Tolworth railway station

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Tolworth
Location
Place Tolworth
Local authority Kingston upon Thames
Operations
Station code TOL
Managed by South West Trains
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.242 million
2005/06 * 0.252 million
Transport for London
Zone 5
History
Key dates Opened 1938
Transport for London
List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Tolworth from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Tolworth railway station in the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South London, is a station on the Chessington branch 19 km (12¼ miles) south west of London Waterloo. The station is part of the London suburban network of South West Trains and is in Travelcard Zone 5.

The station, like all others on the branch, is built in the concrete style of the 1930s; it was opened, as the original terminus of the branch, on 29 May 1938. Station buildings are below at street level on the Kingston Road. The original goods depot is now partly a National Rail Freight Depot, operated by EWS. The remaining area of the site is owned by Transdev London.

[edit] Service

The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour northbound to London Waterloo, taking 28 minutes, and two trains per hour to Chessington South (four minutes).

[edit] London Waterloo to Chessington South line

On Monday to Sundays there are 2 trains per hour in either direction. The service to London Waterloo calls at: Malden Manor, Motspur Park, Raynes Park, Wimbledon, Earlsfield, Clapham Junction, Vauxhall and London Waterloo. The service to Chessington South calls at: Chessington North and Chessington South.

[edit] External links

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Malden Manor   South West Trains
Chessington Branch Line
  Chessington North