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When train services to Swanage were withdrawn at the start of 1972 the northern end of the branch from Worgret, near Wareham, was retained to serve the sidings on the left, which had relatively recently been installed in connection with natural gas exploration on the south side of Poole Harbour. For many years regular trains of liquefied petroleum gas ran from here to Avonmouth, near Bristol. The sidings on the right were much older, dating from the late 19th century, and had been used for taking away ball clay from the Purbeck mines, which were once served by a network of narrow-gauge railways. Today the sidings are slumbering, waiting the day when the Swanage Railway, who have preserved and re-laid the south end of the branch, can run their trains over these Network Rail tracks and into Wareham station to connect with South West Trains' London and Weymouth services.