Norbiton railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Norbiton | ||
| Local authority | Kingston upon Thames | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | NBT | ||
| Managed by | South West Trains | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 1.250 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 1.211 million | ||
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| Zone | 5 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1 January 1869 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Norbiton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Norbiton railway station serves Norbiton, a suburb of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in south west London. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South West Trains. It is in Travelcard Zone 5.
The station does not lie on the main line to the South Coast, which was instead routed through New Malden and Surbiton. This is because at the time Kingston decided that it did not want a railway station in its town centre. A loop line was added later, branching off the main line just after New Malden, then taking in Norbiton, Kingston, Twickenham and Richmond before returning towards Waterloo station.
The station lies within short walking distance of Kingston Hospital.
The station's main claim to fame is that it was used as the filming location from which the title character caught his train each morning (with decreasing punctuality) in the British sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Although Reggie's home town in the series was actually called Climthorpe, a panning shot of the front of the station in the very first episode shows him walking into Norbiton station. (The area today remains largely unchanged, with the Frederick W. Paine funeral parlour and the zebra crossing across Coombe Road still in place, although a small number of buildings in front of the main station entrance have since been demolished.) It is clear that David Nobbs situated Climthorpe near Norbiton, since various other stations in the area are namechecked in Reggie's list of excuses to explain his poor punctuality [1].
When Queen Victoria visited distinguished residents in the Coombe Hill area, the royal train always stopped at Norbiton – the only station in the area where the platform is at ground level. Stations such as New Malden and Kingston have many steps.
[edit] Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 6tph (trains per hour) to London Waterloo, of which:
- 2tph to Shepperton
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| New Malden | South West Trains Kingston Loop Line |
Kingston | ||
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Norbiton railway station from National Rail
- Norbiton railway station is at coordinates Coordinates:
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