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Walton-on-Thames
General information
Location	Walton-on-Thames, Elmbridge England
Coordinates	51°22′22″N 0°24′51″W / 51.3728°N 0.4143°W / 51.3728; -0.4143
Grid reference	TQ104649
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	WAL
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Opened	21 May 1838
Passengers
2019/20	2.723 million
2020/21	0.540 million
2021/22	1.542 million
2022/23	2.035 million
2023/24	2.264 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Walton-on-Thames railway station is at the southern edge of the town of Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England and borders Burwood Park, Hersham. It is 17 miles 6 chains (27.5 km) from London Waterloo and is situated between Hersham and Weybridge.

The station's main entrance borders the Ashley Park area of the largely residential town and features a taxi rank and pick-up apron. The station opened as Walton for Hersham in 1838 and today has rush hour services two stops from central London.

Only the two outer platforms on the slow lines are currently used. The central island platform is disused.

Services

Services from Walton-on-Thames are split into rush hour (Monday - Friday, early mornings and evenings), off peak (Monday - Friday, Saturday) and Sunday.

Rush hour

• 4 trains per hour (tph) to London Waterloo, stopping to Surbiton then, non stop to London Waterloo.
• 2tph to Woking
• 2tph to Basingstoke

Rush hour services to London Waterloo only operate in the morning, and services to Woking and Guildford operate in the evening rush hour with one service running semi fast to Basingstoke.

Off peak

• 2tph to London Waterloo, stopping service
• 2tph to London Waterloo, semi fast
• 2tph to Woking, stopping service
• 2tph to Basingstoke, semi fast to Woking then stopping to Basingstoke

There are also three direct trains to Portsmouth Harbour two via Basingstoke one via Guildford per day, Mon - Sat, and one direct train to Branksome in the early morning. In the evening there are two services from Portsmouth Harbour via Basingstoke and one from Weymouth to Walton on Thames.

Sundays

• 2tph to London Waterloo, stopping service
• 1tph to London Waterloo, semi fast
• 2tph to Guildford, stopping service
• 1tph to Woking semi fast where the train divides to either Basingstoke or Alton

History

The station first operated in 1838, and was one of the first stations on the South West Main Line, between Ditton Marsh (now Esher) and Weybridge. The first services ran from Nine Elms to Woking Common (now Woking).

The middle platforms were abandoned when slower services only used the outer tracks, leaving the inside tracks for non stop services to Woking.

Ticket gates and accessibility

Walton-on-Thames railway station was one of the first stations selected by South West Trains to have automatic ticket gates installed at all of the exits to the station. These were installed and in operation on 25 June 2009. There were also smartcard validators installed, intended (in the future) for use when the barriers are unattended and open. As of June 2018, there was a digital barcode scanner installed for mobile ticketing on Platform 1.

Ramps were installed on 31 October 2009, making both platforms accessible to all from street level. Access from the Ashley Park / ticket office side of the station to the Burwood Park side requires use of the railway-owned subway which is via a short flight of steps or a detour of more than 600 m (2,000 ft) by road.

This station has a taxi rank and bus stops. Bus routes 458 and 555 serve the station, both connecting passengers to the town centre.

In 2016, a petition was started by a local resident calling for London Travelcard Zone 6 to be extended to include this station, as well as Esher and Hersham stations. In December 2022, Elmbridge Borough Council reaffirmed its commitment to lobby for Walton-on-Thames to be included in Zone 6.

A £6M station improvement programme, funded by the Department for Transport under the "Access for All" scheme, began in October 2022. Part of the project included the installation of a new footbridge connecting the two in-use platforms.

Immediate surroundings

The station is just north of the approximate midpoint of the medieval parish boundaries of Walton. Today it is on the southern boundary of Walton and the northern boundary of Hersham, and more particularly between two large-plot, neighbourhoods of detached homes, Burwood Park and Ashley Park. These are predominantly low rise and have avenues and greens; they are not a conservation area with no buildings which pre-date 1750 but the former has one or two listed buildings for architecture. The commercial centre of Walton is 0.6 miles (0.97 km) north.

Notes

1. Some signs in the station use no hyphenation in the spelling: Walton on Thames

References

1. "Basingstoke and Alton to Woking and London Waterloo (Surburban Services)" (PDF). southwesttrains.co.uk. South West Trains. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 80. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. "New ticket gates across the network". southwesttrains.co.uk. South West Trains. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
4. Surrey County Council (2 September 2017). "Map: Walton-on-Thames, Molesey and Esher" (PDF). FWT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2018.
5. Tobitt, Charlotte (15 July 2016). "Hundreds back campaign to include Walton, Hersham and Esher in Zone 6". SurreyLive.
6. Coady-Stemp, Emily (9 December 2022). "Expand London Zone 6 beyond Hampton Court station to areas like Esher and Cobham, councillors say". Surrey Live. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
7. Smith, Roger (11 September 2023). "Surrey railway station becoming fully accessible for first time". Rail Advent. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
8. Malden, H.E., ed. (1911). "The hundred of Elmbridge: Introduction and map". A History of the County of Surrey. Vol. 3. London: Victoria County History. Retrieved 11 January 2014 – via British History Online.
9. "Hersham village boundaries". The Church of England parish map. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
10. "OS Map with Listed Buildings and Parks marked". Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

External links

• Train times and station information for Walton-on-Thames railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hersham		South Western Railway Waterloo to Woking		Weybridge
Surbiton		South Western Railway Waterloo to Basingstoke		Weybridge

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