Shepperton  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Shepperton,Spelthorne England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ081676 | ||||
| Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 1 (excluding remains of disused platform closed in 1915) | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SHP | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
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| Opened | 1 November 1864 | ||||
| Electrified | 30 January 1916 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.359 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 78,532 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.219 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.285 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.335 million | ||||
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Shepperton railway station is a station servingShepperton, inSurrey, England. It is 18 miles 73 chains (30.4 km) down the line fromLondon Waterloo.
The station and all trains serving it are operated bySouth Western Railway. The station is a terminus with one platform operational[n 1] and a large station/office building.
Ian Allan Publishing had its offices at the western end of the station, and the company bought thePullman carMalaga for hospitality, sited near the terminus buffers.
TheShepperton branch opened to passengers on 1 November 1864. The original scheme intended that it would extend to a terminus on theMiddlesex bank of theRiver Thames just east ofChertsey Bridge, but this plan was abandoned in 1862.[1] The curve linking Fulwell and Teddington initially opened only to freight on 1 July 1894 and first carried passengers on 1 June 1901. The line waselectrified on 30 January 1916.
Journey times fell from 1916 on electrification of services and were on a timetable which was semi-fast (semi-stopping) before becoming entirely stopping later.
...[Shepperton railway station is] within 40 minutes ofWaterloo...[New bungalows] Two minutes from station.
— Advertisement of C. Davis owner and builder of the Orchard Estate of bungalows, Shepperton,Middlesex Chronicle. October 18, 1938
The original terminus included cattle sidings and a turntable (removed August 1942).[2]
On 21 April 1982, aBritish RailClass 508 (508031) train was running the 06:34 service from London Waterloo to Shepperton crashed, demolishing barriers and a wall. The train also slid into some new pedestrian crossing lights, rendering them unusable.[3] The crash was initially believed to be the result of braking tests the previous night, which involved applying grease to the tracks, and that the grease may not have been sufficiently cleaned off; however, it was later found that the train's brakes were faulty.[4]
All services at Shepperton are operated bySouth Western Railway.
The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour to and fromLondon Waterloo viaWimbledon. During the peak hours, the station is served by four morning services to London Waterloo that run viaRichmond instead of Wimbledon as well as two evening services from London Waterloo via the same route.
On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Upper Halliford | South Western Railway | Terminus | ||
Bus routes 400, 458, 555 and 557 serve the station. All are operated on behalf ofSurrey County Council.[5]
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