I don't hang out in Parks when I'm Stoned, but if you do, go instead to Parkstoned…read more Parkstone is a little local railway station that is just outside Poole, next to Bournemouth, so one of the biggest urban areas in Dorset. It's a little local station that looks like a village station, even though it's technically in the suburbs. You can get trains to London and Weymouth and whatnot from here. It's not frequented too often but it has a cute little Station House and is a typical and fun little station that was one of many I visited when traveling around the South and Southwest by train.

I travel by train a lot, so feel reasonably qualified to judge whether a station is good or not…read more I am prepared to make an allowance for the fact that Parkstone isn't the busiest of railway stations and therefore can't be expected to have long opening hours or a myriad of services and facilities, but I do wish it was a bit cleaner! I often find the benches strewn with rubbish, beer cans and food which is not great, but to be honest, the benches are pretty rusty and past their best anyway. Not a bad station, but would be a lot better with a little care and maintenance.

I have a fake name and an apartment here... it's my Bournemouth Identity…read more For sure, this is definitely one of the most beautiful stations in the south of England, with a beautiful metal trelliswork masterpiece overlooking the incredible station that really serves Bournemouth well. It's a magnificent structure, and even incorporates some blue colour since it is a Seaside town, and it really adds a lot to the area - certainly it's one of my favorite South Coast stations. It's super extra large and is as Grand as the area requires, and now that it's a Premier League City (or rather was until very recently) the station is used even more often.

Bournemouth Station, conveniently close to town this station is served by South West Trains but…read morefrom where you can get literally anywhere via Southpton and London Waterloo All usual amenities and situated next to a large Asda for those last min purchases Also there's a National Express coach stop and ticket office here, handy if the brothers on the rail network aren't working!!

Not to be confused with Mitt Romsey, who is not related to Mitt Romney. And even if he was, I…read morewouldn't give a mitt. So this is a little old station in Romsey, which is on the line from Waterloo into Southampton, and it's a listed beautiful old building with a very unique and very attractive design. It feels like a tiny little town station, but with a truly grand building and style, and is definitely one of the nicer stations you'll find in this part of the country.

The historic town of Romsey has a well-preserved and well maintained traditional railway station on…read morethe line from Salisbury to Southampton. It is used by over 330,000 passengers a year. The station opened in 1847 on the line from Southampton to Salisbury (via Eastleigh). In 1865 the route from Andover to Southampton via Romsey and Redbridge opened, making Romsey a junction; also known as the Sprat and Winkle Line, it closed between Andover and Romsey in 1965, but the southern section from Romsey to Redbridge (on the Southampton-Bournemouth line) remained to form the main Salisbury to Southampton line. The Eastleigh to Romsey line closed to passengers in 1967 but reopened in 2003, making Romsey a junction station once more. It is served by the Cardiff/Bristol to Portsmouth service (roughly hourly, half-hourly at peak times) and the Salisbury-Romsey-Southampton-Chandler's Ford-Romsey service, which provides an hourly service in all directions (and thus provides two trains and hour to Southampton, one direct, and one via Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh and Southampton Airport). Facilities include a ticket office (open part time), ticket machines, toilets, waiting rooms, covered bicycle storage, a small cafe (open part-time) and a small car park.

Not as aged as Old Milton…read more This is a typical little station with a road bridge going right over it at the end of the platform. Not too many trains stop here anymore, but it has a cute little Old English style house here which separates it from many other of the regional stations. Definitely one of the prettier stations in Hampshire, but also very low key. It dates to 1886 and it's just a little village railway station really.

I use the train a lot, so feel reasonably qualified to tell a good station from a bad one and was…read morepleasantly surprised by New Milton Railway Station when I visited recently. There's plenty of car parking and the station platforms and buildings appear clean and well-maintained. The ticket office staff were helpful and knowledgeable despite my asking awkward questions about different ticket types and rail operators. The waiting room was warm and comfortable and although I'm not a trainspotter by any stretch of the imagination, the wall displays of old steam trains and railway memorabilia were interesting to look at and helped to pass the time.

