Haslemere railway station

Haslemere
Haslemere
Location
Place	Haslemere
Local authority	Waverley
Grid reference	SU897329
Operations
Station code	HSL
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	3
DfT category	C2
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	1.692 million
2011/12	1.701 million
2012/13	1.701 million
2013/14	1.732 million
2014/15	1.785 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1 January 1859
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
	* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Haslemere from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Haslemere railway station is a busy stop on the Portsmouth Direct Line, serving the town of Haslemere, Surrey, England.

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. There are now four trains an hour to London Waterloo, two of them express services.

The adjoining bridge (Foster's Bridge) over Lower Street was originally built as a two-track brick arch, but was widened later with a metal girder section. The station has a newspaper seller, coffee kiosk and a dry cleaner, in addition there is a larger newsagent's adjacent to the station.^{[citation needed]}

Since June 2008 a new footbridge with lifts provides disabled access to platforms 2 and 3.

Services

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

Preceding station		Following station
Witley	South West Trains Portsmouth Direct Line (stopping services)	Terminus
Godalming		Liphook
Guildford	South West Trains Portsmouth Direct Line	Petersfield