Blackwater railway station

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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
National Rail
The platforms at Blackwater station, looking southeast
General information
LocationBlackwater, Hart
England
Grid referenceSU853598
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBAW
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
8 July 1849Opened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.494 million
2019/20Decrease 0.463 million
2020/21Decrease 99,814
2021/22Increase 0.264 million
2022/23Increase 0.321 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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. It opened in 1849 and was called Blackwater & Camberley.

Services

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All services at Blackwater 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.[1]

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
Great Western Railway

Connections

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Stagecoach South route 3 serves the station providing connections to Yateley, Camberley and Aldershot.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Table 148 National Rail timetable, December 2023
  2. ^ "Route 3: Yateley to Aldershot". Stagecoach South. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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