Pokesdown station is managed by South Western Railway and is located in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole within the South West area of England.

Figures for 2023-24 show that 48,802 journeys were made between Pokesdown and London Waterloo—that's 14% of all passenger journeys at this station! Previously the most common journey flow was to & from Bournemouth.

Passenger numbers for Pokesdown peaked during 2018-19 with 345,354 estimated passengers.