A small station with a fast main line service to London and the west of England. It has trains to…read moreWeymouth and Bristol so is an interchange. There is a ticket office and excellent toutist information is displayed in the waiting room.There is a coffee kiosk and taxis ard available here. It serves a wide area of south Somerset and there is a car park.

If you Havant been to Havant then maybe it's time to come. So to speak…read more This is a little and wide station with a track running right through the middle so trains don't have to stop if they don't want to, and it has overhanging stuff on both sides of the platform, and it mainly serves as a changing point if you want to get to Portsmouth or Southampton and aren't on a train to one of those places. So it's a cute little station and it does a good job, but it feels pretty secluded and separated because of how wide the tracks are between the two tiny platforms.

I had Grate Expectations of Grateley, and they were not quite met…read more 72 miles from London you will find this wide-open station with uncovered platforms and a tiny futuristic-looking bridge that kind of looks like it could fall down at any minute LOL. It has very straight tracks in both directions and the famous picture I have from when I came here several winters ago is when the whole station and both tracks were covered in snow. It serves the area well, but it's pretty remote and it's nearly a mile from the village itself, so it really feels like it's in the middle of nowhere.

Small local station, well-kept and tidy. Sadly, parking is very limited and payment machines far…read moreapart. Several times I've missed my train due to zero available parking. Been like this for 6 years and no improvements forthcoming. Only ticket terminal is on Platform 2 (London bound) access by overline bridge. There's often a queue and it's frequently out of order.

I don't know how much my mouth weighs, but I have a pretty big one, so if I ever manage to…read moreWeigh-Mouth then I expect my suspicions will be confirmed. This city has nothing to do with that. It was one of my destinations as a kid, so many times. And we had great times coming here as an adult too, it was one of my bff's fave places in England, one of mine too. Haunting memories from throughout my life really. After the long train journey down to Weymouth this is where you will find yourself, at the lovely Weymouth train station that's a few blocks off of the water, hidden away in the town. It's busy and it's a nice holiday destination train station that always makes me happy because of all the amazing memories - and some bad ones as well - but it's still one of my favourite railway stations in the whole country. Having said that, it's really only one of my favourites because of the memories, and the truth is that the station is pretty bland and pretty typical. Flat and much less enjoyable than the city of Weymouth to the South. The old Weymouth station was beautiful, but they got rid of it in 1986 (just before I started coming here) because it was just way too big considering that Weymouth was no longer a very popular destination, which is pretty sad if you ask me. Now it's time to Wey up what to do for my next review.

The most handy thing about Weymouth Train Station is that it's right in the centre of the town…read more Walk off the platform, across the road, and you're two minutes walk from the beach itself and the main Esplanade. Unlike some stations that are miles out of town you could probably be off the train and paddling in the sea within ten minutes! Otherwise it's a pretty unpretentious station (been there since the 1850's) and is the terminus for all southernbound trains on the main Dorset line. Have to say, it's a very pleasant train journey down there, stopping at various small towns and villages and weaving through the lovely south-west countryside. The station itself is manned from early morning to late at night, there's basic seating available, payphone and toilets and snack facilities. That's about it really, but to be honest it doesn't need any more. It's right in the heart of the destination town and so close to all amenities that it serves it purpose - getting folks to the seaside!

Small and gets the job done. A lot of construction right around there which made traffic around the…read morestation tricky and testy. The staff working were very friendly, as after I had exited the main platform area I was looking for a public toilet and they were all located on the inside of the turnstiles...a person working at the gates let me back in so I could relieve myself before making our way to Stonehenge.

There's a lot at Steak when you come to Salisbury. And remember, salis fair in love and war…read more This is a lovely old and well designed station for the amazing city of Salisbury. On the line from London to Exeter you will find the Salisbury station, which is one of the main stations along the way. Offering perfect access to the beautiful old Cathedral and the lovely Wiltshire wilderness county town of Salisbury on the plains, and not very far at all from Stonehenge. Also trains from Cardiff to Portsmouth and Brighton come right through here as well so it's quite a big crossing on the railways. It's a lovely old station of brown brick and one of my favourites. It had been growing in usage throughout the middle of the last decade but in the last few years it went down quite a lot which is sad. We hope that it increases again in future.