Esher train station
You can reach 15 stations directly from Esher on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Byfleet and New Haw, with 79 trains a day.
- 15 direct destinations
- 601st busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 260 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Esher
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byfleet and New Haw | 79 | 76 | 71 |
| Clapham Junction | 72 | 76 | 71 |
| Earlsfield | 71 | 76 | 71 |
| Hersham | 81 | 76 | 71 |
| Surbiton | 81 | 76 | 71 |
| Vauxhall | 72 | 76 | 71 |
| Walton-on-Thames | 81 | 76 | 71 |
| London Waterloo | 81 | 76 | 71 |
| West Byfleet | 61 | 45 | 71 |
| Wimbledon | 72 | 76 | 71 |
| Woking | 81 | 76 | 71 |
| Weybridge | 81 | 76 | 71 |
| Aldershot | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ash Vale | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brookwood | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Berrylands | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Farnham | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Malden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Raynes Park | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lines serving Esher
Esher is on the South West Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Esher station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Esher station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Esher station is
877,074 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 601st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Esher and London Waterloo than any other pair: 536,812 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Hinchley Wood 0.6 miles
- Thames Ditton 0.9 miles
- Claygate 1.3 miles
- Hersham 1.6 miles
- Hampton Court 1.6 miles
Facilities at Esher station
Esher is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:50 to 18:00 · Saturday: 08:00 to 14:00 · Sunday: 09:00 to 13:00
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Parking at Esher station
- Esher Car Park 260 spaces, 2 accessible
£1.60 an hour, £4.70 off-peak, £9.40 a day, £37.50 a week
Cycle parking: 124 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Esher station
Esher station is in Elmbridge, South East, and is run by South Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M3 J1 (Sunbury Cross), 4.0 miles north-west.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Esher Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Esher station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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