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 Virginia Water 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Virginia Water had 478,960 entries and exits, making it the 805th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
805/2575
It ranked 318th busiest (out of 997), with 1,011 scheduled services per week.
318/997
That's a daily average of 1312.22 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 9.11 passengers per service*, giving it the 971st (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
971/1659
* This increases to a daily average of 1647.29 passengers passing through the station and 13.76 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 195,964
Reduced price entries & exits: 213,224
Season ticket entries & exits: 69,772
Total entries & exits: 478,960
Interchanges made between connecting services: 122,300
Change in usage from 21/22: +82,302 : 20.75%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1 - Up205745
2 - Down238865
3 - Up Chertsey164596Only 131m in up direction
4 - Down Chertsey205745
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +114,101 (+31.27%)

Location Details

Location: Virginia Water
CRS: VIR / NLC: 5676 / TIPLOC(S): VRGNWTR
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 500124 167920
Constituency: Runnymede and Weybridge
Local Authority: Surrey
NR Region: South East
ELR: RDG1 23m 15ch, VWW 24m 65ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Virginia Water during 2022/2023:
•London Waterloo (93,534 journeys)
•Egham (17,218 journeys)
•Chertsey (11,536 journeys)
•Richmond (London) (11,168 journeys)
•Staines (9,970 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Virginia Water's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Chertsey2.50
Egham2.16
Longcross1.95