Sway railway station serves the village of Sway in

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. It is located on the

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from

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to Weymouth. It is down the line from Waterloo.

History

The station is on the stretch of line opened on 6 March 1888 between

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and

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to provide a direct line from

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to Bournemouth, bypassing the original "Castleman's Corkscrew" line via Ringwood. The station had two platforms either side of a double track running line, there was a signal box and several sidings to the south east. A

camping coach Camping coaches were holiday accommodation offered by many railway companies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from the 1930s. The coaches were old passenger vehicles no longer suitable for use in trains, which were converted to ...

was positioned here by the Southern Region from 1956 to 1959 then there were two coaches here until 1967, from 1962 to 1967 they were ''Pullman'' camping coaches.

Facilities

The station is served by South Western Railway, who operate stopping services from London Waterloo to Poole throughout the day. The station has two platforms: *Platform 1 - for through services towards Southampton. *Platform 2 - for through services towards Bournemouth and Weymouth. Both platforms can only accommodate trains of up to five coaches, longer trains only open the doors in the first four or five coaches depending on the type of unit operating the service.

Services

All passenger train services calling here are operated by South Western Railway. As of February 2022, the following services call here in both directions: * Monday - Friday ** peak hours: 2 trains per hour on Poole - London Waterloo service, which some of them join / split at Southampton Central with a fast train for Weymouth ** off-peak: 1 train per hour on Bournemouth - Winchester stopping service * Saturday ** 1 train per hour on Poole - Winchester stopping service * Sunday ** 1 train per hour on Poole - London Waterloo stopping service

References

{{Hampshire railway stations Railway stations in Hampshire DfT Category E stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1888 Former London and South Western Railway stations New Forest Railway stations served by South Western Railway