Complex sentence: Sited next to a bridge carrying the A35 road over the line, the station was the nearest to the towns of Christchurch and Bournemouth and coaches served these places until the construction of direct lines, from firstly Ringwood, then Brockenhurst.
Split into simpler sentences: Sited next to a bridge carrying the A35 road over the line, it was initially the nearest station for the towns of Christchurch and Bournemouth. Coaches served these places until the construction of direct lines, from firstly Ringwood and then Brockenhurst.