Fleet railway station

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Fleet

Location

Place

Fleet

Local authority

Hart

Operations

Station code

FLE

Managed by

South West Trains

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

1.262 million

2005/06 *

1.369 million

History

Key dates

Opened May 1847

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Fleet from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Fleet railway station, previously Fleetpond Station, serves the town of Fleet in Hampshire, England. It is situated on the South Western Main Line, which has four tracks through the station. There are two platforms on the outer pair of tracks, which are served by trains between London Waterloo, Basingstoke and Southampton. The centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by fast services.

The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by South West Trains.

[edit] History

The railway was built by London and South Western Railway (then London and Southampton Railway) in 1838, but at that time, Fleet did not have a railway station. It was built soon after in 1847 at named Fleetpond after Fleet Pond. It was built on the opposite side of Minley Road as it is today. When the line was increased to four tracks, the station was rebuilt on its current site. At the time however, the station saw very little use and there were even proposals to close the station. It was renamed Fleet in 1869.

In 1906, the station was expanded again as the station became busier as Fleet's population grew. The buildings were rebuilt in 1969 and have not changed since.

[edit] Services

The current Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:

3 trains per hour (tph) to London Waterloo, of which:
- 1 calls at Farnborough Main and Clapham Junction, taking 41 minutes.
- 1 calls at Farnborough Main, Brookwood, Woking, Weybridge, Walton-on-Thames, Surbiton and Clapham Junction, taking 56 minutes.
- 1 calls at all station as per the second layout above, minus Clapham Junction. This train is overtaken by the fast train and so should only be used to reach stations up to Surbiton.
2 tph terminating at Basingstoke, calling at Winchfield and Hook and taking 20 minutes.
1 tph to Poole, calling at Basingstoke, Winchester, Shawford, Eastleigh, Southampton Airport Parkway, Southampton Central, Totton, Ashurst New Forest, Brockenhurst, Sway, New Milton, Hinton Admiral, Christchurch, Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Branksome and Parkstone, taking 2 hours 36 minutes. This train should only be used for stations to Ashurst New Forest, Sway and Hinton Admiral. Brockenhurst, New Milton, Christchurch, Pokesdown, Bournemouth and Poole can be reached faster by changing at Southampton Central. Branksome and Parkstone can be reached faster by changing at Brockenhurst.

On Sundays this becomes:

1 tph to London, calling at Farnborough Main, Brookwood, Woking, Surbiton, Wimbledon and Clapham Junction, taking 1 hour 7 minutes. (When returning from London passengers should ensure they are in the front part of the train.)
1 tph to Basingstoke as above, taking 17 minutes.