Английская Википедия:Fleet railway station

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Infobox station Fleet railway station serves the town of Fleet in Hampshire, England. It is situated on the South West 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 and Basingstoke and Southampton. The centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by through-services.

The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by South Western Railway. It is Шаблон:Convert from Waterloo and is situated between Шаблон:Rws and Шаблон:Rws stations.

History

The railway line through Fleet was built by the London & Southampton Railway, which was renamed the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1839; the section between Шаблон:Stnlnk and Шаблон:Stnlnk opening on 24 September 1838, but at that time, Fleet did not have a railway station. A station, originally named Fleet Pond (after Fleet Pond) was opened in May 1847. The first station was built on the west side of Minley Road. In 1904 a new larger station was built on the east side when the line was increased to four tracks, It was renamed Fleet on 1 July 1869.

The buildings were rebuilt in 1969. Шаблон:As of work was under way to replace the station buildings and deck the southern car park to provide an extra 150 spaces. The new station building and footbridge were opened in July 2014 with the former lattice footbridge removed overnight on 23/24 July.

Services

The current Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:

• 3 trains per hour (tph) to London Waterloo, of which:
  • 1 calls at Farnborough Main and Clapham Junction, taking 41 minutes.
  • 1 calls at Farnborough Main, Brookwood, Woking, Weybridge, Walton-on-Thames, Surbiton and Clapham Junction, taking 56 minutes.
  • 1 calls at all station as per the second layout above, minus Clapham Junction. This train is overtaken by the fast train and so should only be used to reach stations up to Surbiton.
• 2 tph terminating at Basingstoke, calling at Winchfield and Hook and taking 20 minutes.
• 1 tph to Poole, calling at Basingstoke, Winchester, Shawford, Eastleigh, Southampton Airport Parkway, Southampton Central, Totton, Ashurst New Forest, Brockenhurst, Sway, New Milton, Hinton Admiral, Christchurch, Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Branksome and Parkstone, taking 2 hours 36 minutes. This train should only be used for stations to Ashurst New Forest, Sway and Hinton Admiral. Brockenhurst, New Milton, Christchurch, Pokesdown, Bournemouth and Poole can be reached faster by changing at Southampton Central. Branksome and Parkstone can be reached faster by changing at Brockenhurst.

On Sundays this becomes:

• 1 tph to London, calling at Farnborough Main, Brookwood, Woking, Surbiton, Wimbledon and Clapham Junction, taking 1 hour 7 minutes. (When returning from London passengers should ensure they are in the front part of the train.)
• 1 tph to Basingstoke as above, taking 17 minutes.

Miscellaneous

In May 2010, the body of a newborn baby girl was found abandoned in a rubbish bin at the station. A murder investigation was opened based upon the baby's injuries. In October 2010 the baby's then 16 year old mother was found guilty of infanticide.

The two platforms are numbered; Platform 1 is for London-bound trains, Platform 2 is for trains for Basingstoke (and beyond).