Services

Wareham station is served by two South West Trains services an hour from London Waterloo to Weymouth, usually a Class 444 express Desiro unit or Class 450 outer suburban Desiro unit. Prior to 9 December 2007 it was the terminus for an hourly local service from Brockenhurst but this has now been partially replaced by the additional Weymouth service..

Although track is now complete through from Worgret Junction to the Swanage Railway, the normal service on the Swanage Railway still terminates at Norden station near Corfe Castle. However special services occasionally work between Wareham and the Swanage Railway.

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Hamworthy		South West Trains London-Weymouth express services	Dorchester South
Hamworthy or Holton Heath		South West Trains London-Weymouth semi-fast services	Wool
	Heritage railways
Various		Swanage Railway (special services only)	Norden