Addlestone railway station serves the town of

Addlestone Addlestone ( or ) is a town in Surrey, England. It is located approximately southwest of London. The town is the administrative centre of the Runnymede (borough), Borough of Runnymede, of which it is the largest settlement. Geography Addlesto ...

in the Runnymede District of

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. It is located on the

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and is operated by

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History

The station was opened, with the branch line, on 14 February 1848 by the

London and South Western Railway The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exete ...

. It became part of the Southern Railway during the

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of 1923. The line then passed on to the

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in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by

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until the

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ways.

Description

Addlestone comprises up and down platforms, both having brick buildings: the main building being on the down side. There is a level crossing with Station Road (B3121) on the south side of the station. Just under a mile south of the station, the line crosses the

River Wey The River Wey is a main tributary of the River Thames in south east England. Its two branches, one of which rises near Alton, Hampshire, Alton in Hampshire and the other in West Sussex to the south of Haslemere, join at Tilford in Surrey. Onc ...

. After leaving the station southbound trains approach Addlestone Junction and can either head westward towards Byfleet and New Haw (and subsequent stations on the

South West Main Line The South West Main Line (SWML) is a 143-mile (230 km) major railway line between Waterloo station in central London and Weymouth on the south coast of England. A predominantly passenger line, it serves many commuter areas including south wes ...

) or head eastward to terminate at

Weybridge Weybridge () is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge, Elmbridge district in Surrey, England, around southwest of central London. The settlement is recorded as ''Waigebrugge'' and ''Weibrugge'' in the 7th century and the name derives from a cro ...

Services

All services at Addlestone are operated by

. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to via * 2 tph to On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction and trains run to and from instead of Weybridge.

Connections

Bus routes 431 and 461, both operated on behalf of

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, stop outside the station.CHERTSEY, ADDLESTONE AND WEYBRIDGE (Map)
, 2 September 2017

References

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External links

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