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).

Major station with direct links to Waterloo and out to Guildford. Lots of platforms available and…read moreshops for coffee and snacks etc...

Woking station is the place that people go to before they move into the afterlife. A vapid limbo…read morewhere time slows to a crawl and the world outside becomes distant haze. Important place to be? Funeral? Operation? Well good luck with that. South West trains are so consistently not on time that the information boards are replaced with decks of tarot cards. Sadly it is something that is just reluctantly accepted, like 3rd world poverty or X Factor. You see it on the faces of the down trodden commuters every morning. A malignant strife upon our daily routine, grinding us down slowly until someone breaks and leaps onto the tracks, at which point everything is slowed down even more and the cycle continues. Slow really is the word. Everything from the ticket machines to the barriers to the cash machine which leisurely contemplates whether it will give you your money or wait a few minutes longer until your train has left. And of course the lifts. I can only assume they replaced the mechanism with an 80 year old asthmatic because there are times that you can literally hear the wheezing as it inches itself up to the towering height of one single floor, millimeter by painful millimeter as your delayed train leaves you behind. Even the Starbucks is slow and helpfully has no visible readout of the train times so if you are in a long queue you are stuck with no info. Late trains are one thing but Woking station also helpfully makes you change platform consistently. With one minute notice. Thanks, i'll just run up these stairs with my scolding hot coffee to get your delayed train that you didn't inform anyone about. With all these other people with scolding hot coffees because the lifts are to slow to be usable. Oh and there is also the nasal delicacy that is the men's toilet. A visual treat that could only be bettered with a glory hole and some toilet duck to remove the smell of... what is that smell of? No one makes that actual smell through bodily functions so it must be a combination of things. Terrible things that a mortal brain cannot process.Or maybe it is just what 'delayed' smells like?

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.

Weybridge railway station lies on the main line from London Waterloo to Woking, Guildford and…read moreSouthampton. Opened in 1838, it is the junction for the line to Chertsey, used by the service to Virginia Water. It is a main stop on the Waterloo to Woking local service and Waterloo to Basingstoke semi-fast. A slower service to Waterloo via Staines also operates via Chertsey. The station lies in a deep cutting and the main building (with a ticket office) is situated on the London-bound side at ground level: there are stairs and lifts to the 3 platforms. The platforms have deep, traditional awnings and seating: other facilities include bicycle racks.

As a treat for my partner who enjoys all things from the age of steam, long before British Rail and…read moreday trips to new cities, I booked a return journey to Norwich on the Oliver Cromwell steam train by Steam Dreams. Steam Dreams have a selection of dining choices, I booked Premier Dining as this appeared to give me everything I expected for the day. Premier Dining is a champagne breakfast on the out-journey and a four course dinner on the return. They have a few journeys per month to a selection of The Cathedrals Express cities and Norwich was my choice for this trip. There's a 4 hours gap between arrival and departure which is enough time to do a speed tourist visit to Norwich. We headed to Liverpool Street Station and joined the crowds on the platform by the engine taking endless photos of the steam engine, and then boarded our carriage. The carriage staff are very tentative to our needs, and on the off we got our complimentary glass(s) of champagne. This isn't a rushed journey and like everyone else in the carriage we were here for the experience of the journey. The dining experience is also not rushed, why should it be We had a few Water stops on the journey which was another photo opportunity to get a picture of the engine from a different angle. I'm not a spotter, honest The return journey again we had the same tentative and wonderful staff serving up our 4 course meal and drinks. As the drinks flow, the chattier everyone in the carriage was getting which gave it a really enjoyable atmosphere. For the price of the ticket we got a very enjoyable day out, great service, wonderful food and an experience which we shall remember. I would recommend this for anyone, it's such a relaxing way to travel, and all the staff were wonderful, 5-star from me for all the team at Steam Dreams for a wonderful day