Witley railway station

Witley
Witley
Location
Place	Wormley
Local authority	Waverley
Grid reference	SU948379
Operations
Station code	WTY
Managed by	South Western Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13	0.249 million
2013/14	0.263 million
2014/15	0.271 million
2015/16	0.280 million
2016/17	0.290 million
History
1 January 1859	Opened (Witley and Chiddingfold)
6 October 1947	Renamed (Witley)
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Witley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Witley railway station is a station on the Portsmouth Direct Line in Surrey, England. It is 38 miles 36 chains (61.9 km) down the line from London Waterloo via Woking.^[1]

Service overview

Witley is, equally with Milford to the north-east, a minor stop on the Portsmouth Direct Line 38½ miles (62 km) south-west of London Waterloo. When opened, it was named Witley and Chiddingfold.

Its nearest communities without major stations are Wormley, the southern part of Witley (the north of which is served by Milford railway station), Hambledon and Chiddingfold,

Services

An hourly service to Haslemere operates southbound and London Waterloo northbound, which increases to a half-hourly service calling at among others successive stations Haslemere, Fratton, Havant, Portsmouth & Southsea and Portsmouth Harbour during peak times. Services are nearly all operated by Class 450 "Desiros", however one weekday service in each direction is provided by a Class 444 "Desiro"

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Milford		South Western Railway Portsmouth Direct Line		Haslemere

References

↑ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald, ed. Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 26A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.

External links

Train times and station information for Witley railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 51°07′59″N 0°38′46″W / 51.133°N 0.646°W / 51.133; -0.646

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[1] Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald, ed. Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 26A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.