Meyrick Park Halt railway station

Meyrick Park Halt was a railway halt located just west of Bournemouth Central railway station in the county of Hampshire (now Dorset) in England.HistoryIn May 1905, the London and South Western Railway's (LSWR) board approved the expenditure of £167 on the construction of a halt comprising two short wooden platforms and huts in a cutting on the London to Bournemouth line. Situated 55chain to the west of, the halt lay between the Central and West stations at a point halfway between Gasworks Junction and Central. It was connected to the lower end of Meyrick Park Crescent in Bournemouth by two flights of steps. The new station would serve the expanding suburb of Winton and Meyrick Park, an area of open space where an extensive golf links had been laid out. The decision to provide the halt followed the recommendation of the LSWR's General Manager, Sir Charles Owens, in February 1905 to meet competition by trams in the Bournemouth area by introducing two steam rail motors which would supplement the existing local service. Around ten irregular-interval journeys were to be made between and Christchurch, with certain services extended to and. The station's opening coincided with the introduction of the service on 1 March 1906.