Beaulieu Road railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Beaulieu Road

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caption = Beaulieu Road station platforms
code = BEU
manager = South West Trains
locale = Beaulieu
borough = New Forest
lowusage0405 = 3,114
lowusage0506 = 2,435
lowusage0607 = 2,246
platforms = 2
years = 1 June 1847
events = Opened
years1 = 1 March 1860
events1 = Closed
years2 = 1 November 1895
events2 = Reopened

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.

Opened by the Southampton and Dorchester Railway on the 1st 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.

ervices

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. On Saturdays there are five up and six down services. On Sundays, however, there is 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, and visitors to the New Forest are likely to find the Brockenhurst trains more convenient.

Further reading

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

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