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| Location | Walton-on-Thames (SE part) Hersham (NE part),Elmbridge England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°22′36″N0°23′23″W / 51.3768°N 0.3898°W /51.3768; -0.3898 | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ121654 | ||||
| Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
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| Station code | HER | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 28 September 1936 | ||||
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| 2020/21 |  0.180 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.447 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.594 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.666 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.722 million | ||||
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Opened on 28 September 1936,Hersham railway station is on theLondon to Woking line and operated bySouth Western Railway. The station is 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north ofHersham village centre, adjoined to one side by housing and the other by fields and a golf course. It is 15 miles 73 chains (25.6 km) fromLondon Waterloo[note 1] and is situated betweenEsher andWalton-on-Thames.
At off-peak times during weekdays are two trains per hour (tph) to London Waterloo and two tph to Woking, a large town and junction station in Surrey. During morning rush hour there are an extra two trains per hour to London Waterloo, and in the evening, south-west bound these continue to Guildford.[1][2]
Entrance to the station is from either side of the railway bridge which is above street level. The station entrances are at the southern end of each platform, and at the western end (furthest from London). The station has ticket machines and an office open until 1.40 pm. The main line towardsWoking andBasingstoke consists of four tracks here, but only the outer tracks have platforms, served by stopping services to/from Woking.
Bus routes 514 and 564 serve the station, stopping at nearby bus stops on Molesey Road.[3]
It is one of two stations serving Walton on Thames and Hersham as its railway track and engineered line beneath it[clarification needed] mark the divide between the two settlements.[4] Adjoining to one side are housing (west) and fields with a golf course next to theRiver Mole (east).
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