Blackwater railway station is a railway station in
Blackwater, a town on the borders of
Hampshire
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,
Surrey and
Berkshire in
England
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. The station is managed by
Great Western Railway, who provide services on the
North Downs Line
The North Downs Line is a passenger-train line connecting Reading, on the Great Western Main Line, to Redhill and , along the Brighton Main Line, linking many centres of population in that part of the North Downs which it traverses en route.
...
from
Reading
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to
Redhill and
Gatwick Airport
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.
Blackwater station has two platforms: platform 1 for services towards Gatwick Airport and platform 2 for services towards Reading. The station is unstaffed and has emergency telephones on both platforms. Both platforms have small sheltered seating areas. It opened in 1849 and was called Blackwater & Camberley.
Services
Great Western Railway provide two services per hour between Reading and Redhill (one fast and one stopping). The fast service continues through to . Additional trains run at peak periods, some of which terminate/start from . On Sundays, an hourly service operates between Reading and Gatwick Airport.
[GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 148 (Network Rail)]
References
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Railway stations in Hampshire
DfT Category F2 stations
Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849
Railway stations served by Great Western Railway
1849 establishments in England