Weybridge railway station

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 and operated by South Western Railway.

Weybridge
Location
Place	Weybridge
Local authority	Elmbridge
Coordinates	51.3616°N 0.4575°W / 51.3616; -0.4575
Grid reference	TQ074636
Operations
Station code	WYB
Managed by	South Western Railway
Number of platforms	3
DfT category	C2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	2.503 million
2015/16	2.510 million
2016/17	2.473 million
2017/18	2.318 million
2018/19	2.384 million
– Interchange	0.671 million
History
Key dates	Opened 21 May 1838 (21 May 1838)
National Rail – UK railway stations
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.

It is 19 miles 12 chains (30.8 km) from London Waterloo[note 1] and is situated between Walton-on-Thames and Byfleet & New Haw on the main line. The Chertsey branch line diverges from the main line here and runs to Virginia Water.

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 from Waterloo, for passengers on or by the South West Main Line but not near the North Downs Line.

Service

South Western Railway operate northbound services to London Waterloo, via Surbiton or Chertsey, inner suburban southbound services to Woking and outer suburban services to Basingstoke.

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]

Bus routes 436, 515 and the Cobham Chatterbus serve the station.[2]

Notes

1. Railways in the United Kingdom historically are measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to one mile.

References

1. H.E. Malden (editor) (1911) Index Map Retrieved 11 January 2014.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

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

• Notes including photographs

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Walton-on-Thames		South Western Railway Waterloo to Woking		Byfleet & New Haw
		South Western Railway Waterloo to Basingstoke		Woking
Terminus		South Western Railway Chertsey Branch		Addlestone