Now one of the busiest in the region, Woking Station is a major gateway with connections to London, the south-west and the south coast. Trains run to London Waterloo, which can be reached in about 25 minutes, at least every five minutes throughout the day.

History:

The first railway station in Woking opened in 1838, when the line linking London with the port of Southampton was constructed.

The modern town of Woking would not have been built without the coming of the railway.

The line was first proposed in 1830 - one of the first in the south of England - and work began in 1834. The railway was built across common land, as it was cheaper than farmland (as was the Basingstoke Canal).

The station was built on Woking Heath. This common land reached from the original town in the south, now called Old Woking. When the station first opened it was the end of the line; Basingstoke was reached in 1839 and Southampton in 1840. In 1845 the Guildford Branch Railway opened. Woking became an even more important junction fourteen years later when the line linked with Portsmouth, via Godalming and Havant.