In 2022/2023, Poole had 824,664 entries and exits, making it the 531^st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 514^th busiest (out of 997), with 606 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 2259.35 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 26.17 passengers per service*, giving it the 314^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 2270.45 passengers passing through the station and 26.43 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	247	898
2 - Down	247	898

*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: Poole
CRS: POO / NLC: 5883 / TIPLOC(S): POOLE
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 401250 91053
Constituency: Poole
Local Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
NR Region: South West
ELR: BML2 113m 62ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Poole during 2022/2023:
•London Waterloo (72,359 journeys)
•Bournemouth (67,666 journeys)
•Southampton Central (34,318 journeys)
•Weymouth (27,363 journeys)
•Dorchester South (22,780 journeys)
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