It is on the Ascot–Ash Vale line, 35 miles 30 chains (56.9 km) from London Waterloo.

Opened in 1878 by the London and South Western Railway (when it was known as Camberley & York Town), the station gained a second platform fifteen years later when the line through here was doubled.

The route was electrified (on the third rail system at 650 volts DC) by the Southern Railway on 1 January 1939.

All services at Camberley are operated by South Western Railway using Class 450 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between Ascot and Aldershot.