Witley railway station (original) (raw)

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Railway station in Surrey, England

WitleyNational Rail
General information
Location Wormley, WaverleyEngland
Grid reference SU948379
Managed by South Western Railway
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code WTY
Classification DfT category E
Key dates
1 January 1859 Opened (Witley and Chiddingfold)
6 October 1947 Renamed (Witley)
Passengers
2018/19 Increase 0.286 million
2019/20 Decrease 0.266 million
2020/21 Decrease 56,576
2021/22 Increase 0.146 million
2022/23 Increase 0.173 million
NotesPassenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Witley railway station is a station on the Portsmouth Direct Line in Surrey, England. It is 38 miles 36 chains (61.9 km) down the line from London Waterloo via Woking.[1]

Witley is, equally with Milford to the north-east, a minor stop on the Portsmouth Direct Line 38½ miles (62 km) south-west of London Waterloo. When opened, it was named Witley and Chiddingfold.

Its nearest communities without major stations are Wormley, the southern part of Witley (the north of which is served by Milford railway station), Hambledon and Chiddingfold.

All services at Witley are operated by South Western Railway using Class 444 and 450 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]

The station is also served by a single evening service to Southampton Central.

On Sundays, the service to Haslemere extends to Portsmouth Harbour.

| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Milford | | South Western RailwayPortsmouth Direct Line | | Haslemere |

  1. ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 26A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
  2. ^ Table 156 National Rail timetable, May 2020

51°07′59″N 0°38′46″W / 51.133°N 0.646°W / 51.133; -0.646