Staines railway station
Staines 
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Staines
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| Location | |
| Place | Staines-upon-Thames |
| Local authority | Borough of Spelthorne |
| Grid reference | TQ042714 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SNS |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2007/08 |
 2.630 million |
| 2008/09 |
2.766 million |
| 2009/10 |
 2.717 million |
| 2010/11 |
2.799 million |
| 2011/12 |
2.898 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 22 August 1848 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Staines from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Staines railway station is a railway station on the Waterloo to Reading line, and the junction station between that line and the Windsor line, in southern England to the west of London. The station serves the town of Staines-upon-Thames, in the county of Surrey. It is managed by the South West Trains train operating company, who also provide all services stopping at the station, which include services from London Waterloo to Reading, Windsor & Eton Riverside and Weybridge.
The station is now the only one serving the town of Staines, but historically it was one of three, with the others being Staines High Street, on the Windsor line, and Staines West, the terminus of a now-closed branch from West Drayton. To distinguish it from the others, the current station was previously known as Staines Central, Staines Junction and Staines Old. Although the town of Staines changed its name to Staines-upon-Thames in 2012, the railway station has not been renamed to match this.
The station was opened on 22 August 1848 by the Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway, as part of its line from Richmond to Datchet. The line was further extended from Datchet to Windsor & Eton Riverside on 1 December 1849, by which time the Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway had become part of the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). The junction at Staines, together with the line to Wokingham was authorised in 1853 and built by the Staines, Wokingham and Woking Junction Railway, opening as far as Ascot on 4 June 1856 and onwards to Wokingham on the 9 July 1856. From the outset, the line was leased to, and operated by, the LSWR, who purchased it outright in 1878. From Wokingham, LSWR trains continued to Reading Southern using running powers over the South Eastern Railway (SER).
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