New Milton railway station

New Milton
The two platforms and station building, looking toward Weymouth
Location	New Milton, District of New Forest England
Grid reference	SZ242951
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	NWM
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
6 March 1888	Opened
Passengers
2016/17	0.628 million
2017/18	0.623 million
2018/19	0.628 million
2019/20	0.572 million
2020/21	0.162 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

New Milton railway station serves the town of New Milton in Hampshire, England. It is 98 miles 44 chains (158.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo station. It also serves nearby places including Milford on Sea, Bashley, Ashley, Hordle and Barton on Sea.

History[]

The station was built in 1886 as part of the Brockenhurst to Christchurch Branch Railway which opened to traffic in 1888. It was operated by the London and South Western Railway from 1888 to 1923, by the Southern Railway from 1923 to 1948 and by British Railways from 1948, and from 1982 as part of the Network SouthEast region. From privatisation in 1996 to 2017, all train services were run by South West Trains. Services are now run by South Western Railway.^[1]

When it was built there was some discussion on what to call the new station. Milton was suggested, as the closest place, but was discounted as there are a number of places in England with that name. Barton, a short distance away, was also suggested but was decided against for the same reason. It was not until the sub-postmistress set up the sub post office across the road and called it New Milton Sub Post Office that the current name was decided upon.^[2]

Services[]

Trains passing at New Milton

Services that call here are: Weymouth semi-fast service, the Poole stopping service and trains to London Waterloo via Southampton and Basingstoke.^[3]

The station is able to accommodate trains of up to five coaches (444 or 442 Stock) or six coaches (450 Stock), longer trains only open the doors in the first five or six coaches depending on the type of unit operating the service.

The station is equipped with toilets, a waiting room, bicycle lockers, electronic passenger information screens, a ticket office as well as ticket machines, and has a large pay-and-display car park with 73 spaces for commuters.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sway		South Western Railway London-Weymouth		Hinton Admiral

References[]

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Coordinates: 50°45′22″N 1°39′29″W / 50.756°N 1.658°W / 50.756; -1.658