Opened on 28 September 1936, Hersham railway station is on the London to Woking line and operated by South Western Railway. The station is north of

Hersham Hersham is a village in Surrey, within the M25. Its housing is relatively low-rise and diverse and it has four technology/trading estates. The only contiguous settlement is Walton-on-Thames, its post town. Hersham is served by Hersham and Wa ...

village centre, adjoined to one side by housing and the other by fields and a golf course. It is from Railways in the United Kingdom historically are measured in miles and

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s. There are 80 chains to one mile. and is situated between and .

Services

At off-peak times during weekdays are two trains per hour (tph) to London Waterloo and two tph to Woking, a large town and junction station in Surrey. During morning rush hour there are an extra two trains per hour to London Waterloo, and in the evening, south-west bound these continue to Guildford.

Immediate surroundings

Entrance to the station is from either side of the railway bridge which is above street level. The station entrances are at the southern end of each platform, and at the western end (furthest from London). The station has ticket machines and an office open until 1.40 pm. The main line towards

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...

and

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consists of four tracks here, but only the outer tracks have platforms, served by stopping services to/from Woking. Bus routes 514 and 564 serve the station, stopping at nearby bus stops on Molesey Road. It is one of two stations serving Walton on Thames and Hersham as its railway track and engineered line beneath it mark the divide between the two settlements. Adjoining to one side are housing (west) and fields with a golf course next to the

River Mole The River Mole is a tributary of the River Thames in southern England. It rises in West Sussex near Gatwick Airport and flows northwest through Surrey for to the Thames at Hampton Court Palace. The river gives its name to the Surrey district ...

(east).

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{{Transport in Surrey Railway stations in Surrey Former Southern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1936 Railway stations served by South Western Railway 1936 establishments in England Borough of Elmbridge