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West Byfleet railway station
Railway station serving the village of West Byfleet, Surrey, England
Railway station serving the village of West Byfleet, Surrey, England
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | West Byfleet | ||
| symbol_location | gb | ||
| symbol | rail | ||
| image | West Byfleet Station geograph-4060371-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg | ||
| borough | West Byfleet, Borough of Woking | ||
| country | England | ||
| coordinates | |||
| grid_name | Grid reference | ||
| grid_position | |||
| manager | South Western Railway | ||
| platforms | 3 | ||
| tracks | 4 | ||
| code | WBY | ||
| classification | DfT category C2 | ||
| opened | 1 December 1887 | ||
| mpassengers | |||
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2015/16 | passengers= 1.400 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2016/17 | passengers= 1.420 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2017/18 | passengers= 1.385 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2018/19 | passengers= 1.384 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2019/20 | passengers= 1.279 million}} -- |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2020/21 | passengers= 0.246 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2021/22 | passengers= 0.668 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2022/23 | passengers= 0.907 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2023/24 | passengers= 1.045 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2024/25 | passengers= 1.172 million}} |
| footnotes | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
-- West Byfleet railway station is a railway station serving the village of West Byfleet, which forms part of the borough of Woking in the English county of Surrey.
The station is on the South West Main Line, 21 mi from .Railways in the United Kingdom historically are measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to one mile.
History
Accidents and incidents
On 27 December 1946 the station was the scene of the derailment of a Bournemouth to London express service hauled by SR Lord Nelson class 4-6-0, 851 Sir Francis Drake. Although the entire 12 coach train and its engine were derailed at 60 mph, the coaches remained upright and in line, helped by buckeye couplings being fitted to the leading six coaches. Only three people suffered minor injuries.
Services
The station is served by all Alton and Woking (stopping) services from London Waterloo.
It adjoins West Byfleet and Woodham which are suburban settlements in the boroughs of Woking and Runnymede, to the south and north of the line, respectively. As to other towns it is the closest station to parts of the town/suburb of Byfleet and parts of the semi-rural suburb of Pyrford.
The station has three platforms, one of which (platform 2) is rarely used in line with nearby other South West Main Line stations. The station competes in the broadest sense, not of train company, with faster services at the next nearest station on the line, Woking station. Both are served by bus routes outside of the Transport for London fare-capped scheme.
at off-peak times the station has 4 trains per hour in each direction, alternating between Woking and Alton as to the end or start destination to the south-west and both having London (Waterloo) as their north-east terminus. The Alton services calling at fewer intermediate stations (being semi-fast).
Cultural references
The station frontage appeared in the 1977 movie Adventures of a Private Eye starring Christopher Neil.
Notes
References
References
- (1986). "Waterloo to Woking". Middleton Press.
- ''Staines & Ashford News'', 9 June 1950 (British Newspaper Archive)
- (1986). "Waterloo to Woking". Middleton Press.
- (1946). "Accident Report (from Railways Archive).". Board of Trade.
- "Surrey interactive map".
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