Dorset
Purbeck District
Swanage

Swanage Railway Station

Swanage railway station is located in , on the in the county of . Originally the terminus of a London and South Western Railway branch line from , the line and station were closed by British Rail in 1972.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Swanage railway station” and “Swanage Station”
  • Postal code: BH19 1HB
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Swanage Town Hall and The Mowlem.

Town hall
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipal building on Swanage High Street in . Constructed by the local building contractor George Burt in 1882–83, it reused materials salvaged from demolition works in London. is situated 640 feet southeast of Swanage Railway Station.

Theater building
Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a theater building, which is situated 830 feet east of Swanage Railway Station.

Library
Photo: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 870 feet southeast of Swanage Railway Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Herston and Peveril Point.

Neighborhood
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a western suburb of the town of , in , . It has its own railway station – Near – on the Swanage Railway.

Locality
Photo: Ojl, CC BY 2.5.
is a headland on the east-facing coast of the in , England, and is part of the town of . It forms the southern end of Swanage Bay.

Swanage Railway Station

Latitude
50.60997° or 50° 36′ 36″ north
Longitude
-1.96026° or 1° 57′ 37″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SWE
Open location code
9C2WJ25Q+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33194793
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6953679
Wiki­data ID
Q7653554
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Swanage Railway Station” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “estació de ferrocarril de Swanage”
  • Chinese: “斯旺纳奇站”
  • Dutch: “station Swanage”
  • French: “Swanage”
  • Venetian: “stasion feroviària de Swanage”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Swanage Railway Station”. Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.