Byfleet and New Haw railway station
Byfleet & New Haw 
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Byfleet & New Haw Station, August 2006
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| Location | |
| Place | Byfleet |
| Local authority | Borough of Runnymede |
| Coordinates | 51°20′59″N 0°28′52″W / 51.3497°N 0.4812°WCoordinates: 51°20′59″N 0°28′52″W / 51.3497°N 0.4812°W |
| Grid reference | TQ058622 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BFN |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.401 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.407 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.406 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.440 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.475 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 10 July 1927 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Byfleet & New Haw from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Byfleet & New Haw railway station is served by the Waterloo to Woking service, operated by South West Trains. The station is at the northern edge of Byfleet with the village of New Haw immediately to the north and the M25 motorway within 400m to the west. It is in the county of Surrey, England and 500m from the Brooklands business, industrial, museum and retail estate in the south west of Weybridge.
The station was designed by the architect James Robb Scott and opened on 10 July 1927 to cater for the increasing local population. The opening of the Vickers aircraft factory in 1911 led to Byfleet's population doubling in just ten years. Many new houses were built to accommodate the factory workers.
The station was originally called "West Weybridge" and changed to its present name in June 1962.
It is on a section of railway that forms part of the South Western Main Line's original form, the London and Southampton Railway, which was built in stages. The first stage opened in May 1838 and joined the London Terminus in Nine Elms with Woking Common, now Woking.
Byfleet and New Haw Station is in close proximity to the historical Brooklands racetrack and aerodrome, which date back to 1907. The racetrack hosted the 1927 British Grand Prix a few months after the station opened.
Video - Steam trains at "West Weybridge" in 1946
At off-peak times there are two trains per hour north and two trains per hour south. Currently the services to Woking are usually at 00 and 30 minutes past the hour and those to London at 10 and 40 minutes past the hour. The station has two platforms and is predominantly served by stopping trains on the Woking to London Waterloo via Surbiton service. At peak times there are three or four trains an hour to London Waterloo. On Sundays and late evenings/early mornings there is an additional service to Waterloo via Staines. As Byfleet and New Haw is one of the earlier stops on the Waterloo line, passengers getting on here stand a very good chance of getting a seat. Access for disabled passengers is difficult as passengers travelling in either direction need to negotiate a long staircase. There is no wheelchair access.
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