Brookwood is a National Rail

National Rail

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 railway station in Brookwood

Brookwood, Surrey

Brookwood is a village in Surrey, located about 5 km west of Woking, in a semi-rural location. It lies on the western border of the Woking Borough ....

 in the English

England

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 county of Surrey

Surrey

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. It was constructed to serve the adjacent Brookwood Cemetery

Brookwood Cemetery

Brookwood Cemetery is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. It is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in western Europe.-History:...

 and was at one stage served by its own station in London

London

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 (London Necropolis railway station

London Necropolis railway station

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) for the funeral

Funeral

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 trains. A branch line left from the main line station to serve two stations within the cemetery, Brookwood Cemetery North and Brookwood Cemetery South. The branch line (and stations) have now closed, but the mainline station remains and is now a popular commuter station on the South Western Main Line

South Western Main Line

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 between London Waterloo

Waterloo station

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 and Basingstoke

Basingstoke

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, served by South West Trains

South West Trains

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. The exit to the cemetery remains.

Services

Trains run 0520-0050 weekdays, 0520-0040 Saturdays and 0740-0045 Sundays. The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:

• 4 trains per hour to London Waterloo:
  • XX16, calling at Woking
    Woking railway station
    Woking railway station is a railway station in England, serving the town of Woking, Surrey. It is a major stop on the South Western Main Line and is used by many commuters...
    
    , West Byfleet
    West Byfleet railway station
    West Byfleet railway station serves West Byfleet and Woodham and is on the Alton Line and Waterloo to Woking line, operated by South West Trains.The station has three platforms, although one of these is rarely used....
    
    , Surbiton
    Surbiton railway station
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     and Clapham Junction, taking 41 minutes. Passengers can change at Woking to the XX26 to arrive at Waterloo 6 minutes earlier.
  • XX23, calling at Woking, Weybridge
    Weybridge railway station
    Weybridge railway station serves Weybridge in the Elmbridge district of Surrey, England. It is located on the South Western Main Line operated by South West Trains, 19 miles from London Waterloo....
    
    , Walton-on-Thames
    Walton-on-Thames railway station
    Walton-on-Thames railway station serves the town of Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England. The station is located in the Ashley Park area of the town. The station originally opened as Walton for Hersham.Only the two outer platforms on the slow lines are currently used...
    
    , Surbiton and Clapham Junction, taking 43 minutes.
  • XX46, calling at Woking, West Byfleet and Surbiton, taking 41 minutes. Passengers can change at Woking to the XX59 to arrive at Waterloo 3 minutes earlier.
  • XX53, calling at Woking, Weybridge, Walton-on-Thames and Surbiton, taking 43 minutes.

• 2 trains per hour to Basingstoke
  Basingstoke railway station
  Basingstoke railway station, in the town of Basingstoke in the county of Hampshire in England, is on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo, with local and fast services operated by South West Trains. It is also the terminus of First Great Western local services on the Reading to...
  
  , at XX25 and XX55, calling at Farnborough (Main), Fleet
  Fleet railway station
  Fleet railway station serves the town of Fleet in Hampshire, England. It is situated on the South Western Main Line, which has four tracks through the station. There are two platforms on the outer pair of tracks, which are served by trains between London Waterloo, Basingstoke and Southampton...
  
  , Winchfield
  Winchfield railway station
  Winchfield railway station is located in the small village of Winchfield and serves Hartley Wintney and other surrounding villages in Hampshire, England...
  
   and Hook
  Hook railway station
  Hook station serves the town of Hook and surrounding villages in Hampshire, southern England. There are two platforms serving the outer pair of tracks while the centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by fast services between the South Coast and the West Country...
  
  , taking 33 minutes.
• 2 trains per hour to Alton
  Alton railway station
  Alton railway station is a railway station in the town of Alton, in the English county of Hampshire. The station is the terminus for two railway lines; the Alton Line which runs to Brookwood and onto London Waterloo and the Mid Hants Watercress Railway, which runs to Alresford. The latter once ran...
  
  , at XX06 and XX36, calling at Ash Vale
  Ash Vale railway station
  Ash Vale is a railway station serving the village of Ash Vale in Surrey, England. It is situated at the junction of the London to Alton line and the line from Ascot to Guildford. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains....
  
  , Aldershot
  Aldershot railway station
  Aldershot railway station is on Station Road, near the town centre of Aldershot, Hampshire, England. It is on the Alton Line, part of the National Rail network, with train services and station facilities provided by South West Trains....
  
  , Farnham
  Farnham railway station
  Farnham railway station serves the town of Farnham in Surrey. It is located on Station Hill by the level crossing that carries the Alton Line across the B3001 secondary road. The town centre is about ten minutes away on foot to the north of the A31 Farnham Bypass via a signal-controlled crossing...
  
   and Bentley
  Bentley (Hampshire) railway station
  Bentley railway station serves the village of Bentley in Hampshire, England. It is situated on the Alton Line, between Farnham and Alton. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains....
  
  , taking 34 minutes. (Due to capacity constraints beyond Farnham, some trains skip Bentley or short turn at Farnham.)

On Sundays this becomes:

• 2 trains per hour to London Waterloo, at XX45 and XX48. These trains couple together at Woking and run as one train from there, calling at Surbiton, Wimbledon
  Wimbledon station
  Wimbledon station is a National Rail, London Underground, and Tramlink station located in Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton, and is the only London station that provides an interchange between rail, Underground, and Tramlink services...
  
   and Clapham Junction, taking 51/54 minutes.
• 1 train per hour to Basingstoke at XX52 as above, taking 30 minutes.
• 1 train per hour to Alton at XX56 as above, taking 35 minutes.

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