Freight Services
A daily service runs to Holybourne Oil Terminal between Alton and Bentley. As a result the 1023 service from Waterloo stops short at Farnham and does not continue to Alton; there is no 1214 return service from Alton to Farnham, this train beginning its journey from Farnham instead at 1228. This is because the line between Alton and Farnham is single, with a passing place at Bentley, and worked on the track circuit block system.
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