Branksome railway station

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Location
Branksome
Place	Branksome
Local authority	Poole
Operations
Station code	BSM
Managed by	South West Trains
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.159 million **
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Branksome railway station is a railway station serving the Branksome and Branksome Park areas of Poole in Dorset, England. It is located on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth.

The station is served by South West Trains, who operate stopping services from London Waterloo to Poole and local services from Brockenhurst to Wareham.

The station is able to accommodate trains of up to 5 coaches, longer trains only open the doors in the first 5 or 4 coaches depending on the type of unit operating the service.

To the east of the station is the junction leading to Bournemouth Train Care Depot, built on part of the site of Bournemouth West station. Trains can often be seen arriving on platform 2 and then reversing into the depot.