Frimley railway station is in the town of

Frimley Frimley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. The town is of Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Saxon origin, although it is not listed in Domesday Book of 1086. Train service ...

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. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway. It is situated on the Ascot to Guildford line, from .

History

The line through Frimley is a link between the

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at Ascot and the Waterloo-Alton line at

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 ...

, although the line south from here initially joined the

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main line at ''Sturt Lane Junction''. The station building was built in 1877 by the

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to serve this line, with the link to Ash Vale being opened the following year. The line was later

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in 1939. The line becomes single south of the station and remains so as far as the junction with the line from Brookwood just short of Ash Vale station.

Services

Frimley 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 Alder ...

; 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

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in the morning peak period, and two from London in the evening. At other times, passengers are required to change at either Ascot or

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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frimley Railway Station Railway stations in Surrey DfT Category E stations Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1878 Railway stations served by South Western Railway