[2] The station and track is elevated above street level[3] A special gate on the platform opens directly onto Sandown Park racecourse.

At off-peak times two trains per hour in both directions call at Esher, the termini being London Waterloo station and the larger Surrey town of Woking.

Esher parish is close by the station and has included the Sandown Park grounds since its establishment in the early medieval period.

[5][6][7] A footpath to the west of the station skirts Sandown Park Racecourse and leads to the Lower Green area of Esher.

[8] The town's commercial area lies 300 metres beyond the racecourse entrance, followed by West End and Claremont.