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Principal stations (from north to south) Brookwood (for South Western Main Line ) Ash Vale Aldershot Farnham Bentley Alton }} The Alton Line is a Railway Line operated by South West Trains . Today Alton Station is the terminus of a main line branch, although it was at one time the junction for three lines. The branch leaves the South Western Main Line at ''Pirbright Junction'' near Brookwood . The towns and villages served by the line are listed below. Freight trains operated by EWS and steam trains from the Watercress Line (see below) are often seen on the Alton Line. HISTORY
SERVICES There are two trains per hour in each direction between Waterloo and Alton at off-peak times during weekdays, each taking between 75 and 78 minutes for the journey. Passenger trains that serve this line during off-peak hours also stop at the following stations (from north to south): Although timetables show the line as "Suburban", for the purposes of South West Trains Passenger Charter discounts and Void Day refunds for season tickets, most journeys from this line fall into the Mainline group. All journeys from Alton, Bentley and Farnham are Mainline journeys. Journeys from Aldershot and Ash Vale to '''London Terminals''' (ie. all London stations) and '''Zone R1256 Zones''' (a journey to London with Underground included) are Mainline. All other journeys from these two stations are suburban. EXTERNAL LINKS
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