The station was closed during the electrification of the London Waterloo to Bournemouth line.

A substitute bus service was provided until its official closure on 4 October 1965; the station was later demolished.

The van was pushed into the parcels office bringing down its roof crushing two cars.

[2] The former station site is now occupied by a car park and the A338 Wessex Way.

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