Haslemere railway station

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Haslemere

Location

Place

Haslemere

Local authority

Waverley

Operations

Station code

HSL

Managed by

South West Trains

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

1.400 million

2005/06 *

1.436 million

History

Key dates

Opened 1 January 1859

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

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Haslemere railway station is a busy stop on the Portsmouth Direct Line, serving the town of Haslemere, Surrey.

The large car park (to the south) and industrial estate (to the north) were originally large goods sidings. Platform 3 is an addition to the original structure, built in 1938 when the line was electrified. Until then Haslemere was just a standard wayside station, but it became steadily busier as commuter traffic from the surrounding countryside grew. This now justifies four trains an hour to London Waterloo, two of them expresses, possibly the best service per head of population in the UK.

The adjoining bridge (Foster's Bridge) over Lower Street was originally built as a 2-track brick arch, but was widened later with a metal girder section. The station has a newspaper seller, coffee kiosk and a dry cleaners, in addition there is a larger newsagents adjacent to the station.

As of June 2008 a new footbridge with lifts to provide disabled access is completion a month later than originally announced.

[edit] Services

It is the only station on the Portsmouth Direct Line between Guildford and Havant Junction with more than 2 platforms. Platform 3 is used to allow northbound fast services to overtake stopping services. Platform 2 (generally up line) also receives terminating down trains. Virtually all trains (apart from diverted services) stop at Haslemere.