Woking railway station
Woking 
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Woking railway station's canopy above its .
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| Location | |
| Place | Woking |
| Local authority | Borough of Woking |
| Coordinates | 51°19′05″N 0°33′25″W / 51.318°N 0.557°WCoordinates: 51°19′05″N 0°33′25″W / 51.318°N 0.557°W |
| Grid reference | TQ006587 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WOK |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 6 |
| DfT category | B |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 7.358 million |
| 2012/13 |
7.463 million |
| 2013/14 |
7.698 million |
| 2014/15 |
7.963 million |
| 2015/16 |
7.989 million |
| History | |
| Original company | London and Southampton Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 21 May 1838 | Station opened as Woking Common |
| c. 1843 | Renamed Woking |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Woking from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Woking railway station is a major stop in Woking, England, on the South Western Main Line used by many commuters. Woking station is served by a number of rail services including:
Fast trains from Woking take approximately 26 minutes to reach Waterloo (some stop at Clapham Junction). Trains from the Alton Line take roughly 35 minutes, and the stopping service 50 minutes, to Waterloo.
A twice-hourly RailAir bus service runs between the terminus beside the station and Heathrow Airport, a journey of about 50 minutes.
The London and Southampton Railway (L&SR) was authorised on 25 July 1834. It was built and opened in stages, and the first section, that between the London terminus at Nine Elms and Woking Common was opened on 21 May 1838. Woking Common became a through station with the opening of the next section of the line, as far as Winchfield, on 24 September that year. On 4 June 1839, the L&SR was renamed the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), and Woking Common station assumed its current name of Woking around 1843.
Woking became a junction with the opening of the Guildford Junction Railway (GJR) on 5 May 1845; it had been authorised less than a year earlier, on 10 May 1844. The GJR was always operated by the LSWR, and was absorbed by that company on 4 August 1845.
Woking Station has six platforms.
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