Virginia Water railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Virginia Water


manager = South West Trains
locale = Virginia Water
borough = Runnymede
code = VIR
usage0405 = 0.396
usage0506 = 0.426
usage0607 = 0.453
platforms = 4
start = 4 June 1856

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.

ervices

On Monday to Saturday, there are:
*4tph per hour to London Waterloo, of which:
**2tph fast via Richmond
**2tph stopping via Hounslow
*2tph to Reading
*2tph to Weybridge

On Sundays, there is 1tph to Woking rather than 2tph to Weybridge.

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