Camberley railway station is in the town of
Camberley
Camberley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately south-west of Central London. The town is in the far west of the county, close to the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire. Once part of Windsor Forest, Cambe ...
in
Surrey
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, England. It is on the Ascot to Guildford line, from . The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by
South Western Railway. Opened in 1878 by the
London and South Western Railway
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(when it was known as ''Camberley & York Town''), the station gained a second platform fifteen years later when the line through here was doubled. The route was
electrified
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The broad meaning of the term, such as in the history of technology, economic history ...
(on the
third rail
A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway t ...
system at 650 volts DC) by the
Southern Railway on 1 January 1939.
The station was completely rebuilt in 1975.
Services
Camberley is served by trains between
Ascot and
Aldershot
Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...
; these operate every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday, and on Sundays, services run between Ascot and
Guildford
Guildford ()
is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...
. On Mondays to Fridays, there are three trains per day that continue beyond Ascot to
London Waterloo
Waterloo station (), also known as London Waterloo, is a central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is connected to a London Underground station of ...
in the morning peak period, and two from London in the evening. At other times, passengers are required to change at either Ascot or
Ash Vale
Ash Vale is a village in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England and the larger, northern settlement of the civil parish of Ash. It is 7 miles (11 km) from Guildford but is closer to the Hampshire towns of Aldershot and Farnborough, the ...
to reach London.
[GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 149 (Network Rail)]
Services are run using a four carriage
Class 450. Two bicycles can be carried per train.
Notes
References
* Body, G. (1984), ''PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Southern Region'', Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge.
External links
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