| Fleet | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Fleet, District of Hart |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.291°N -0.831°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | South Western Railway |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Tracks: | 4 |
| Code: | FLE |
| Classification: | DfT category C2 |
| Original: | London and South Western Railway |
| Pregroup: | London and South Western Railway |
| Postgroup: | Southern Railway |
| Years1: | May 1847 |
| Events1: | Opened as Fleet Pond |
| Years2: | 1 July 1869 |
| Events2: | Renamed Fleet |
| Years3: | 1904 |
| Events3: | resited[1] |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Fleet railway station serves the town of Fleet in Hampshire, England. It is situated on the South West Main Line, which has four tracks through the station. There are two platforms on the outer pair of tracks, which are served by trains between London Waterloo and Basingstoke and Southampton. The centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by through-services.
The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by South Western Railway. It is 36chain38chain from Waterloo[2] and is situated between and stations.
The railway line through Fleet was built by the London & Southampton Railway, which was renamed the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1839;[3] the section between and opening on 24 September 1838, but at that time, Fleet did not have a railway station. A station, originally named Fleet Pond (after Fleet Pond) was opened in May 1847.[4] The first station was built on the west side of Minley Road. In 1904 a new larger station was built on the east side when the line was increased to four tracks, It was renamed Fleet on 1 July 1869.
The buildings were rebuilt in 1969. work was under way to replace the station buildings and deck the southern car park to provide an extra 150 spaces. The new station building and footbridge were opened in July 2014 with the former lattice footbridge removed overnight on 23/24 July.
The current off-peak service is:
In May 2010, the body of a newborn baby girl was found abandoned in a rubbish bin at the station. A murder investigation was opened based upon the baby's injuries.[5] In October 2010 the baby's then 16 year old mother was found guilty of infanticide.[6]
The two platforms are numbered; Platform 1 is for London-bound trains, Platform 2 is for trains for Basingstoke (and beyond).