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Pokesdown railway station is a railway station serving the Pokesdown, Boscombe and Southbourne areas of Bournemouth 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 semi-fast services from London Waterloo to Weymouth and London Waterloo to Poole stopping services. ==The station== The station was opened on 1 July 1886 by the London and South Western Railway. It was originally named ''Boscombe'', which was altered on 1 October 1891 to ''Pokesdown (Boscombe)'', since the station was closer to Pokesdown than Boscombe. On 1 May 1897, when Boscombe station was opened, the station was renamed again to just ''"Pokesdown"''. In 1930, the station was again renamed, becoming ''Pokesdown for Eastern Bournemouth'', although it reverted to ''Pokesdown'' under British Railways.〔 In the 1930s the Southern Railway made the platform facilities considerably larger, allowing the station to accommodate longer trains. Although some facilities have since been removed, at the time they provided an asset for the non-stopping services because there were tracks to use as fast lines in the up and down direction. During the 1970s two of the four tracks were removed, and the signal box was closed. On 16 May 2009 the station signage was changed to ''Pokesdown for Boscombe'' with announcements at other stations and on trains changed later on but the station remains officially named Pokesdown.〔http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/POK/details.html〕 The station is a short bus journey or walk from Boscombe's main shopping area. Some South West Trains services operated by two five carriage electric multiple units coupled together to form one ten carriage unit cannot be accommodated fully by the platforms and only the doors of the leading unit are opened, however eight carriage trains can open all doors. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pokesdown railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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