Weybridge railway station

Weybridge
Location
Place	Weybridge
Local authority	Borough of Elmbridge
Coordinates	51°21′42″N 0°27′27″W / 51.3616°N 0.4575°WCoordinates: 51°21′42″N 0°27′27″W / 51.3616°N 0.4575°W
Grid reference	TQ074636
Operations
Station code	WYB
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	3
DfT category	C2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	1.815 million
2005/06	1.891 million
2006/07	2.077 million
2007/08	2.697 million
2008/09	2.645 million
2009/10	2.576 million
2010/11	2.345 million
2011/12	2.371 million
2012/13	2.391 million
History
Key dates	Opened 21 May 1838
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Weybridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Weybridge railway station is near the established midpoint of Weybridge in Surrey, England and south of its town centre. It is on the South Western Main Line operated by South West Trains, 19 miles (30 km) from London Waterloo.

History

The station was opened by the London and Southampton Railway on 21 May 1838. The line is set in a deep cutting at this point: the main station buildings are at street level on the Up side of the station and are linked to the platforms by stairs and a footbridge. Up and Down platforms serve the slow lines; there is a bay platform on the up side, from which trains operate on the Chertsey or Weybridge Branch of the Waterloo to Reading Line. Stops on this line include the main towns and villages of Runnymede and it gives Weybridge's longer route to Waterloo via Staines. This service can also be used to provide a cheaper and quicker route to the Great Western Main Line, by changing at Virginia Water for the service to Reading, Berkshire from Waterloo, for passengers on or by the South West Main Line but not near the North Downs Line.

Service

Services from the station in trains per hour, at weekday times and to and from Waterloo, are:

• 4 to London Waterloo via Surbiton, of which
  • 2 are semi-fast
  • 2 are stopping
• 2 to London Waterloo via Virginia Water, Staines and Hounslow
• 2 to Woking
• 2 to Basingstoke via Woking

Amenities and immediate surroundings

A pub with large car park, nightclub and Saint George's Hill adjoin the north and east of the station respectively. The business estate, museum of Brooklands and Brooklands College adjoin the other sides. The station is close to the approximate midpoint of the medieval parish boundaries of Weybridge.^[1]

References

1. H.E. Malden (editor) (1911) Index Map Retrieved 11 January 2014.

External links

• Train times and station information for Weybridge railway station from National Rail

• Notes including photographs