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 Woking 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Woking had 5,322,446 entries and exits, making it the 78th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
78/2575
It ranked 45th busiest (out of 997), with 3,033 scheduled services per week.
45/997
That's a daily average of 14582.04 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 33.75 passengers per service*, giving it the 187th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
187/1659
* This increases to a daily average of 17170.62 passengers passing through the station and 45.73 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: 2,100,250
Reduced price entries & exits: 2,408,232
Season ticket entries & exits: 813,964
Total entries & exits: 5,322,446
Interchanges made between connecting services: 944,832
Change in usage from 21/22: +1,252,146 : 30.76%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1 - Up Slow253919
2 - Up Fast254923Only 251m in up direction
3 - Up Bay255927
4 - Down Fast256930Only 252m in down direction
5 - Down Slow2891050Only 275m in up direction
6 - Down Bay127461
*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

TableDescriptionTimetable
284London & Basingstoke - Salisbury - Honiton - Yeovil - ExeterOct24
286Weymouth - Poole - Bournemouth - Southampton & LondonOct24
307Haslemere - Guildford, Woking & LondonOct24
308Portsmouth - Haslemere, Guildford, Woking & LondonOct24
310Portsmouth - Woking & London (Summary)Oct24
312Portsmouth & Fareham - Eastleigh & LondonOct24
318London & Basingstoke - Winchester - Southampton & BournemouthOct24
319Basingstoke - Woking & LondonOct24
320Guildford & Alton - Aldershot - Ascot, Woking & LondonOct24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +769,762 (+16.91%)

Location Details

Location: Woking
CRS: WOK / NLC: 5685 / TIPLOC(S): WOKING
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 500709 158739
Constituency: Woking
Local Authority: Surrey
NR Region: South East
ELR: BML1 24m 26ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Woking during 2022/2023:
•London Waterloo (1,314,952 journeys)
•Guildford (240,284 journeys)
•Clapham Junction (95,727 journeys)
•Farnborough (Main) (81,690 journeys)
•West Byfleet (68,832 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Woking's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Brookwood3.66
West Byfleet2.66
Worplesdon2.45