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Poole railway station is a stop on the South West Main Line in England, serving the town of Poole in Dorset. It is situated near the town centre, next to Holes Bay . It is one of four stations in the Borough of Poole and is 113 miles 62 chains (183.1 km) down the main line from London Waterloo .
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The train would stop just clear of the gates and the bicycle would be unloaded for the man to cycle back to Poole station once he had closed the gates. On occasions the reverse would happen and the man would cycle from Poole station, open the gates, the train would pass through returning to Poole, stop and pick up the man plus bicycle on the ...
The station in 1963. The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) opened its line from Bournemouth to Poole in 1874, [1] but the station was not opened until 1 June 1893. [2] The S&DJR opened a locomotive depot at the station in 1895 which operated until closure of the line into Bournemouth West in 1965, [3] after which the S&D trains ran, for the remaining few months of operation, into ...
Opened as New Poole Junction in 1872, as part of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, the station was the junction for the new line into Poole that superseded the old station at Lower Hamworthy. When the line was extended to Bournemouth West Broadstone became the junction for the trains to the Bournemouth station.
Former railway station house, Holmsley Former railway station platform, Holmsley. The stations on the route have experienced some changes: The original Blechynden station was replaced by a new station, called Southampton West (sometimes Southampton West End), a short distance to the west, in July 1858. The station had two through lines, and was ...
Despite the residential reputation, Parkstone was the site of several industrial undertakings, the largest being George Jennings South Western Pottery, a manufacturer of salt-glaze drainage and sanitary pipes, which had its own steam locomotive and private branch line from Parkstone railway station. Much of this area was agricultural until the ...
Kingland Road in Poole town centre. The Lighthouse is on the right, the bus station is on the left. Poole town centre is an area of Poole, Dorset. It is just to the west of Poole Park. [1] Poole Old Town is home to many historic buildings like the 15th-century Scaplen's Court, the 18th-century Custom House and the Victorian St James' Church.