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Woking railway station is a major stop in Woking, England, on the South Western Main Line used by many commuters. Woking station is served by a number of rail services including: * the Alton Line calling at stations to Alton * the Portsmouth Direct Line to Guildford and stations to Portsmouth * the South Western Main Line to Winchester, Southampton, Bournemouth, Poole and Weymouth * the West of England Main Line to Andover, Salisbury and Exeter * Woking station also is the southern terminus for the Waterloo to Woking stopping service Fast trains from Woking take approximately 26 minutes to reach Waterloo (some stop at Clapham Junction). Trains from the Alton Line take roughly 35 minutes, and the stopping service 50 minutes, to Waterloo. A twice-hourly RailAir bus service runs between the terminus beside the station and Heathrow Airport, a journey of about 50 minutes. ==History== The London and Southampton Railway (L&SR) was authorised on 25 July 1834. It was built and opened in stages, and the first section, that between the London terminus at and ''Woking Common'' was opened on 21 May 1838. Woking Common became a through station with the opening of the next section of the line, as far as , on 24 September that year. On 4 June 1839, the L&SR was renamed the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), and Woking Common station assumed its current name of ''Woking'' around 1843. Woking became a junction with the opening of the Guildford Junction Railway (GJR) on 5 May 1845; it had been authorised less than a year earlier, on 10 May 1844. The GJR was always operated by the LSWR, and was absorbed by that company on 4 August 1845. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Woking railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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