Railway station in Surrey, England
Chertsey railway station
serves the town of
Chertsey
in the
Runnymede District
of
Surrey
,
England
. It is on the Chertsey Loop Line and is operated by
South Western Railway
.
History
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The first station was opened by the
London and South Western Railway
, with the initial section of the
Chertsey branch line
, in 1848. The existing building, now a
Grade II listed building
, was opened on 1 October 1866. It comprises Up and Down platforms having brick buildings: the main building being on the Down side. There is a level crossing here. The platforms can hold ten carriage trains.
Local mythology ascribes the design of the existing station building to
William Tite
but, in fact, he had stopped all architectural work about 13 years previously.
Historic England
says, on this subject, "design thought to have been derived from earlier prototypes by Sir William Tite for L.S.W.R." citing, as its source, the book Victorian Stations: Railway Stations in England and Wales, 1836-1923 by Gordon Biddle 1973.
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Original Station
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Whereas the current station is about 40m to the north west of Guildford Street, the original 1848 station was on the other side of Guildford Street to the south east. At the time it opened and for 18 years thereafter, the line terminated at Guildford Street and the branch line ran only in a south easterly direction to
Weybridge railway station
. It was only with opening of the current station in 1866 that the line was completed north westwards to
Virginia Water railway station
in order to allow travel onward to
Egham railway station
and
Reading railway station
. The original station building was on the north eastern side of the tracks.
Plans showing the layout of both stations are available for viewing, by prior arrangement, in the research section of
Chertsey Museum
. An 1848 plan shows the original station at the time it was built. Plans from 1870 to 1880 show the current station with new buildings springing up around it but still using the sidings, goods warehouse and engine house on the other side of Guildford Street left over from the original station.
Services
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All services at Chertsey are operated by
South Western Railway
.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
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On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction and southbound trains run to and from
Woking
instead of Weybridge.
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