Virginia Water railway station

Virginia Water
Trains from Weybridge (left) and Reading (right) await departure for London Waterloo at Virginia Water
Location	Virginia Water, Runnymede England
Grid reference	TQ001679
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	VIR
Classification	DfT category D
History
Opened	4 June 1856
Passengers
2016/17	0.593 million
2017/18	0.576 million
Interchange	85,913
2018/19	0.605 million
Interchange	87,971
2019/20	0.608 million
Interchange	0.128 million
2020/21	0.150 million
Interchange	32,770
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Virginia Water railway station serves the village of Virginia Water, in Surrey, England. It is 23 miles 15 chains (37.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway.

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. This station now has ticket barriers operational.

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.

Modernisation in recent years provides ticket barriers and a bridge for step free access to platforms, incorporating lifts.

Platforms[]

Virginia Water station has four platforms.

• Platform 1 - Semi-fast trains to London Waterloo via Richmond.
• Platform 2 - Trains to Ascot, Reading and stations to Farnham in peak hours.
• Platform 3 - Stopping service to London Waterloo via Hounslow.
• Platform 4 - Trains to Weybridge, or Woking on Sunday.

Services[]

The off peak, Monday to Saturday service is formed of:

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

Peak additional services:

• 2 to Farnham

On Sundays, there is an hourly service to/from Woking calling at the same stations as far as Addlestone, then Byfleet and New Haw & West Byfleet.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Egham		South Western Railway Waterloo to Reading		Longcross or Sunningdale
		South Western Railway Waterloo to Chertsey via Hounslow		Chertsey

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