Station Usage
In 2022/2023, Farnborough (Main) had 1,939,972 entries and exits, making it the 244th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.
It ranked 494th busiest (out of 997), with 655 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 5314.99 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 56.96 passengers per service*, giving it the 62nd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 5329.13 passengers passing through the station and 57.26 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.
Usage stats in detail
Standard price entries & exits: 624,020
Reduced price entries & exits: 913,230
Season ticket entries & exits: 402,722
Total entries & exits: 1,939,972
Interchanges made between connecting services: 5,162
Change in usage from 21/22:
+425,980 : 28.14%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.Platform Lengths
Plat. | Metres | VF* | Notes |
1 - Up Slow | 245 | 890 | |
2 - Down Slow | 245 | 890 |
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)
Service Patterns
Current Timetables
Table | Description | Timetable |
312 | Portsmouth & Fareham - Eastleigh & London | Oct24 |
318 | London & Basingstoke - Winchester - Southampton & Bournemouth | Oct24 |
319 | Basingstoke - Woking & London | Oct24 |
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.
Usage History
Change between 1997 & 2023: +204,439 (+11.78%)
Reasons for change:
2019-20 Strikes on South Western Railway and closures in Guildford area during winter 2019
Location Details
Location: Farnborough (Main)
CRS: FNB / NLC: 5521 / TIPLOC(S): FRBRMN
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 486850 156034
Constituency: Aldershot
Local Authority: Hampshire
NR Region: South East
Station Group: FARNBOROUGH BR
ELR: BML1 33m 17ch
CRS: FNB / NLC: 5521 / TIPLOC(S): FRBRMN
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 486850 156034
Constituency: Aldershot
Local Authority: Hampshire
NR Region: South East
Station Group: FARNBOROUGH BR
ELR: BML1 33m 17ch
Fares
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Origin/Destination Matrix
Top 5 jouneys from Farnborough (Main) during 2022/2023:
•London Waterloo (522,224 journeys)
•Woking (81,690 journeys)
•Fleet (72,042 journeys)
•Basingstoke (62,132 journeys)
•Brookwood (40,884 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.
•London Waterloo (522,224 journeys)
•Woking (81,690 journeys)
•Fleet (72,042 journeys)
•Basingstoke (62,132 journeys)
•Brookwood (40,884 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.