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Railway station in Camberley, Surrey, England
Camberley railway station
is in the town of
Camberley
in
Surrey
, England. It is on the Ascot to Guildford line, 35
miles
30
chains
(56.9 km) from
London Waterloo
. 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.
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The station was completely rebuilt in 1975.
Services
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All services at Camberley are operated by
South Western Railway
using
Class 450
EMUs
.
The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between
Ascot
and
Aldershot
. During the peak hours, the station is served by two morning services that continue beyond Ascot to
London Waterloo
via
Staines
as well two evening services from London Waterloo.
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On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction and eastbound services are extended beyond Aldershot to
Guildford
. The signalling is controlled by a
rail operating centre
in
Basingstoke
after the massive Feltham re-signalling project undertaken by
Network Rail
Notes
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References
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- Body, G. (1984),
PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Southern Region
, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge.
ISBN
0-85059-664-5
External links
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51°20′10″N
0°44′42″W
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