Wokingham railway station
Wokingham 
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| Location | |
| Place | Wokingham |
| Local authority | Wokingham |
| Coordinates | 51°24′40″N 0°50′35″W / 51.411°N 0.843°WCoordinates: 51°24′40″N 0°50′35″W / 51.411°N 0.843°W |
| Grid reference | SU805686 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WKM |
| 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* | |
| 2011/12 |
 2.149 million |
| – Interchange |
0.191 million |
| 2012/13 |
2.204 million |
| – Interchange |
 0.161 million |
| 2013/14 |
2.217 million |
| – Interchange |
0.173 million |
| 2014/15 |
2.345 million |
| – Interchange |
0.164 million |
| 2015/16 |
2.420 million |
| – Interchange |
0.181 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 4 July 1849 | Station opened |
| 1 January 1939 | Line electrified |
| 1973 | Station rebuilt |
| 1987 | Platforms lengthened |
| October 2013 | New station building opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wokingham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Wokingham railway station is a railway station in Wokingham, Berkshire, England. It is at the junction of the Waterloo to Reading line with the North Downs Line. South West Trains manages the station and provides services along with Great Western Railway.
The line from Reading to Redhill was built by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway (RG&RR), and was opened in stages. The first sections, from Reading to Farnborough North, which included a station at Wokingham, also from Dorking West to Redhill, were opened on 4 July 1849. Other sections followed, with the last section, from Guildford (Surrey) to Shalford, on 15 October 1849. From its beginning the RG&RR was worked by the South Eastern Railway (SER), which bought the RG&RR in 1852.
The Staines, Wokingham & Woking Junction Railway (SW&WJR) opened a line between Staines and Wokingham (Staines Junction) on 9 July 1856. The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) worked the SW&WJR and was authorised to run over the SER to Reading. This gave Wokingham a direct route to London Waterloo.
In 1933 the Southern Railway opened the current signal box. It controls part of the North Downs Line, part of the Waterloo route, and the level crossing. On 1 January 1939 the SR extended its Waterloo – Virginia Water electric service to Wokingham and Reading.
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