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Upper Halliford railway station is immediately north of the border of
Upper Halliford Upper Halliford is a small village in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, England approximately west of central London. It is part of the Shepperton post town and is in the Metropolitan Green Belt. The closest settlements are Shepperton, Char ...
in
Sunbury-on-Thames Sunbury-on-Thames (or commonly Sunbury) is a suburban town on the north bank of the River Thames in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, centred southwest of central London. Historically part of the county of Middlesex, in 1965 Sunbury and other ...
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, England. It is down the line from . The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.


History

Upper Halliford Halt was opened on 1 May 1944 by Southern for the Windmill Road industrial zone which then had a wartime factory of the British Thermostat Company, manufacturing parts for the
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. The second platform was opened on 6 May 1946. The platforms are linked by a devoted footbridge. The station building is only used for maintenance so a ticket machine instead stands. Platform 2 (the down platform, with services towards Shepperton) is being rebuilt, with work due to finish in November 2021. ;Footpaths/access: *SW: immediately, to the flat, residential end of Upper Halliford Road. *SE: two clambering/sloped paths to the west pavement of bridge of Upper Halliford Road (over motorway and railway). *E: under the southern bridge's ramp, to the north side of Nursery Road.


Services

The weekday off-peak service from the station is: * 2 trains per hour to
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via Kingston,
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* 2 trains per hour to
Shepperton Shepperton is an urban village in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, approximately south west of central London. Shepperton is equidistant between the towns of Chertsey and Sunbury-on-Thames. The village is mentioned in a document of 959 AD ...
. From Monday to Saturday, four additional early morning rush-hour trains to Waterloo are routed via
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. Three additional evening rush-hour trains from Waterloo arrive via that route. On Sundays services, hourly only, start later and finish earlier than other days.National Rail Timetables for Shepperton Station
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{{Transport in Surrey Railway stations in Surrey Former Southern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1944 Railway stations served by South Western Railway Borough of Spelthorne