Alton railway station

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Alton
Location
Place	Alton
Local authority	East Hampshire
Operations
Station code	AON
Managed by	South West Trains
Platforms in use	3
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.480 million
2005/06 *	0.498 million
History
Key dates	Opened 28 July 1852
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Alton railway station is a railway station in the town of Alton, in the English county of Hampshire. The station is the terminus for two railway lines; the Alton Line which runs to Brookwood, and the Mid Hants Watercress Railway, which runs to Alresford.

Services operate along the Alton Line to Brookwood and join the South West Main Line towards London Waterloo which Alton is 75 km (46¾ miles) to the south west.

As well as the two train lines, Alton is also a terminal for the "Rail-link" bus service which runs between the station and Liphook railway station via the town of Bordon. Plans to create a railway line along this route have been mooted.

[edit] Platforms

There are three platforms in use. South West Trains use platforms one and two. Platform three is used by the Mid Hants Watercress Railway.

[edit] Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally a half-hourly service to London Waterloo with an hourly service on Sundays.

[edit] External links

• Map sources for Alton railway station
• Train times and station information for Alton railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bentley		South West Trains Alton Line		Terminus
	Heritage railways
Terminus		Mid Hants Watercress Railway		Medstead & Four Marks

Coordinates: 51.15200° N 0.96766° W