The station parking has been expanded with the addition of a dual level car park facility, including better lighting, security cameras and improved entrance.[1]
History
The station was opened on 8 October 1849, on a route from Guildford via Ash Green Halt and Tongham.[2] The line from Aldershot station opened in 1870 and was electrified on 4 July 1937. Passenger services via Ash Green Halt and Tongham ceased on the same date.
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson travelled by train to Farnham in The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist. 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.
