Staines railway station

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Staines
Location
Place	Staines
Local authority	Spelthorne
Operations
Station code	SNS
Managed by	South West Trains
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	2.023 million
2005/06 *	2.097 million
History
Key dates	Opened 22 August 1848
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Staines from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Staines railway station is a railway station in Staines, Surrey. Destinations served include Reading, Windsor and Eton Riverside and Weybridge westbound, and London Waterloo eastbound.

The station originally had three platforms, before being changed to two in order to accommodate a new station and car park. The old railway track still can be seen leading towards the car park.

The station has had several names: Staines Central, Staines Junction, Staines Old and Staines^[1].

A bus link runs between the station and nearby Thorpe Park. The theme park is also advertised on the station signage.

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

• 6tph (trains per hour) to London Waterloo
• 2tph to Windsor and Eton Riverside
• 2tph to Weybridge
• 2tph to Reading

[edit] AirTrack Proposal

Main article: Heathrow Airtrack

Heathrow Airtrack is a proposed rail link from Terminal 5 to the rail network at Staines.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Feltham		South West Trains Waterloo to Reading		Egham
Ashford (Middlesex)		South West Trains Windsor Line		Wraysbury
		South West Trains Waterloo to Chertsey via Hounslow		Egham