Station code SHP DfT category D Number of platforms 1 | Grid reference TQ081676 Managed by South West Trains 2011/12 0.423 million | |
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Similar Sunbury (Surrey) railway st, Virginia Water railway st, Walton‑on‑Thames railway station, Kempton Park railway st, Weybridge railway station | ||
Shepperton railway station is a passenger station serving Shepperton, a small town or large village, in Surrey, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains. The station is a terminus with one platform operational and a large station/office building. Ian Allan Publishing has its offices at the west end of the station, and the company bought the Pullman car "Malaga" for hospitality sited near the terminus buffers.
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History
The Shepperton branch opened to passengers on 1 November 1864. The original scheme intended that it would extend to a terminus on the Middlesex bank of the River Thames just east of Chertsey Bridge, but this plan was abandoned in 1862. The curve linking Fulwell and Teddington initially opened only to freight on 1 July 1894 and first carried passengers on 1 June 1901. The line was electrified on 30 January 1916.
Journey times fell from 1916 on electrification of services and were on a timetable which was semi-fast (semi-stopping) before becoming entirely stopping later.
...[Shepperton railway station is] within 40 minutes of Waterloo...[New bungalows] Two minutes from station.
The original terminus included cattle sidings and a turntable (removed August 1942).
Services
The weekday service at the station can be summarised hourly as:
The Saturday service is as on other weekdays without the extra services routed via Twickenham. On Sundays the service is hourly.
The ticket office opens infrequently, but a ticket machine is provided.