Addlestone railway station
railway station in Addlestone, Surrey, England, UK
Addlestone railway station serves the town of Addlestone, in the Runnymede District of Surrey, England. It is located on the Chertsey Branch Line and is managed by South Western Railway.
History
The station was opened, along with the branch line, on 14 February 1848 by the London and South Western Railway. It became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.
Description
Addlestone comprises up and down platforms, both having brick buildings; the main building is 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. Southbound trains approach Addlestone Junction and can either head westward towards Byfleet and New Haw (and subsequent stations on the South West Main Line) or head eastward to terminate at Weybridge.
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