Christchurch railway station

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Christchurch

Location

Place

Christchurch

Local authority

Christchurch

Operations

Station code

CHR

Managed by

South West Trains

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.356 million

2005/06 *

0.357 million

History

13 November 1862

Opened

30 May 1886

Resited west

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

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Christchurch railway station is a station serving the town of Christchurch in Dorset (formerly Hampshire) in England. The station is on the London Waterloo to Weymouth line operated by South West Trains.

Although bypassed by the faster trains to Bournemouth it has an hourly semi-fast and stopping services from Waterloo, usually formed by a class 444 Desiro electric multiple unit. This gives a journey time of about two hours from London. As well as Christchurch, the station is useful for reaching eastern parts of Bournemouth. The majority of services were previously operated by class 442 Wessex Electrics which were withdrawn in February 2007.

The station is able to accommodate trains of up to 8 coaches, longer trains only open the doors in the first 5 or 8 coaches depending on the type of unit operating the service.

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Train times and station information for Christchurch railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		Following station
New Milton	South West Trains London-Weymouth semi-fast services	Pokesdown
Hinton Admiral	South West Trains London-Poole stopping services	Pokesdown
Disused Railways
Hurn Line and station closed	Southern Railway Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway	Terminus