Alton train station
You can reach 12 stations directly from Alton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Farnham, with 68 trains a day.
Alton is the nearest station for postcodes in GU34. Check your own postcode.
- 12 direct destinations
- 798th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 207 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Alton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farnham | 68 | 74 | 55 |
| Aldershot | 67 | 73 | 55 |
| Ash Vale | 67 | 73 | 55 |
| Woking | 67 | 73 | 55 |
| Brookwood | 65 | 73 | 55 |
| London Waterloo | 63 | 68 | 1 |
| West Byfleet | 56 | 68 | 0 |
| Surbiton | 55 | 68 | 1 |
| Bentley | 52 | 53 | 36 |
| Clapham Junction | 51 | 68 | 1 |
| Walton-on-Thames | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Weybridge | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lines serving Alton
Alton is on the Pirbright and Alton Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Alton station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Alton station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Alton station is
590,922 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 798th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Alton and London Waterloo than any other pair: 283,826 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Alton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Treloar's Hospital Platform · 1.2 miles
- Holybourne Freight · 1.7 miles
- Farringdon Halt · 3.1 miles
- Bentworth and Lasham · 3.6 miles
- Kingsley Halt · 4.0 miles
- Bordon · 4.3 miles
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Facilities at Alton station
Alton is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:30 to 19:00 · Saturday: 07:30 to 17:30 · Sunday: 08:30 to 16:00
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Parking at Alton station
- Alton Car Park 207 spaces, 5 accessible
£1.70 an hour, £5.10 off-peak, £10.20 a day, £40.60 a week
Cycle parking: 60 spaces (lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Alton station
Alton station is in East Hampshire, South East, and is run by South Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M3 J5 (Hook), 8.1 miles north.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Rail Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Alton station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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