Esher railway station
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History
The railway arrived here in 1838. A minor request stop was immediately opened and a station built and named Ditton Marsh, being the wetter part of Ditton Common. The common marks the boundary between what was then the west of Thames Ditton and Esher. The station was opened on 21 May 1838, and the name changed to Esher and Hampton Court about 1840.[1] It has since been renamed twice more: to Esher and Claremont[n 1] in July 1844, and to Esher on 1 June 1913.[2] It has also been shown as Esher for Claremont, or as Esher for Sandown Park in some timetables.[2]
Amenities
The station and track is elevated above street level.[3]
A special gate on the platform opens directly onto Sandown Park racecourse.
Services
At off-peak times two trains per hour in both directions call at Esher, the termini being London Waterloo station and the larger Surrey town of Woking.
Additional trains operate during peak hours, of which at least 4 (2 in the morning rush-hour, 2 in the evening) terminate at Guildford (which also serves as the terminus for stopping trains on Sundays).[4]
Woking is the point of change for services to longer distance destinations to the south-west (see stations below).
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| Surbiton | style="background:#Template:SWR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | South Western Railway Waterloo to Woking |
style="background:#Template:SWR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Hersham |
Former amenities
Two additional island platforms are disused and not accessible to passengers though passed by through trains.
Bus services 515 and on Sundays 715 serve the station.
Location
The station is to the west of Weston Green which falls within the Esher postal district. Esher parish is close by the station and has included the Sandown Park grounds since its establishment in the early medieval period.[5][6][7] A footpath to the west of the station skirts Sandown Park Racecourse and leads to the Lower Green area of Esher.[8] The town's commercial area lies 300 metres beyond the racecourse entrance, followed by West End and Claremont. The station is the closest to Esher by road.[3] Thames Ditton railway station on the branch line to Hampton Court is closest to the eastern half of Weston Green, which lies within the Thames Ditton postal district.
See also
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Notes and references
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- References
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- ↑ Association of Train Operating Companies - official timetable
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- ↑ H.E. Malden (editor) (1911) Index Map Retrieved 11 January 2014 (and see http://www.achurchnearyou.com/esher-christ-church/ for Esher parish map which confirms this unusual slight misnomer)
- ↑ Weston Green village boundaries Template:Webarchive The Church of England parish map. Retrieved 2014-01-11
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External links
- Train times and station information for Esher railway station from National Rail
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