Brockenhurst railway station

Brockenhurst
Location
Place	Brockenhurst
Local authority	New Forest (district)
Coordinates	50.8164°N 1.5739°W / 50.8164; -1.5739
Operations
Station code	BCU
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	4
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.939 million
2005/06 *	1.013 million
2006/07 *	1.128 million
2007/08 *	1.188 million
2008/09 *	1.244 million
2009/10 *	1.249 million
History
Original company	Southampton and Dorchester Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
1 June 1847	Opened
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brockenhurst from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Brockenhurst railway station is a railway station serving the village of Brockenhurst in Hampshire, England. It is located on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth. It is also the junction of the Lymington Branch Line with the main line.

Station layout

The station has four platforms:

• Platform 1 - Up loop platform used by stopping services to Poole where it is overtaken by the express services to Weymouth and CrossCountry services to Bournemouth. This is occasionally used by Lymington services.
• Platform 2 - for through services towards Southampton, Winchester and London Waterloo.
• Platform 3 - for through services towards Bournemouth, Poole and Weymouth.
• Platform 4 - Down loop platform for Lymington services, this can also be used by other down services, but this is rare.

The station has an unusual luggage traverser bridge, which can be moved out over the track to give access to platform 1. It is mainly used for disabled passengers and at peak times for the large flow of students to Brockenhurst College.

Services

A train to London

The station is primarily served by South West Trains, who operate fast and semi-fast trains from Waterloo to Weymouth, stopping services from Waterloo to Poole, and local stopping services to Lymington. In addition, CrossCountry operate services from Bournemouth to Manchester. The Lymington Branch Line was operated as a "heritage" service, known as The Lymington Flyer,^{[citation needed]} using restored British Rail Class 421s until 22 May 2010, when they were withdrawn. The service is now provided by a British Rail Class 158. Some peak time South West Trains services by-pass the station without stopping.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Southampton Central		CrossCountry Bournemouth-Manchester		Bournemouth
		CrossCountry Bournemouth-Edinburgh
		South West Trains Waterloo-Weymouth express services
Southampton Central		South West Trains Waterloo-Weymouth semi-fast services		New Milton
Ashurst New Forest or Beaulieu Road		South West Trains London-Poole		Sway
Terminus		South West Trains Lymington Branch Line		Lymington Town
	Historical railways
Terminus		London and South Western Railway Lymington Branch Line		Shirley Holms Halt
Terminus		British Rail Southern Region Southampton and Dorchester Railway		Holmsley