In 2022/2023, Pokesdown had 309,882 entries and exits, making it the 995^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 649^th busiest (out of 997), with 438 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 848.99 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 13.61 passengers per service, giving it the 731^st (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

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	167	607
2 - Down	231	839

*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: Pokesdown
CRS: POK / NLC: 5885 / TIPLOC(S): POKSDWN
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 412361 92414
Constituency: Bournemouth East
Local Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
NR Region: South West
ELR: BML2 106m 24ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Pokesdown during 2022/2023:
•Bournemouth (21,116 journeys)
•London Waterloo (20,768 journeys)
•Brockenhurst (19,899 journeys)
•Southampton Central (16,302 journeys)
•Poole (14,692 journeys)
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