[1] On tickets it is printed "Wareham Dorset" to avoid confusion with Ware railway station.

[citation needed] The original Wareham station was built to serve the Southampton and Dorchester Railway and opened in 1847.

On Summer Saturdays trains run through from a number of South Western Railway stations, including London Waterloo and Salisbury through Wareham to Corfe Castle to link with Swanage Railway services.

Class 205 (2H) diesel electric multiple units were used during the final years of British Rail operation on the Swanage branch.

The Swanage Railway is connected and fully accessible from the main line at Worgret Junction, although the normal steam service on the line still runs from Swanage and terminates at Norden station near Corfe Castle.

This was achieved on 13 June 2017 when a four-coach diesel-hauled trial service began running to Wareham.