 On 23 June 1864, the LSWR was authorised to construct an extension long from Chertsey to meet the Staines, Wokingham and Windsor Junction Railway (SW&WJR) at Virginia Water, and this line opened on 1 October 1866.The line was double-track, and at its northern end there was a single-track spur facing Reading; this spur was doubled on 4 August 1897.The junction at the Weybridge end was also made triangular