Woking railway station

Woking National Rail

Woking railway station's canopy above its apron.
Location
Place Woking
Local authority Borough of Woking
Coordinates 51°19′05″N 0°33′25″W / 51.318°N 0.557°W / 51.318; -0.557Coordinates: 51°19′05″N 0°33′25″W / 51.318°N 0.557°W / 51.318; -0.557
Grid reference TQ006587
Operations
Station code WOK
Managed by South West Trains
Number of platforms 6
DfT category B
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12 Increase 7.358 million
2012/13 Increase 7.463 million
2013/14 Increase 7.698 million
2014/15 Increase 7.963 million
2015/16 Increase 7.989 million
History
Original company London and Southampton Railway
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
21 May 1838 (1838-05-21) Station opened as Woking Common
c.1843 Renamed Woking
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Woking from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Woking railway station is a major stop in Woking, England, on the South Western Main Line used by many commuters. The station is managed by South West Trains, who operate all trains serving it. Many South West Trains services call at Woking, including:

Fast trains from Woking take approximately 26 minutes to reach Waterloo (some stop at Clapham Junction). Trains from the Alton Line take roughly 35 minutes, and the stopping service 50 minutes, to Waterloo.

A twice-hourly RailAir bus service runs between the terminus beside the station and Heathrow Airport, a journey of about 50 minutes.

The station's southern exterior is an art deco rounded-edge building in a mixture of concrete and stock brick courses. It features less uniformity and glass than the town centre side

History

Class 33 008 Woking station with Mk1 Coaches heading towards Basingstoke

The London and Southampton Railway (L&SR) was authorised on 25 July 1834.[1] It was built and opened in stages, and the first section, that between the London terminus at Nine Elms and Woking Common was opened on 21 May 1838.[2] Woking Common became a through station with the opening of the next section of the line, as far as Winchfield, on 24 September that year.[3] On 4 June 1839, the L&SR was renamed the London and South Western Railway (LSWR),[4] and Woking Common station assumed its current name of Woking around 1843.[5]

Woking became a junction with the opening of the Guildford Junction Railway (GJR) on 5 May 1845;[6] it had been authorised less than a year earlier, on 10 May 1844.[7] The GJR was always operated by the LSWR, and was absorbed by that company on 4 August 1845.[8]

Platforms

Woking Station has six platforms.

Services

A Class 159 DMU calls at the station. With the exception of one train per hour to Weymouth, all South West Trains express services call at Woking.


Preceding station National Rail Following station
Clapham Junction
or London Waterloo
  South West Trains
Portsmouth Direct Line
  Guildford
  South West Trains
Portsmouth Direct Line
(Stopping service)
  Worplesdon
  South West Trains
South Western Main Line
  Farnborough (Main) or Winchester
  South West Trains
West of England Main Line
  Basingstoke
West Byfleet   South West Trains
Alton Line
  Brookwood
  South West Trains
Waterloo to Woking
(Stopping service)
  Terminus
Weybridge   South West Trains
Waterloo to Basingstoke
(Stopping service)
  Brookwood
Historical railways
Staines   Anglia Railways
London Crosslink
  Farnborough (Main)

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References

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