Byfleet & New Haw railway station
Byfleet & New Haw railway station is on the London to Woking line, operated by South Western Railway. The station is at the northern edge of Byfleet with the village of New Haw immediately to the north and the M25 motorway within 400 m (1,300 ft) to the west.
Byfleet & New Haw  | |||||
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 Byfleet & New Haw Station, August 2006 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Byfleet, Borough of Runnymede England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°20′59″N 0°28′52″W / 51.3497°N 0.4812°W | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ058622 | ||||
| Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BFN | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 10 July 1927 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.445 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.402 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.163 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.278 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.317 million | ||||
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It is in the county of Surrey and 500 m (1,600 ft) from the Brooklands business, industrial, museum and retail estate in the south west of Weybridge. It is 20 miles 32 chains (32.8 km) from London Waterloo[note 1] and is situated between Weybridge and West Byfleet.
History
editThe station was designed by the architect James Robb Scott and opened on 10 July 1927[1] to cater for the increasing local population. The opening of the Vickers aircraft factory in 1911 led to Byfleet's population doubling in just ten years. Many new houses were built to accommodate the factory workers.[2]
The station was originally called "West Weybridge" and changed to its present name in June 1962.[1]
It is on a section of railway that forms part of the South West Main Line's original form, the London and Southampton Railway, which was built in stages. The first stage opened in May 1838 and joined the London Terminus in Nine Elms with Woking Common, now Woking.[3]
Byfleet and New Haw Station is in close proximity to the historical Brooklands racetrack and aerodrome, which date back to 1907.[4][5] The racetrack hosted the 1927 British Grand Prix a few months after the station opened.[6]
Services
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All services at Byfleet & New Haw are operated by South Western Railway.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[7]
- 2 tph to London Waterloo via Surbiton
- 2 tph to Woking
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.
On Sundays, the services to Woking are extended to and from Guildford and the station is also served by an additional hourly service between Woking and London Waterloo that runs via Staines and Hounslow instead of via Surbiton.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Weybridge | South Western Railway |
West Byfleet | ||
| Addlestone | South Western Railway
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Ticket office and station staff
editByfleet and New Haw's ticket office is staffed on a part-time basis but has no platform staff. There is an automated ticket machine at the bottom of the first staircase.[8]
Ticket Office Opening Hours
edit| Monday-Friday | 06:40-10:30 |
| Saturday | 09:00-13:00 |
| Sunday | Closed |
Refurbishment
editIn March 2013, work began to refurbish the booking hall, subway and stairwells at the station. Works were completed in August 2013.[9]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 247. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ "BYFLEET HERITAGE SOCIETY". www.byfleetheritage.org.uk.
- ^ "History of Woking - Lynch Estate Agents - Offices in Woking, Horsell, Ripley". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ www.madesimplemedia.co.uk, Premm Design and Made Simple Media | www premmdesign co uk. "Our History - Motor Racing". www.brooklandsmuseum.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ www.madesimplemedia.co.uk, Premm Design and Made Simple Media | www premmdesign co uk. "Our History - Flying". www.brooklandsmuseum.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ www.madesimplemedia.co.uk, Premm Design and Made Simple Media | www premmdesign co uk. "Brooklands Museum". www.brooklandsmuseum.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Table 155 National Rail timetable, December 2023
- ^ "Byfleet and New Haw". www.southwesternrailway.com.
- ^ a b "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Byfleet & New Haw". www.nationalrail.co.uk.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Byfleet & New Haw railway station from National Rail