West Byfleet railway station is a railway station serving the village of West Byfleet, which forms part of the borough of Woking in the English county of Surrey.

West Byfleet
General information
Location	West Byfleet, Borough of Woking England
Coordinates	51.3395°N 0.5054°W / 51.3395; -0.5054
Grid reference	TQ041610
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	3 (2 are used, one seldom)
Other information
Station code	WBY
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Opened	1 December 1887
Passengers
2016/17	1.420 million
2017/18	1.385 million
2018/19	1.384 million
2019/20	1.279 million
2020/21	0.246 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station is on the South West Main Line, 21 miles 54 chains (34.9 km) from London Waterloo.[note 1] It opened 49 years after the line was first constructed through the area.^{[citation needed]}

Service overview

The station is served by all Alton and Woking (stopping) services by settled convention dating to the mid-to-late 20th century.^[when?]

It adjoins West Byfleet and Woodham which are suburban settlements in the boroughs of Woking and Runnymede, to the south and north of the line, respectively. As to other towns it is the closest station to parts of the town/suburb of Byfleet and parts of the semi-rural suburb of Pyrford.[1]

The station has three platforms, one of which (platform 2) is rarely used in line with nearby other South West Main Line stations. The station competes in the broadest sense, not of train company, with faster services at the next nearest station on the line, Woking station. Both are served by bus routes outside of the Transport for London fare-capped scheme.

The station was upgraded to increase disabled access, with lifts to both platform islands and a new bridge, work accomplished 2008–2009.

Services

As of April 2015^[update] at off-peak times the station has 4 trains per hour in each direction, alternating between Woking and Alton as to the end or start destination to the south-west and both having London (Waterloo) as their north-east terminus. The Alton services calling at fewer intermediate stations (being semi-fast).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Surbiton or Weybridge		South Western Railway Alton Line		Woking
Byfleet & New Haw		South Western Railway Waterloo to Woking		Woking

Trivia

Opened in December 1887 as Byfleet and Woodham.

The station frontage appeared in the 1977 movie Adventures of a Private Eye starring Christopher Neil.

On 27 December 1946 the station was the scene of the derailment of a Bournemouth to London express service. Three people suffered minor injuries.

Notes

References

External links

• Train times and station information for West Byfleet railway station from National Rail