Poole railway station

railway station in Poole, Dorset, England, UK
Place railway_station Q7228632
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Poole railway station

Summary

Poole railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (119 views/month, #177 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Poole railway station is located in Poole[3].
  • Poole railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Poole railway station is on the body of water Holes Bay[5].
  • Poole railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Poole railway station's instance of is recorded as harbour railway station[7].
  • Poole railway station's connecting line is recorded as South Western Main Line[8].
  • Poole railway station is operated by South Western Railway[9].
  • Poole is named after Poole railway station[10].
  • Poole railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Parkstone railway station[11].
  • Poole railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Hamworthy railway station[12].
  • Poole railway station's Commons category is recorded as Poole railway station[13].
  • Poole railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SZ012911[14].
  • Poole railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 50.719, 'longitude': -1.983, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[15].
  • Poole railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Bournemouth Main Line (Waterloo to Weymouth), Northam Short Mile to Dorchester Junction[16].
  • Poole railway station's has facility is recorded as ticket office[17].
  • Poole railway station's has facility is recorded as parking area[18].
  • Poole railway station's has facility is recorded as bus stop[19].
  • Poole railway station's has facility is recorded as public toilet[20].
  • Poole railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[21].
  • Poole railway station's date of official opening is recorded as December 2, 1872[22].
  • Poole railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[23].
  • Poole railway station's historic county is recorded as Dorset[24].

Body

Geography

Poole railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Poole[3]. It is on the body of water Holes Bay[5].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station[6] and harbour railway station[7].

History and Context

Poole is named after Poole railway station[10].

Why It Matters

Poole railway station ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (119 views/month, #177 of 18,574).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . Category:Railway stations serving harbours and ports. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved . nationalrail.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of railway station, harbour railway station
    State of use in use
    Adjacent station Parkstone railway station, Hamworthy railway station
    Located on linear feature Bournemouth Main Line (Waterloo to Weymouth), Northam Short Mile to Dorchester Junction
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33789|batch #33789]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (910)"
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