North Camp railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Surrey, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}

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{{Infobox station

| name = North Camp

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = North Camp Station platform 1.jpg

| caption = North Camp station

| borough = Ash Vale, Guildford

| country = England

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SU886537|25|SU886537}}

| manager = Great Western Railway

| platforms = 2

| code = NCM

| classification = DfT category E

| opened = 1858

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.333 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 59,002}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.169 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.209 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.226 million}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

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.

The station is about half a mile from Ash Vale station on the Alton line.{{cite magazine |last1= Roberts |first1= Stephen |last2= Pritchard |first2= Robert |date= January 2014 |title= The Alton Branch |magazine= Today's Railways UK |issue= 145 |pages= 42–45 }}

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.Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark page 99

Services

All services at North Camp are operated by Great Western Railway using {{brc|165}} and {{brc|166|n}} DMUs.

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between {{stnlnk|Reading}} and {{stnlnk|Gatwick Airport}} via {{stnlnk|Guildford}}. During the late evenings, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.{{NRtimes|December 2023|148}}

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

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{{s-rail-national|previous=Ash|next=Farnborough North|toc=Great Western Railway|route={{smalldiv|North Downs Line}}}}

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Gallery

File:North camp station 3.jpg

File:North camp station.jpg

File:Aldershot, Ash, Shalford, Basingstoke, Guildford & Peasmarsh , Wimbledon RJD 4.jpg|A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around North Camp railway station

File:North Camp Station platform 1.jpg

File:North Camp platform 2.jpg

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