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Weybridge railway station

Coordinates:51°21′42″N0°27′27″W/ 51.3616°N 0.4575°W/51.3616; -0.4575
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Weybridge
National Rail
General information
LocationWeybridge,Elmbridge
England
Coordinates51°21′42″N0°27′27″W/ 51.3616°N 0.4575°W/51.3616; -0.4575
Grid referenceTQ074636
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms3
Tracks5
Other information
Station codeWYB
ClassificationDfT categoryC2
History
Opened21 May 1838
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.384 million
Interchange0.671 million
2019/20Decrease2.227 million
InterchangeDecrease0.597 million
2020/21Decrease0.420 million
InterchangeDecrease0.193 million
2021/22Increase1.234 million
InterchangeIncrease0.420 million
2022/23Increase1.681 million
InterchangeIncrease0.474 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Weybridge railway stationis near the established midpoint ofWeybridgeinSurrey,Englandand south of its town centre. It is on theSouth West Main Lineand operated bySouth Western Railway.

It is 19 miles 12 chains (30.8 km) fromLondon Waterloo[note 1]and is situated betweenWalton-on-ThamesandByfleet & New Hawon the main line. TheChertsey branch linediverges from the main line here and runs toVirginia Water.

History

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The station was opened by theLondon and Southampton Railway(L&SR) on 21 May 1838.[1]The L&SR had not intended to construct a station at Weybridge, but was required by the authorizing Act of Parliament to build two road bridges over the line near the town. Following a negotiation with the Weybridgevestry,the company agreed to open a station on a trial basis for 12 months in exchange for being allowed to build only one bridge.[2]Two platforms were constructed in the deepcuttingbetweenSt George's HillandWeybridge Heathand the main station building, on the north side of the line, was at road level. Initially, the typical journey time to London was around an hour and, by 1841, amail trainwas stopping daily.[3]

The branch toChertsey,which joined the main line via an east-facing junction, was constructed in 1848.[3]It was not until 1885 that Byfleet Junction was constructed, creating the triangle of lines to the west of Weybridge station.[4]Additional tracks on the main line through the station were added in 1885[5]and 1902.[6]A new station building, equipped with luggage lifts, was built between 1902 and 1904 in conjunction with the quadrupling work,[7]but was destroyed by an arson attack in January 1987.[8]

By 1895, there was a freight yard with a goods shed to the north west of the station.[9]The yard closed in 1964 and by the mid-1980s the area was being used by acoal merchantand for the station car park.[10]The lines through the station wereelectrifiedin 1907,[11]althoughsteam locomotivescontinued to haul long-distanceexpress servicesthrough Weybridge until 1967.[3]The 68-leversignal boxwas closed on 22 March 1970, when control of the lines in the Weybridge area was transferred to Surbiton Panel Box.[12]

The development of the railway lines in the Weybridge area
1848
1866
1903

Service

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South Western Railwayoperate northbound services toLondon Waterloo,viaSurbitonorChertsey,inner suburban southbound services toWokingand outer suburban services toBasingstoke.

The typical off-peak Monday to Friday service is:

Platform 1

Platform 2

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

Platform 3

Amenities and immediate surroundings

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A pub with large car park, nightclub andSaint George's Hilladjoin the north and east of the station respectively. The business estate, museum ofBrooklandsandBrooklands Collegeadjoin the other sides. The station is close to the approximate midpoint of the medievalparishboundaries of Weybridge.[13]

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

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Scenes of theDam Busterswere filmed at the station, as Wallis had lived nearby.[15]

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1989).Branch lines around Ascot.Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. 32.ISBN0-906520-64-9.
  2. ^Douglas Smith, John (2003).Weybridge Station.Weybridge Station: Walton & Weybridge Local History Society. p. ii.
  3. ^abcWhite, Neil (1999).Weybridge Past.Chichester: Phillimore. pp. 40–43.ISBN1-86077-086-X.
  4. ^Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986).Waterloo to Woking.Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. 108.ISBN0-906520-38-X.
  5. ^Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986).Waterloo to Woking.Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. XXIX.ISBN0-906520-38-X.
  6. ^Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986).Waterloo to Woking.Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. 103.ISBN0-906520-38-X.
  7. ^Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986).Waterloo to Woking.Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. 102.ISBN0-906520-38-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.ISBN0-906520-38-X.
  10. ^Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986).Waterloo to Woking.Midhurst: Middleton Press. Fig. 107.ISBN0-906520-38-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.ISBN0-906520-38-X.
  13. ^H.E. Malden (editor) (1911)Index MapRetrieved 11 January 2014.
  14. ^"Chertsey, Addlestone and Weybridge"(PDF).Surrey County Council. 2 September 2017. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 January 2018.Retrieved11 January2018.
  15. ^Market Harborough AdvertiserThursday 6 October 1955, page 5
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