Virginia Water railway station
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| Virginia Water | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Virginia Water | ||
| Local authority | Runnymede | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | VIR | ||
| Managed by | South West Trains | ||
| Platforms in use | 4 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.396 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.426 million | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 4 June 1856 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Virginia Water from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Virginia Water railway station serves the village of Virginia Water, in Surrey, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South West Trains.
It is a junction station on the Waterloo to Reading Line; the Chertsey Branch to Weybridge leaves the main line here. The platforms are located on the junction: as can be seen from the photograph (taken facing southwards), trains from Weybridge and to Reading use either side of a V-shaped platform which provides cross-platform interchange; the junction of the tracks is at the London end of the station.
[edit] History
The line from Staines to Ascot, including this station, was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 4 June 1856; the section to Weybridge opened on 1 October 1866. Formerly a chord south of the station connected the Chertsey and Reading lines.
The station received a new station building in 1973, similarly treated to Wokingham and Sunningdale, from prefabricated concrete. The building is seen to the right of the photograph.
[edit] Services
On Monday to Saturday, there are:
- 4tph per hour to London Waterloo, of which:
- 2tph to Reading
- 2tph to Weybridge
On Sundays, there is 1tph to Woking rather than 2tph to Weybridge.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Virginia Water railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Egham | South West Trains Waterloo to Reading |
Sunningdale or Longcross |
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| South West Trains Waterloo to Chertsey via Hounslow |
Chertsey | |||
