Bagshot railway station explained

Bagshot
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Bagshot, Surrey Heath
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:South Western Railway
Platforms:2
Code:BAG
Classification:DfT category E
Opened:18 March 1878
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bagshot railway station serves the village of Bagshot, in the west of Surrey, England. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by South Western Railway. It is situated on the Ascot to Guildford line, 32miles from .

History

The station was opened by the London and South Western Railway, it became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

All services at Bagshot are operated by South Western Railway using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between and . During the peak hours, the station is served by two morning services that continue beyond Ascot to via as well two evening services from London Waterloo.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction and eastbound services are extended beyond Aldershot to .

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