Aldershot railway station is located near to the town centre of Aldershot, in Hampshire, England. It lies on the Alton Line, down the line from . South Western Railway manages the station and provides all services.
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.
Layout and facilities
The station has three platforms: Platform 1, which is served by trains towards 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 recently covered footbridge. Lifts are incorporated into the footbridge for step-free access.
There are two ticket vending machines, which are located outside the entrance to the booking hall.
Services The typical off-peak service from the station on Mondays to Saturdays, in trains per hour (tph), is: 2 tph to 2 tph to 2 tph to 2 tph to 2 tph to .
Services are operated using four, eight or twelve car 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; this is included as part of the normal Aldershot to Ascot service. Two services return on this route in the evening.GB eNRT 2015-16 edition, Tables 149 & 155
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External links
The station on a navigable Ordnance Survey map List of Railway Tunnels