Blackwater railway station

For a disused station on the Isle of Wight, see Blackwater railway station (Isle of Wight). For a railway station in Queensland, Australia, see Blackwater railway station, Queensland.

Blackwater railway station is a railway station in Blackwater, a town on the borders of Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire in England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who provide services on the North Downs Line from Reading to Redhill and Gatwick Airport.

Blackwater
The platforms at Blackwater station, looking southeast
General information
Location	Blackwater, Hart England
Grid reference	SU853598
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BAW
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
8 July 1849	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.463 million
2020/21	99,814
2021/22	0.264 million
2022/23	0.321 million
2023/24	0.344 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Blackwater station has two platforms: platform 1 for services towards Gatwick Airport and platform 2 for services towards Reading. The station is unstaffed and has emergency telephones on both platforms. Both platforms have small sheltered seating areas. It opened in 1849 and was called Blackwater & Camberley.

Services

All services at Blackwater are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 165 and 166 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between Reading and Gatwick Airport via Guildford. During the late evenings, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.

On Sundays, only one eastbound train per hour runs to Gatwick Airport, with one train per hour running only as far as Redhill.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Farnborough North		Great Western Railway North Downs Line		Sandhurst

Connections

Stagecoach South route 3 serves the station providing connections to Yateley, Camberley and Aldershot.

External links

• Train times and station information for Blackwater railway station from National Rail