Weybridge railway station

The development of the railway lines in the Weybridge area

1848

1866

1903

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.

The typical off-peak Monday to Friday service is:

Platform 1

• 2tph to London Waterloo via Staines and Hounslow

Platform 2

• 4tph to London Waterloo via Surbiton (2 fast, 2 semi-fast)

Platform 3

• 2tph to Basingstoke via Woking and Farnborough
• 2tph to Woking (2 trains each in the morning/evening rush hour, as well as all services on Sunday, go on to Guildford)

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. ^[13]

Bus routes 436, 515 and the Cobham Chatterbus serve the station. ^[14]

In popular culture

Scenes of the Dam Busters were filmed at the station, as Wallis had lived nearby. ^[15]

Notes

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

References

1. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1989). Branch lines around Ascot. Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. 32. ISBN   0-906520-64-9.
2. Douglas Smith, John (2003). Weybridge Station. Weybridge Station: Walton & Weybridge Local History Society. p. ii.
3. White, Neil (1999). Weybridge Past. Chichester: Phillimore. pp. 40–43. ISBN   1-86077-086-X.
4. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986). Waterloo to Woking. Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. 108. ISBN   0-906520-38-X.
5. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986). Waterloo to Woking. Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. XXIX. ISBN   0-906520-38-X.
6. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986). Waterloo to Woking. Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. 103. ISBN   0-906520-38-X.
7. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986). Waterloo to Woking. Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. 102. ISBN   0-906520-38-X.
8. Douglas Smith, John (2003). Weybridge Station. Weybridge Station: Walton & Weybridge Local History Society. p. 53.
9. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986). Waterloo to Woking. Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. XXIX. ISBN   0-906520-38-X.
10. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986). Waterloo to Woking. Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. 107. ISBN   0-906520-38-X.
11. "Electric Trains to Weybridge". The Times. No. 47565. London. 23 December 1936. p. 2.
12. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986). Waterloo to Woking. Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. 106. ISBN   0-906520-38-X.
13. H.E. Malden (editor) (1911) Index Map Retrieved 11 January 2014.
14. "Chertsey, Addlestone and Weybridge" (PDF). Surrey County Council. 2 September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
15. Market Harborough Advertiser Thursday 6 October 1955, page 5

External links

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

• Notes including photographs

Weybridge
General information
Location	Weybridge, Elmbridge England
Coordinates	51°21′42″N0°27′27″W / 51.3616°N 0.4575°W / 51.3616; -0.4575
Grid reference	TQ074636
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Other information
Station code	WYB
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Opened	21 May 1838;187 years ago (1838-05-21)
Passengers
2019/20	2.227 million
Interchange	0.597 million

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
Addlestone		South Western Railway Chertsey Branch Line		Terminus