In 2022/2023, Bournemouth had 2,430,124 entries and exits, making it the 191^st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 403^rd busiest (out of 997), with 842 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 6657.87 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 55.50 passengers per service*, giving it the 67^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 6790.72 passengers passing through the station and 57.72 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1 - Up Bay	84	305
2 - Up	247	898
3 - Down	263	956
4 - Down Extension	206	749
3 & 4 - Down	522	1898

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Location: Bournemouth
CRS: BMH / NLC: 5876 / TIPLOC(S): BOMO
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 409689 91962
Constituency: Bournemouth East
Local Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
NR Region: South West
ELR: BML2 108m 02ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Bournemouth during 2022/2023:
•London Waterloo (267,915 journeys)
•Southampton Central (165,463 journeys)
•Poole (67,666 journeys)
•Brockenhurst (62,963 journeys)
•New Milton (45,128 journeys)
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