Farnborough railway station
Farnborough (Main) 
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Farnborough Main Station
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| Location | |
| Place | Farnborough |
| Local authority | Borough of Rushmoor |
| Grid reference | SU868560 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | FNB |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 3.021 million |
| – Interchange |
3,557 |
| 2012/13 |
 2.860 million |
| – Interchange |
3,278 |
| 2013/14 |
2.930 million |
| – Interchange |
2,709 |
| 2014/15 |
3.081 million |
| – Interchange |
7,469 |
| 2015/16 |
2.990 million |
| – Interchange |
10,670 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 24 September 1838 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Farnborough (Main) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Farnborough (Main) railway station serves the town of Farnborough in Hampshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South West Trains. It is one of two stations serving Farnborough: the other, Farnborough North, is situated on the North Downs Line. The station is mostly known as Farnborough (Main) in order to distinguish it from Farnborough North, including by National Rail and South West Trains, although often signposted as simply Farnborough.
The station is situated on the South Western Main Line, which has four tracks running through the station. There are two platforms on the outer pair of tracks, while the centre pair of tracks are used by fast trains.
Farnborough railway station was opened in 1838 by the London and South Western Railway (then the London and Southampton Railway), on the line from London to Winchfield (then Shapley Heath). The next year, the line was extended to Basingstoke, then the next year it was connected to Southampton. Throughout its life, Farnborough was a through station.
In 1849, South Eastern Railway built the North Downs Line, and opened a station also known as Farnborough, but it was not renamed as its existing name Farnborough North until 1923. The main line railway station was often known as Farnborough (Main) and this has become its official name. It is referred to as simply 'Farnborough' on platform and road signs, but National Rail and South West Trains officially use the suffix (though not on timetables). It was sometimes advertised as 'Farnborough for Aldershot' at an early stage.
As with Hook and Winchfield, there is a wide gap between the tracks. Originally, an island platform stood between them. When the railway was quadrupled, the existing up track became the down fast. The former up platform, an island which had a loop line running behind it was demolished with the loop line becoming the up fast. The new up slow line and a new platform for up services were built at this time (early 1900s).
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