Virginia Water railway station

Virginia Water
Virginia Water Location of Virginia Water in Surrey
Local authority	Virginia Water, Runnymede
Grid reference	TQ001679
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code(s)	VIR
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.608 million [1]
– interchange	0.128 million [1]
2020–21	0.150 million [1]
– interchange	32,770 [1]
2021–22	0.397 million [1]
– interchange	85,150 [1]
2022–23	0.479 million [1]
– interchange	0.122 million [1]
2023–24	0.571 million [1]
– interchange	83,186 [1]
Key dates
4 June 1856	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°24′07″N0°33′43″W / 51.402°N 0.562°W / 51.402; -0.562
London transportportal

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.

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 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.

Platforms

Virginia Water station has four platforms.

• Platform 1 - Semi-fast trains to London Waterloo via Richmond.
• Platform 2 - Trains to Ascot, Reading and stations to Farnham in peak hours.
• Platform 3 - Stopping service to London Waterloo via Hounslow.
• Platform 4 - Trains to Weybridge, or Woking on Sunday.

Services

Trains from Weybridge (left) and Reading (right) await departure for London Waterloo at Virginia Water

All services at Virginia Water are operated by South Western Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: ^[2]

• 4 tph to London Waterloo (2 of these are stopping services via Hounslow and 2 are semi-fast via Richmond)
• 2 tph to Weybridge
• 2 tph to Reading via Bracknell

Additional services, including trains to and from Camberley and Aldershot call at the station during the peak hours.

On Sundays, the stopping services between Weybridge and London Waterloo are reduced to hourly and southbound trains run to and from Woking instead of Weybridge.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Egham		South Western Railway Waterloo to Reading Line		Longcross
		South Western Railway Chertsey Branch Line		Chertsey

References

1. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. Table 149 National Rail timetable, December 2023

External links

• Train times and station information for Virginia Water railway station from National Rail