North Camp railway station

North Camp railway station is situated in the civil parish of Ash in Surrey, England. It takes its name from the nearby North Camp area of Farnborough, Hampshire.

North Camp
North Camp station
Location
Place	Ash Vale
Local authority	Guildford
Grid reference	SU886537
Operations
Station code	NCM
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.412 million
2015/16	0.397 million
2016/17	0.395 million
2017/18	0.378 million
2018/19	0.380 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1858 (1858)
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at North Camp from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

North Downs Line
Great Western main line Reading Reading Southern River Kennet Earley River Loddon Winnersh Triangle Winnersh M4 motorway Wokingham B3349 road Waterloo–Reading line Crowthorne Sandhurst Blackwater M3 motorway Farnborough North South Western main line North Camp LC North Camp Alton line Basingstoke Canal Aldershot Farnham Junction │ Ash Tongham │ A323 road Ash Green Halt Ash Junction closed December 1960 Wanborough Portsmouth Direct line New Guildford line Guildford Chalk Tunnel St Catherine's (Sand) Tunnel Portsmouth Direct line River Wey Shalford A248 road Chilworth LC Chilworth Brook LC Burrows Lane LC River Tillingbourne Gomshall Westcott Range Halt Dorking West Dorking Deepdene Sutton and Mole Valley lines Dorking link closed 1946 River Mole Brockham LC Betchworth Quarry Betchworth B2032 road Buckland LC A217 road Reigate Redhill Brighton main line Redhill–Tonbridge line

The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who provide services on the North Downs Line from Reading to Guildford, Redhill and Gatwick Airport. It is staffed on a part-time basis (mornings/early afternoons, Mon-Sat) and has a level crossing at the Reading end.

Ash Vale

The station is less than half a mile (one kilometre)'s walk from Ash Vale station (on the Ascot to Guildford line). These railway lines cross but otherwise have no proper interchange. This is because they were constructed by two independent railway companies who did not think it necessary to provide an interchange.

History

The station opened in 1858 as North Camp, Aldershot. It was renamed Aldershot Camp in 1863, Aldershot (North Camp) in 1879, Aldershot (North Camp) & South Farnborough in June 1910, Aldershot North in July 1923 before receiving its present name in March 1924.[1]

Services

Great Western Railway provide two services per hour between Reading and Redhill, one stopping service and one semi-fast. The latter continues through to/from Gatwick Airport, whilst a few peak hour trains also terminate/start at Shalford. On Sundays there is an hourly service each way between Reading and Gatwick Airport.[2] As of 1 January 2018, a 1/2 Hourly Sunday service interval was introduced between Reading and Redhill, with one train per hour going forward to Gatwick Airport

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Farnborough North		Great Western Railway North Downs Line		Ash

Gallery

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  A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around North Camp railway station

References

1. Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark page 99
2. GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 148 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for North Camp railway station from National Rail