Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council

6.54 All of the stations in the Borough provide regular daily commuter services (with the
exception of Longcross which has a more limited offering). Longcross, Egham and
Figure 15 - Runnymede's Rail Network
Virginia Water stations are on the main line from Reading to London Waterloo. The
service offered at Longcross Station to Reading, Ascot and Virginia Water Stations is
less frequent on weekdays than from the other stations and there is no service offered
at weekends.
6.55 Byfleet and New Haw station is located on the main line to Waterloo via Surbiton.
Going in the opposite direction, this line provides access to Woking and various other
locations in the south (Basingstoke, Guildford, Southampton, Havant, and Portsmouth
for example).
6.56 Chertsey and Addlestone stations are situated on a branch line linking these two main
lines and offer a regular service to Virginia Water and Weybridge.
6.57 Addlestone, Chertsey, and Egham train stations are centrally located in their respective
town centres. Longcross Station is located at the northern boundary of the DERA site.
Virginia Water and Byfleet and New Haw stations also occupy out of centre locations
although they are both located in close proximity to built up areas comprising a mixture
of uses.
6.58 All train lines running through the Borough are on the South West Trains mainline
route. The South West Mainline (SWML) is one of the busiest and most congested
routes on the network. It serves a major commuter area as well as providing long
distance services to London Waterloo. The level of demand for services across the
SWML increased by 22% between 2001 and 2007. Commuter traffic in particular rose
by around 20% over the same period, leading to frequent overcrowding 22 .
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Network Rail Route Plans 2007-Route 3
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