General information | |
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Location | Virginia Water, Runnymede England |
Grid reference | TQ001679 |
Managed by | South Western Railway |
Platforms | 4 |
Other information | |
Station code | VIR |
Classification | DfT category D |
History | |
Opened | 4 June 1856 |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.605 million |
Interchange | 87,971 |
2019/20 | 0.608 million |
Interchange | 0.128 million |
2020/21 | 0.150 million |
Interchange | 32,770 |
2021/22 | 0.397 million |
Interchange | 85,150 |
2022/23 | 0.479 million |
Interchange | 0.122 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Virginia Water railway station serves the village of Virginia Water,in Surrey,England. It is 23 miles 15 chains (37.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station,and all trains serving it,are operated by South Western Railway.
The Waterloo to Reading Line and the Chertsey Branch Line join here with the platforms at the junction,as seen in the photograph (taken facing south). Trains from Weybridge and to Reading use either side of a V-shaped platform,allowing cross-platform interchange;the junction of the tracks is at the London end of the station. This station now has ticket barriers operational.
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 by British Rail,similarly treated to Wokingham and Sunningdale,from prefabricated concrete. The building is at the right of the photograph.
Modernisation in recent years provides ticket barriers and a bridge for step free access to platforms,incorporating lifts.
Virginia Water station has four platforms.
All services at Virginia Water are operated by South Western Railway.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [1]
During the peak hours,the station is served by two morning services to London Waterloo that originate from Farnham via Ascot and two evening services from London Waterloo to Aldershot via Ascot.
On Sundays,the stopping services between Weybridge and London Waterloo are reduced to hourly with southbound trains running to and from Woking instead of Weybridge.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Egham | South Western Railway | Longcross | ||
South Western Railway | Chertsey |
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