Blackwater railway station

Blackwater
Blackwater
	The platforms at Blackwater station, looking southeast
Location
Place	Blackwater
Local authority	Hart
Grid reference	SU853598
Operations
Station code	BAW
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.507 million
2015/16	0.535 million
2016/17	0.526 million
2017/18	0.507 million
2018/19	0.494 million
History
8 July 1849	Opened
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Blackwater from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.;

Blackwater railway station is a railway station in Blackwater, a town on the borders of Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire in England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who provide services on the North Downs Line from Reading to Redhill and Gatwick Airport.

Blackwater station has two platforms: platform 1 for services towards Gatwick Airport and platform 2 for services towards Reading. The station is unstaffed and has emergency telephones on both platforms. Both platforms have small sheltered seating areas.

Services

Great Western Railway provide two services per hour between Reading and Redhill (one fast and one stopping). The fast service continues through to Gatwick Airport. Additional trains run at peak periods, some of which terminate/start from Shalford. On Sundays, an hourly service operates between Reading and Gatwick Airport.[1]

References

GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 148 (Network Rail)

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

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[1] GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 148 (Network Rail)