Wanborough railway station

Wanborough
Location
Place	Wanborough
Local authority	Guildford
Operations
Station code	WAN
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	53,750
2005/06 *	53,167
2006/07 *	56,541
2007/08 *	71,570
2008/09 *	81,560
2009/10 *	83,110
History
Opened 1891 (1891)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wanborough from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Wanborough railway station

Ascot to Guildford Line

Legend Distances in miles and chains from London Waterloo. Waterloo to Reading Line 28m 79ch Ascot 32m 08ch Bagshot 35m 30ch Camberley 37m 48ch Frimley North Downs Line Milepost change South Western Main Line North Camp 32m 38ch Alton Line 32m 38ch Ash Vale Basingstoke Canal Ash Lock AldershotTrains Reverse Alton Line Ash Wanborough Portsmouth Direct Line, New Guildford Line Guildford Portsmouth Direct Line North Downs Line

Wanborough railway station is situated in Flexford in Surrey, England and serves the village of Normandy to the north and Wanborough to the south. The station is served by South West Trains, who manage the station, and by First Great Western. It is situated on the Ascot to Guildford line and the North Downs Line.

Services

South West Trains operate services every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday, and every 60 minutes on Sundays between Ascot and Guildford via Aldershot. First Great Western operate occasional services between Reading and Redhill.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ash		South West Trains Ascot to Guildford line		Guildford
Ash		First Great Western North Downs Line		Guildford

Many aspects of the services at Wanborough have been remarkably consistent over the years. A look at the historical website below shows for example:

Wanborough (from Guildford) to Ascot service Mon-Fri after the morning rush hour in the following years:

Year 1937: Times - Difficult to confirm all as times shown from Waterloo but basically at 0934, 1005 then at :35 and :05 till 2205 and then some later trains

Year 1939: Times 0937, 1007, 1039, 1109, 1137, 1237 and half hourly to 2407 (next morning)

Year 1957: Times 0937, 1007, 1039, 1109, 1137, 1237, 1307, 1309, 1407, 1439, 1507, 1537, 1609, 1637, 1709, 1739, 1809, 1840, 1907, 1937, 2010, 2037, 2109, 2207, 2237,2307 (last service one hour earlier than in 1939)

Year 2010: Times 0936 and half hourly till 2306

History

The station opened in 1891. The station's signal box closed in 1966, on the day that the then-new signal box at Ash Crossing (itself later closed and demolished) was commissioned. Wanborough ceased to be staffed in 1987.

External links

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

• Wanborough Station, local history site