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	2
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.270 million **
History
Key dates	Opened 1887
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Wareham railway station serves the town of Wareham in the English county of Dorset.

Lying to the north of the town, it is served by the hourly South West Trains service from London Waterloo to Weymouth, usually a Class 442 Wessex Electric unit, and is the terminus for an hourly local service from Brockenhurst.

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 Swanage branch line until 1972, when the branch closed. The branch is now operated by the Swanage Railway between Swanage and Norden. The Swanage Railway [1]wants to restore the rail link between Swanage and Wareham, and thus restore a connection with the National railway 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.