Virginia Water railway station

Virginia Water
Trains from Weybridge (left) and Reading (right) await departure for London Waterloo at Virginia Water
Location
Place	Virginia Water
Local authority	Runnymede
Grid reference	TQ001679
Operations
Station code	VIR
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	4
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.396 million
2005/06	0.426 million
2006/07	0.453 million
2007/08	0.521 million
2008/09	0.550 million
2009/10	0.534 million
2010/11	0.545 million
2011/12	0.566 million
2012/13	0.568 million
2013/14	0.585 million
History
Key dates	Opened 4 June 1856
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Virginia Water from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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.

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.

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.

Platforms

Virginia Water station has four platforms.

• Platform 1 - Semi-fast trains to London Waterloo via Richmond.
• Platform 2 - Trains to Reading.
• Platform 3 - Stopping service to London Waterloo via Hounslow.
• Platform 4 - Trains to Weybridge.

Services

In trains per hour, Monday to Saturday, there are:

• 4 to London Waterloo, of which:
  • 2 are semi-fast, via Twickenham & Richmond
  • 2 are stopping via Hounslow
• 2 to Reading
• 2 to Weybridge,

On Sundays, the via Hounslow stopping trains run hourly & the two Weybridge locals are replaced by one to/from Woking calling at the same stations as far as Addlestone, then Byfleet and New Haw & West Byfleet.^[1]

References

1. Table 149 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

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

Coordinates: 51°24′07″N 0°33′43″W / 51.402°N 0.562°W