Beaulieu Road railway station

Beaulieu Road
265px Beaulieu Road station platforms
Location
Place	Beaulieu
Local authority	District of New Forest
Coordinates
Grid reference	SU349062
Operations
Station code	BEU
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	3,114
2005/06	2,435
2006/07	2,246
2007/08	3,791
2008/09	4,590
2009/10	5,178
2010/11	7,026
2011/12	9,794
2012/13	10,094
2013/14	10,730
2014/15	8,380
History
Original company	Southampton and Dorchester Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
1 June 1847	Opened
1 March 1860	Closed
1 November 1895	Reopened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Beaulieu Road from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Beaulieu Road railway station is located at the point where the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth crosses the B3056 road from Beaulieu to Lyndhurst in Hampshire, England.

History

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The station in 1963

Opened by the Southampton and Dorchester Railway (S&DR) on 1 June 1847, the station was not originally intended to serve the village of Beaulieu, which lies some 3.5 miles (5.5 km) distant. The railway company were obliged to open it as a 'personal' station for Lord Montagu, a concession to him for allowing the railway to be built over part of his Beaulieu Estate. A special signal would indicate to the train drivers that they should stop for Lord Montagu and his guests.

The station was closed by the London and South Western Railway (which had absorbed the S&DR in 1848) on 1 March 1860, and reopened on 1 November 1895. It was destaffed in the early 1960s.

Services

Nowadays the station is served by London Waterloo to Poole stopping services operated by South West Trains. As of the December 2007 timetable, on Mondays to Fridays trains call only during the morning peak and late afternoon. From May 2008, a late morning service has also been added in each direction. In 2013 there were down trains, towards Poole, every two or three hours on Monday to Friday, the last being 20:44, but only three up trains (08:08, 11:38 and 18:38). On Saturdays there were five up and six down services. On Sundays, however, there was a better service, with trains to and from Poole calling hourly throughout the day.

Even on Sundays, however, services to and from Brockenhurst are much more frequent than those to Beaulieu Road.

The New Forest Tour summer open top bus service stops adjacent to Beaulieu Road.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ashurst New Forest		South West Trains London-Poole stopping service		Brockenhurst