| Virginia Water | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Virginia Water |
| Local authority | Runnymede |
| Operations | |
| Station code | VIR |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Platforms in use | 4 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.396 million |
| 2005/06 * | 0.426 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.453 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.521 million |
| History | |
| Opened 4 June 1856 | |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Virginia Water from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Virginia Water railway station serves the village of Virginia Water, in Surrey, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South West Trains.
It is a junction station on the Waterloo to Reading Line; the Chertsey Branch to Weybridge leaves the main line here. The platforms are located on the junction: as can be seen from the photograph (taken facing southwards), trains from Weybridge and to Reading use either side of a V-shaped platform which provides cross-platform interchange; the junction of the tracks is at the London end of the station.
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, similarly treated to Wokingham and Sunningdale, from prefabricated concrete. The building is seen to the right of the photograph.
Services
On Monday to Saturday, there are:
- 4tph per hour to London Waterloo, of which:
- 2tph to Reading
- 2tph to Weybridge
On Sundays, there is 1tph to Woking rather than 2tph to Weybridge.
External links
- Train times and station information for Virginia Water railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Egham | South West Trains Waterloo to Reading |
Sunningdale or Longcross |
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| South West Trains Waterloo to Chertsey via Hounslow |
Chertsey | |||
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