Station code VIR 2011/12 0.566 million Opened 4 June 1856 DfT category D | Grid reference TQ001679 Managed by South West Trains 2012/13 0.568 million Number of platforms 4 | |
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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.
Contents
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.
Services
In trains per hour, Monday to Saturday, there are:
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.