Upper Halliford railway station

Railway station in Surrey, England

51°24′47″N 0°25′52″W / 51.413°N 0.431°W / 51.413; -0.431Grid referenceTQ092694Managed bySouth Western RailwayPlatforms2Other informationStation codeUPHClassificationDfT category EHistoryOpened1 May 1944Passengers2018/19Increase 0.129 million2019/20Decrease 0.118 million2020/21Decrease 24,5542021/22Increase 48,7142022/23Increase 76,514
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Upper Halliford railway station serves the village of Upper Halliford in Surrey, England. It is 17 miles 34 chains (28.0 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.

History

Upper Halliford Halt was opened on 1 May 1944 by Southern for the Windmill Road industrial zone which then had a wartime factory of the British Thermostat Company, manufacturing munitions. The second platform was opened on 6 May 1946.[1]

Station layout

The platforms are linked by a concrete footbridge. There is no staffed ticket office, just ticket machines.

Platform 2, the down platform, with services towards Shepperton, was rebuilt in November 2021.[2]

There is footpath access from the residential end of Upper Halliford Road as well as two sloping paths from the west side of the Upper Halliford Road bridge. There is also a footpath giving access to the north side of Nursery Road.

Services

All services at Upper Halliford are operated by South Western Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

  • 2 tph to London Waterloo via Wimbledon
  • 2 tph to Shepperton

During the peak hours, the station is served by four morning services to London Waterloo that run via Richmond instead of Wimbledon as well as two evening services from London Waterloo via the same route.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Sunbury   South Western Railway
Shepperton Branch Line
   Shepperton

References

  1. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith. Kingston and Hounslow Loops including the Shepperton Branch. Middleton Press. Fig. 59. ISBN 0-906520-83-5.
  2. ^ Holden, Alan (15 May 2021). "New platform at Upper Halliford, Surrey, means changes to trains from London Waterloo". RailAdvent. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. ^ Table 152 National Rail timetable, December 2023

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