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, Camb ...

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant ur ...

, 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

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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

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(on the

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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 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

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.

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