In 2022/2023, Farnborough (Main) had 1,939,972 entries and exits, making it the 244^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 494^th 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 62^nd (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.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1 - Up Slow	245	890
2 - Down Slow	245	890

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2019-20 Strikes on South Western Railway and closures in Guildford area during winter 2019

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

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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)
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