I came through here for a quick change of trains on my way to London. It is bigger than I expected…read more Platform 5 is a bit hidden and off to the side, I almost couldn't find it. The station was clean, but could do with some more benches or seats at the platforms.

Basingstoke railway station is a major junction on the line between London Waterloo and…read moreSouthampton. Opened in 1839, through services to Southampton commenced in 1840. It is effectively the junction where the line to Salisbury and Exeter Central diverges from the main line to Southampton and Bournemouth; and a further line, from Reading, joins from the north. Around 6 million passengers a year use the station, with an additional 2 million changing trains here. The station has both fast and stopping services to London Waterloo, as well as regular services to Salisbury, Exeter Central, Southampton, Bournemouth, Portsmouth Harbour, Weymouth, Reading, Birmingham, and Manchester. There is a more infrequent service to Bristol Temple Meads via Salisbury. The station has a large ticket office, buffets, secure cycle storage, parking, and a taxi rank. Level access between platforms is provided by a lift. The station always seems to be busy, with trains arriving and departing every few minutes.

a somewhat small and lacklustre station considering its location in Camberley as the station for…read morethe military academy in Sandhurst.

to write a review on Farnborough main station, I wanted to praise the help of Umesh such a helpful…read moreticket office staff, I travel quite regularly by southwest trains and this guy is the friendliest helpful guy he even charged my phone to retrieve my rail card and tickets, please let him know he is a asset to your company, I had no way to write his name so I asked if could photo his name badge ,, if you can provide a link I will happily give a good review so other train users can appreciate such a helpful staff in Farnborough, thank you Gary Bennett

Farnborough Main is the principal station for Farnborough, located on the main line from London to…read moreSouthampton. This name is to differentiate it from Farnborough North and North Camp (both on the line from Guildford to Reading). The station was opened in 1838 and retains attractive Victorian buildings on the main platform (on the Southampton side). The building on the London bound platform dates from the early 1900s. It is the major station between Woking and Basingstoke. The off-peak service normally comprises 4 trains an hour to Waterloo, and 4 to Basingstoke, two of which continue onwards, one to Poole via Southampton and one to Portsmouth Harbour via Eastleigh. It is a major commuting point, used by over 3 million passengers each year. It is particularly busy during the biannual air show. The station has a staffed ticket office, large multi storey car park, cycle racks, a taxi rank, small shop and bus stands for connecting buses to Aldershot and Frimley Park. It also has level access to all platforms, via lifts.

Oh my word what a let down this place is. The shelter leaves a lot to be desired, who ever designed…read moreit has obviously never waited for a bus in their lives! The bus station is made up of one shelter & a travel office/ 'control tower' plus what may be the country's worst maintained toilet block. When i took my little granddaughter in she cried out because of the smell and yelled when she looked in the cubicle. A travel exchange should be a place to chill while you await your connection. this place just gives you chills.

Brookwood station serves both the villages of Brookwood, Pirbright and Bisley, and Knaphill, a…read moresuburb of Woking, but is perhaps best known the adjacent cemetery. Although the line through Brookwood was opened as early as 1839, it was the establishment of Brookwood Cemetery as an overspill cemetery for London in 1852 that developed the area: the cemetery was provided with two stations of its own on a short branch line, with daily trains from the Necropolis Station (adjacent to London Waterloo) carrying coffins and mourners. In 1864 the then London & South Western Railway opened a station on the main line to serve the village and visitors to the cemetery. The station was rebuilt in 1904 when the line was quadrupled, and provided with the rather grand brick buildings that still survive. Today, it is a busy commuter station, with a large car park and cycle storage, though it is not staffed all day (the ticket office is open until 13:00 during the week, until mid afternoon on Saturday, and the ticket office is closed on Sunday). When the ticket office is open, there are toilets on platform 1. The Monday-Saturday service is 4 trains an hour to London Waterloo, and 2 trains each to Alton and Basingstoke. On Sundays, there is an hourly service to each of Alton and Basingstoke until the middle of the day, when it increases to half hourly. In the the London direction, trains from Basingstoke and Alton call a few minutes apart and combine into a single service at Woking, so there is in effect an hourly service to London in the mornings and a half hourly service in the afternoon and evening. Note that level access is available only to platform 1 (from Basingstoke/Alton, to London). There are steps to platform 2. (Woking station, 4 miles away, is fully accessible, as is Farnborough.)

Brookwood railway station is a small station with two platforms, located about 10-15 minutes away…read morefrom its larger sibling, Woking station. The station itself is fairly minimal, with largely open platforms that are exposed to the elements and a few metal benches are available. This station is only manned part time, so late at night there are rarely members of staff around to answer queries or ensure security and safety for customers. There are a few automated ticket machines at the station for when there are no members of staff available. There are few other facilities available at this station - for coffee shops and snacks, Woking station is invariably better.

Just missed a connecting flight to the airport as there was a platform change at the last minute…read moreand mo one was told. Absolutely appallling... this isnt the first time that ive see this happen,their communication and customer service is a disgrace.

The County Town of Surrey is one of the major urban centres in the London commuter belt, and has an…read moreimportant railway station to match, used by over 6.5 million passengers a year, with a further half million changing trains here. Opened in 1845 on the line to Portsmouth, additional lines were built to Reading and Reigate in 1849, Horsham in 1865 (subsequently closed) and the 'New Guildford Line' to London via Epsom or Cobham in 1885. The station was rebuilt in 1880, but has always had a reputation as being grimy and in need of refurbishment. New buildings were provided in the late 1980s, as well as new platform canopies and, whilst they are not particularly inspiring as architecture, they are at least clean and bright. The Portsmouth line continues to provide the main service of fast and semi-fast trains into London (4 per hour), supplemented by slower half-hourly services via Epsom and Cobham, and regular services to Redhill, Gatwick Airport, Reading, Ascot. There are also less frequent long-distance cross-country trains to Birmingham and Manchester. There are two entrances: the main (east) entrance onto the Station Approach is best for the town centre, museum and castle, whereas Guildford Park Road entrance (via the footbridge) is better for the Cathedral and University of Surrey. Facilities include a travel centre, ticket office, car-park, car rental (Hertz), cash-point, taxi rank, bus interchange, cycle storage, café, W H Smiths, and disabled toilets. There is step-free access between the platforms, and from the main entrance (but not from the Guildford Park Road entrance).

Small station on the line from Reading to Guildford and Gatwick Airport. Not staffed during later…read morehours. No ticket barricades. It's out in the middle of nowhere, if you ask me. But I did need to be here, so it can't have been too much in the middle of nowhere. Unlike some other stations on busier lines, there is a "last train of the night" here, so you'll want to check the schedule before just showing up. Plenty of parking for the area. Well lit and well marked, I was able to figure out where I was and walk off in the right direction. Past a horse in a pasture. He was very friendly!