Railway station in Surrey, England
Esher railway station
is a station on the
South West Main Line
operated by
South Western Railway
in
Surrey
, England. The station adjoins the north of
Esher
with two footpaths skirting
Sandown Park Racecourse
, the town's commercial area being 300 metres beyond the racecourse entrance. The station is situated between
Surbiton
and
Hersham
and is 14 miles 31 chains (23.2 km) from
London Waterloo
.
History
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The railway arrived here in 1838. A minor request stop was immediately opened and a station built and named
Ditton Marsh,
being the wetter part of Ditton
Common
. The common marks the boundary between what was then the west of
Thames Ditton
and
Esher
. The station was opened on 21 May 1838, and the name changed to
Esher and Hampton Court
about 1840.
[1]
It has since been renamed twice more: to
Esher and Claremont
[n 1]
in July 1844, and to
Esher
on 1 June 1913.
[2]
It has also been shown as
Esher for Claremont
, or as
Esher for Sandown Park
in some timetables.
[2]
Amenities
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The station and track is elevated above street level
[3]
A special gate on the platform opens directly onto Sandown Park racecourse.
Services
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At off-peak times two trains per hour in both directions call at Esher, the termini being
London Waterloo station
and the larger
Surrey
town of
Woking
.
Additional trains operate during peak hours, of which at least 4 (2 in the morning rush-hour, 2 in the evening) terminate at
Guildford
(which also serves as the terminus for stopping trains on Sundays).
[4]
Woking is the point of change for services to longer distance destinations to the south-west (see stations below).
Former amenities
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Two additional
island platforms
are disused and not accessible to passengers though passed by through trains.
Bus services 515 and on Sundays 715 serve the station.
Location
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The station is to the west of
Weston Green
which falls within the
Esher
postal district.
Esher parish is close by the station and has included the Sandown Park grounds since its establishment in the early medieval period.
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A footpath to the west of the station skirts
Sandown Park Racecourse
and leads to the
Lower Green area of Esher
.
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The town's commercial area lies 300 metres beyond the racecourse entrance, followed by
West End
and
Claremont
. The station is the closest to Esher by road.
[3]
Thames Ditton railway station
on the branch line to
Hampton Court
is closest to the eastern half of
Weston Green
, which lies within the
Thames Ditton
postal district.
In film, television, fiction and the media
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Esher railway station featured on an episode of the children's TV series
Little Howard's Big Question
, in which the Dutch graphic and mathematical artist
M. C. Escher
was confused with Esher and one of his drawings mistakenly thought to be the railway station.
See also
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Notes and references
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- Notes
- References
External links
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