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Location notes
A junction station on the southern main line to the Southampton, Bournemouth and Weymouth.
The line is west of the triangle from London and Chertsey/Virginia Water and Staines. If there is engineering works on the main line trains are often diverted via Staines and peel off here.
The line is west of the triangle from London and Chertsey/Virginia Water and Staines. If there is engineering works on the main line trains are often diverted via Staines and peel off here.
Railway type and traffic
Very busy, several trains per hour.
All current third rail EMUS, including a few DMUs running to non electric routes (Exeter).
Very occasionally the odd steam charter will pass straight through.
The Merehead to Woking stone passes through the station rising up to the junction.
All current third rail EMUS, including a few DMUs running to non electric routes (Exeter).
Very occasionally the odd steam charter will pass straight through.
The Merehead to Woking stone passes through the station rising up to the junction.
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Environment
Suburban London, quite busy with people and reasonably safe, but stay alert.
Road directions
From the M25, Junction 11:
Head east towards Chertsey and Weybridge. When you reach the roundabout take the 4th exit (A318) and follow this road south for about 2 miles to the next roundabout. Here take the 1st exit and cross the river and follow the road to the station.
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Byfleet and New Haw Station map co-ordinates
Head east towards Chertsey and Weybridge. When you reach the roundabout take the 4th exit (A318) and follow this road south for about 2 miles to the next roundabout. Here take the 1st exit and cross the river and follow the road to the station.
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Byfleet and New Haw Station map co-ordinates
Parking
There is a station car park.
Public transport
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Byfleet and New Haw Station
Streetmap links
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Byfleet and New Haw Station
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Byfleet and New Haw Station
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Photographic notes
The line runs roughly south west to north east and as such has possibilities throughout the day. The station has two platforms that are on the outside edges of the slow roads, with two fast roads in the centre.
The junction for the Staines line is at the north east end of the station and the lines dive under the main line further to the north east and as such the 'southbound' workings have quite a climb into the station.
The M25 is reasonably close to the south west corner of the station, but it is more of a quite, but constant, drone than an irritation to sound recordings.
The junction for the Staines line is at the north east end of the station and the lines dive under the main line further to the north east and as such the 'southbound' workings have quite a climb into the station.
The M25 is reasonably close to the south west corner of the station, but it is more of a quite, but constant, drone than an irritation to sound recordings.
General views - All photographs © Marcus Dawson unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north east
A train rising up from the Staines lines.
Fig 2 - Looking north east
Same position as fig 1, but a wider view.
Fig 3 - Looking north east
From further along the platform to fig 1 and 2.
Fig 4 - Looking north east
Another view of a train rising up from the Staines line.
A view of the Merehead to Woking stone, in a similar position, can be found on Chris Nevard's Website.
Fig 5 - Looking north
A train crosses from the fast lines to the slows and then down onto the Staines line.
Fig 6 - Looking south west
A London bound working on the fast line.
Fig 7 - Looking south west
A view from the 'country' end of the station. The bridge in the background carries the M25.
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
