Holton Heath railway station

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General information
Location	District of Purbeck
Managed by	South West Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HOL
History
Opened	3 April 1916
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway

Holton Heath railway station serves the area of Holton Heath in Wareham St Martin, Dorset, England. It was opened to serve the Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath during the First World War. The station did not open to the public until 1924.

History

Holton Heath has been unstaffed since 1964, with the signal box removed on 3 November 1969.

Description

Platforms are able to accommodate trains of up to five coaches. The station is one of the few remaining on the line not to be equipped with a self-service ticket machine, only a Permit to Travel machine, located on platform 1.

Services

The station is served hourly by London Waterloo to Weymouth semi-fast trains during the day. This replaced the now-defunct hourly Wareham to Brockenhurst service in 2008. There are no services in the evening or on Sundays.

Until 1967, trains through the station were normally steam hauled. Between 1967 and 1988, passenger services were normally provided by Class 33/1 diesel locomotives with Class 438 coaching stock (also known as 4-TC units). The line was electrified in 1988, using the standard British Rail Southern Region direct current third rail at 750 volts. Class 442 electric multiple units were initially used following electrification, until being displaced by new Class 444 electric multiple units in 2007.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hamworthy		South West Trains South Western Main Line		Wareham