Aldershot railway station
Railway station in Hampshire, England
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Aldershot railway station is located near the town centre of Aldershot, in Hampshire, England. It lies 35 miles (56 km) down the line from London Waterloo. It is on the Alton Line, part of the National Rail network, with services and station facilities provided by South Western Railway.
A pair of Class 450s at the station in 2020 | |||||
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| Location | Aldershot, Rushmoor England | ||||
| Grid reference | SU866504 | ||||
| Manager | South Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
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| Station code | AHT | ||||
| Classification | DfT category C2 | ||||
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| Opened | 2 May 1870[1] | ||||
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History

The London and South Western Railway opened the station in 1870. It became part of the Southern Railway in the 1923 Grouping. The station then passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
Network SouthEast operated and served the station after British Rail was sectorised in 1982. South West Trains operated and served the station since the privatisation of British Rail in 1996 until 2017.[2]
Layout and facilities
The station has three platforms:
- Platform 1, which is served by trains towards Woking and London Waterloo; the station entrance and ticket office is sited here
- Platforms 2 and 3 are generally served by Alton and Ascot-bound trains respectively; the tracks are signalled for bi-directional operation.
Platforms 2 and 3 are reached by way of the original subway and a more recent covered footbridge. Lifts are incorporated into the footbridge for disabled access.
There are two ticket vending machines, which are located outside the entrance to the booking hall.[3]
Services
The typical off-peak service from the station on Mondays to Saturdays is:[4]
- 2 trains per hour (tph) to London Waterloo
- 2 tph to Alton
- 2 tph to Guildford
- 2 tph to Ascot
- 2 tph to Farnham.
Services are operated using four, eight or twelve car Class 450 electric multiple units.
Trains are usually routed to London Waterloo via Woking with three services in the morning peak scheduled to go the longer, slower route via Ascot (included as part of the normal Aldershot to Ascot service) and two returning via this route in the evening.[5]
| Preceding station | Following station | |||
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| Ash Vale | South Western Railway Alton Line |
Farnham | ||
| Ash | South Western Railway Farnham to Guildford |
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| Ash Vale | South Western Railway Ascot to Aldershot |
Terminus | ||
