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Esher
General information
Location	Esher, Elmbridge England
Coordinates	51°22′48″N 0°21′09″W / 51.38°N 0.3526°W / 51.38; -0.3526
Grid reference	TQ146658
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	ESH
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Opened	21 May 1838
Original company	London and Southampton Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
21 May 1838 (1838-05-21)	Opened as Ditton Marsh
c. 1840	Renamed Esher and Hampton Court
July 1844	Renamed Esher and Claremont
1 June 1913	Renamed Esher
Passengers
2019/20	1.077 million
2020/21	0.171 million
2021/22	0.554 million
2022/23	0.752 million
2023/24	0.809 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Esher railway station is a station on the South West Main Line operated by South Western Railway in Surrey, England. The station adjoins the north of Esher with two footpaths skirting Sandown Park Racecourse, the town's commercial area being 300 metres beyond the racecourse entrance. The station is situated between Surbiton and Hersham and is 14 miles 31 chains (23.2 km) from London Waterloo.

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. It has since been renamed twice more: to Esher and Claremont in July 1844, and to Esher on 1 June 1913. It has also been shown as Esher for Claremont, or as Esher for Sandown Park in some timetables.

Amenities

The station and track is elevated above street level

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).

Woking is the point of change for services to longer distance destinations to the south-west (see stations below).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Surbiton		South Western Railway Waterloo to Woking		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. A footpath to the west of the station skirts Sandown Park Racecourse and leads to the Lower Green area of Esher. 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. 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.

In film, television, fiction and the media

Esher railway station featured on an episode of the children's TV series Little Howard's Big Question, in which the Dutch graphic and mathematical artist M. C. Escher was confused with Esher and one of his drawings mistakenly thought to be the railway station.

See also

• Esher
• Weston Green
• Molesey

Notes and references

Notes

1. The reference from 1844 until 1913 was to Prince Leopold's Claremont House and Landscape Garden being 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 80. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 92
3. ^ OS Map with Listed Buildings and Parks marked Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
4. Association of Train Operating Companies - official timetable
5. H.E. Malden, ed. (1911). "Parishes: Esher". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
6. 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)
7. Weston Green village boundaries Archived 11 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Church of England parish map. Retrieved 2014-01-11
8. "Modern map of Lower Green Esher". Lower Green Esher. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

External links

• Train times and station information for Esher railway station from National Rail

v t e Borough of Elmbridge
Towns, villages and neighbourhoods	Cobham Cobham Downside Stoke d'Abernon Little Heath Esher Claygate Esher Hinchley Wood West End Surbiton Long Ditton Thames Ditton Thames Ditton Weston Green Molesey Molesey (in traditional parish, East Molesey and West Molesey) Leatherhead Leatherhead, Oxshott Walton on Thames Ashley Park Burwood Park Hersham Walton-on-Thames Weybridge Oatlands St George's Hill Weybridge
Notable parks	Cigarette Island Park Esher Commons Giggs Hill Green Hurst Park Molesey Heath Oxshott Heath and Woods Painshill Weybridge Heath
Places of worship	St George's Church, Esher St Mary's Church, Stoke d'Abernon Church of St Nicholas, Thames Ditton Weybridge United Reformed Church
Education	ACS International Schools Brooklands College Danes Hill School Esher Church of England High School Esher Sixth Form College Feltonfleet School Heathside School Hinchley Wood School Milbourne Lodge School Notre Dame School Reed's School Three Rivers Academy St George's College (part)
Transport	Railway stations Claygate Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon Esher Hampton Court Hersham Hinchley Wood Oxshott Thames Ditton Walton-on-Thames Weybridge Roads M25 A3 A244 A307 A3050 Notable other Thames Path London Outer Orbital Path Wey Navigation
Buildings and structures	Bessborough Reservoir Brooklands Brooklands Museum Claremont Estate Cobham Park Cobham Training Centre Esher Place Hurst Park Racecourse Knight Reservoir Island Barn Reservoir London Bus Museum Molesey Lock Molesey Reservoirs Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir Sandown Park Racecourse Sunbury Lock Wayneflete Tower
Sport	Dittons Skiff and Punting Club East Molesey Cricket Club Esher RFC Metropolitan Police F.C. Molesey Boat Club Molesey F.C. Surbiton Hockey Club Thames Ditton Lawn Tennis Club Thames Valley Skiff Club Walton Casuals F.C. Walton & Hersham F.C. Walton Rowing Club Weybridge Rowing Club
Places listed are articles notable as settlements, arranged by post town The M25 motorway follows approximately a boundary and is included for its regional importance.

• Railway stations in Surrey
• Former London and South Western Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1838
• Railway stations served by South Western Railway
• Borough of Elmbridge
• Esher