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Weybridge was opened by the London and Southampton
Railway on 21st May 1838 and is on the main line from Waterloo, a short way
up the line from Woking, and is the junction for the line to Chertsey and
Virginia Water. In this view the fast tracks can be seen between the slow lines
and, on the far side, the bay platform for the Chertsey line.
All Webridge the photographs of the station on this page were taken on 10th May 2009. photograph by Gregory Beecroft |
| The modern station booking office was opened in 1990. This is at
street level whilst the rest of the station is in a deep cutting.
photograph by Gregory Beecroft |
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The older buildings on the up platform.
photograph by Gregory Beecroft |
| Looking the other way along the up and bay platforms. The modern
booking hall may just be glimpsed some way above the timetable board.
photograph by Gregory Beecroft |
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Whimple station was opened by the LSWR on 19th July 1860,
along with its Exeter Extension from Yeovil
Junction to Exeter Queen Street.
From 1892 on Whimple was renowned as the home of Whiteway's Cider, which
provided a lot of business for the railway before closing in 1989. Unlike some
other stations on this line, Whimple has retained its original building,
situated on the up side of the station. Photographed on 6th April 2009.
photograph by Chris Osment |
| A modern day view through the station. Originally a double track
station with a goods yard, in 1967 all trains were put through what had been
the down platform, with the remaining line of the up platform used for the
cider traffic. In 1990, after closure of Whiteway's the previous year, the
goods shed was demolished and houses built on its site. Then in 1992 the cider
siding was lifted, the old down line slewed slightly and the platform extended
to meet it. The footbridge and the old down platform were then demolished.
photograph by Chris Osment |
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Another view through the station, looking towards Exeter. The
station has been unstaffed since 1970. For most of the days of Network
SouthEast, Whimple station was the furthest west on the NSE system, though it
was extended to Exeter towards the end of the NSE era.
photograph by Chris Osment |
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