North Camp railway station

North Camp
North Camp station
General information
Location	Ash Vale, Guildford England
Grid reference	SU886537
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	NCM
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1858
Passengers
2018/19	0.380 million
2019/20	0.333 million
2020/21	59,002
2021/22	0.169 million
2022/23	0.209 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e North Downs Line
Legend
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 West 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

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.

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

All services at North Camp are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 165 and 166 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between Reading and Gatwick Airport via Guildford. During the late evenings, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.^[2]

On Sundays, only one eastbound train per hour runs to Gatwick Airport, with one train per hour running only as far as Redhill.

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
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References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to North Camp railway station.

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

51°16′34″N 0°43′52″W / 51.276°N 0.731°W / 51.276; -0.731

This page was last edited on 26 December 2023, at 17:29