Camberley railway station explained

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

Camberley railway station is in the town of Camberley in Surrey, England. It is on the Ascot to Guildford line, 35miles from . The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway. Opened in 1878 by the London and South Western Railway (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 (on the third rail system at 650 volts DC) by the Southern Railway on 1 January 1939.[1]

The station was completely rebuilt in 1975.

Services

All services at Camberley 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 . The signalling is controlled by a rail operating centre in Basingstoke after the massive Feltham re-signalling project undertaken by Network Rail

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Notes and References

  1. Body, p.36