Egham railway station

Egham railway station serves the town of Egham in Surrey, England. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by South Western Railway, which also provides the train services. The station is on the Waterloo to Reading line, 21 miles 2 chains (33.8 km) from London Waterloo, between Virginia Water and Staines. The station is also served by trains to Weybridge.

Egham
Location
PlaceEgham, Surrey
Local authorityRunnymede
Grid referenceTQ011710
Operations
Station codeEGH
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryC2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 2.122 million
2015/16 2.101 million
2016/17 2.075 million
2017/18 2.025 million
2018/19 2.073 million
History
Key datesOpened 4 June 1856 (4 June 1856)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Egham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station signs read 'Egham, for Royal Holloway, University of London'. Many students from this college use the station for travel to and from Egham.

A new station building built by British Rail on the London-bound platform was opened in 1985 by Lady Lawrence.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service from the station is:[1]

  • 4 tph (trains per hour) to London Waterloo, of which two run via Richmond (limited stop) and two run via Brentford (all stations)
  • 2 tph to Weybridge
  • 2 tph to Reading

On Sundays this is reduced to:

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References
  1. Table 149 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Staines   South Western Railway
Waterloo to Reading
Waterloo to Chertsey via Hounslow		   Virginia Water


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