Walton-on-Thames railway station is at the southern edge of the town of Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England and borders Burwood Park, Hersham. It is from and is situated between and . The station's main entrance borders the Ashley Park area of the largely residential town and features a taxi rank and pick-up apron. The station opened as Walton for Hersham in 1838 and today has rush hour services two stops from central London. Only the two outer platforms on the slow lines are currently used. The central island platform is disused. Services Services from Walton-on-Thames are split into rush hour (Monday - Friday, early mornings and evenings), off peak (Monday - Friday, Saturday) and Sunday. Rush hour 4 trains per hour (tph) to London Waterloo, stopping to Surbiton then, non stop to London Waterloo. 2tph to Woking 2tph to Basingstoke Rush hour services to London Waterloo only operate in the morning, and services to Woking and Guildford operate in the evening rush hour with one service running semi fast to Basingstoke. Off peak 2tph to London Waterloo, stopping service 2tph to London Waterloo, semi fast 2tph to Woking, stopping service 2tph to Basingstoke, semi fast to Woking then stopping to Basingstoke There are also three direct trains to Portsmouth Harbour two via Basingstoke one via Guildford per day, Mon - Sat, and one direct train to Branksome in the early morning. In the evening there are two services from Portsmouth Harbour via Basingstoke and one from Weymouth to Walton on Thames. Sundays 2tph to London Waterloo, stopping service 1tph to London Waterloo, semi fast 2tph to Guildford, stopping service 1tph to Woking semi fast where the train divides to either Basingstoke or Alton History The station first operated in 1838, and was one of the first stations on the South West Main Line, between Ditton Marsh (now Esher) and Weybridge. The first services ran from Nine Elms to Woking Common (now Woking). The middle platforms were abandoned when slower services only used the outer tracks, leaving the inside tracks for non stop services to Woking. Ticket gates and accessibility Walton-on-Thames railway station was one of the first stations selected by South West Trains to have automatic ticket gates installed at all of the exits to the station. These were installed and in operation on 25 June 2009. There were also smartcard validators installed, intended (in the future) for use when the