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Location notes
Egham is located on the line from London Waterloo west towards Reading.
Railway type and traffic
There is a frequent service of Multiple Units on the line, usually comprising a half hourly train to both Reading and Weybridge via Chertsey. There is the occasional freight and engineers working on the line.
Environment
The location is a footbridge just south-west of the station and it is in a fairly quiet residential area.
Road directions
From the M25, junction 13:
Head south towards Egham and the A30. At the roundabout between the A30 and A308 adjacent to the motorway, take the 'B' road towards Egham Town Centre. At the traffic lights on the ring-road turn left towards the station, and turn right before the crossing into Rusham Road. The footbridge is on the left just after the road has narrowed past a building.
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Egham, Rusham Road map co-ordinates
Head south towards Egham and the A30. At the roundabout between the A30 and A308 adjacent to the motorway, take the 'B' road towards Egham Town Centre. At the traffic lights on the ring-road turn left towards the station, and turn right before the crossing into Rusham Road. The footbridge is on the left just after the road has narrowed past a building.
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Egham, Rusham Road map co-ordinates
Parking
There are residential roads around the location.
Public transport
From Egham station, head along Rusham Road, which is parallel to the railway on the right hand side. The footbridge is on the left after a 5 minute walk.
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Amenities
There is a pub opposite the footbridge. The town centre of Egham is north of the ring road and is about a 10-15 minute walk away.
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Egham, Rusham Road
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Egham, Rusham Road
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Photographic notes
The light here is best from late morning for trains heading from London, though the shot is slightly constricted due to trees. The rear end of London-bound units are in good view.
General views - All photographs © Mark Bearton unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north east
Fig 2 - Looking south west
Fig 3 - Looking south west - Photo by Chris Nevard
Fig 4 - Looking north east - Photo by Chris Nevard
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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.
