Farnham railway station

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Farnham
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General information
Location Farnham, Waverley
England
Grid reference SU844465
Managed by South Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeFNH
Classification DfT category C2
History
Opened8 October 1849
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 1.548 million
 Interchange Increase2.svg 25,340
Tongham   British Railways
Southern Region

Tongham Railway
 Terminus

Buses

Stagecoach Buses routes 5; 17; 18; 19; and 46 serve the station.


Farnham station in fiction

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson travelled by train to Farnham in The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist . [1] Holmes said, "A beautiful neighbourhood and full of the most interesting associations. You remember, Watson, that it was near there that we took Archie Stamford, the forger." Watson recounted, "We had ascertained from the lady that she went down upon the Monday by the train which leaves Waterloo at 9.50, so I started early and caught the 9:13." He did this on Monday, 25 April 1895.

Sherlock Holmes, as a young boy, also lived in the Farnham area with his aunt and uncle in Andrew Lane's Young Sherlock Holmes series of books. The station features prominently as Holmes, his friend, and his tutor often travel by train to London Waterloo when they are going to visit Holmes's brother Mycroft.

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