Virginia Water Railway Station

Virginia Water railway station serves the village of Virginia Water, in Surrey, England. 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. HistoryThe line from to 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. PlatformsVirginia 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. ServicesIn trains per hour, Monday to Saturday, there are: 4 to London Waterloo, of which: 2 are semi-fast, via & Richmond 2 are stopping via 2 to, On Sundays, the via Hounslow stopping trains run hourly & the two Weybridge locals are replaced by one to /from calling at the same stations as far as, then & .

Virginia Water railway station serves the village of Virginia Water, in Surrey, England. 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. HistoryThe line from to 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. PlatformsVirginia 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. ServicesIn trains per hour, Monday to Saturday, there are: 4 to London Waterloo, of which: 2 are semi-fast, via & Richmond 2 are stopping via 2 to, On Sundays, the via Hounslow stopping trains run hourly & the two Weybridge locals are replaced by one to /from calling at the same stations as far as, then & .