Shepperton railway station

Shepperton
Location
Place	Shepperton
Local authority	Spelthorne
Operations
Station code	SHP
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.339 million
2005/06 *	0.341 million
2006/07 *	0.365 million
2007/08 *	0.443 million
2008/09 *	0.439 million
History
Opened	1 November 1864
Electrified	30 January 1916
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shepperton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Shepperton railway station is a railway station serving the town of Shepperton in the Spelthorne district of Surrey, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains. The station itself now has one platform (remains of the other platform on the "up" side can still be seen), and a large station and office building. The ticket office is in operation infrequently. Ian Allan Publishers have their offices at the western end of the station, and the company purchased a Pullman car "Malaga" for hospitality purposes, which is on static display near the buffers.

History

The Shepperton branch opened to passengers on 1 November 1864. The original scheme intended that it would extend to a terminus on the Middlesex bank of the River Thames just north of Chertsey, but this plan was abandoned in 1862. It was electrified on 30 January 1916. The original terminus included cattle sidings and a turntable

Services

The typical weekday hourly service at the station is:

• 2 trains to London Waterloo via Kingston, Wimbledon and Clapham Junction
• 2 trains from London Waterloo by that route.

Four morning trains (including the earliest) run to Waterloo via Twickenham and three return that way in the evening peak.

Journey time to London Waterloo is about 53 minutes. The Saturday service is as on other weekdays without the trains routed via Twickenham. On Sundays the service is hourly.

Gallery

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  Looking towards London, with a Class 455 unit arriving

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  Pullman car Malaga used for hospitality by Ian Allan Publishers

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  Looking towards buffers

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Upper Halliford		South West Trains Shepperton Branch Line		Terminus

References

• Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith (1990). London Suburban Railways: Kingston and Hounslow Loops. Middleton Press. 

External links

• Train times and station information for Shepperton railway station from National Rail