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, Weymouth and the south coast
- the West of England Main Line to Salisbury, Dorset, Exeter and stations in South West England
- Woking station also is the southern terminus for the Waterloo to Woking stopping service
Fast trains from Woking take approximately twenty-six minutes to reach Waterloo (some stop at Clapham Junction). Trains from the Alton Line take roughly thirty-five minutes, and the stopping service fifty minutes, to Waterloo.
A twice-hourly RailAir bus service runs between the terminus located beside the station and Heathrow Airport, a journey of about fifty minutes.
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