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
PlaceAsh Vale
Local authorityGuildford
Grid referenceSU886537
Operations
Station codeNCM
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
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 datesOpened 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
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

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

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