Earlsfield railway station
 |
|
 Earlsfield
Location of Earlsfield in Greater London |
|
| Location | Earlsfield |
|---|---|
| Local authority | London Borough of Wandsworth |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Station code | EAD |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
|
|
|
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2004–05 | 2.855 million[1] |
| 2005–06 | 2.756 million[1] |
| 2006–07 | 5.517 million[1] |
| 2007–08 | 5.630 million[1] |
| 2008–09 | 4.945 million[1] |
| 2009–10 | 4.871 million[1] |
|
|
|
| 1884 | Opened |
|
|
|
| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
| External links | Departures • Layout |
| Facilities • Buses | |
| Coordinates: 51°26′33″N 0°11′16″W / 51.4424°N 0.1877°W | |
Earlsfield railway station (Earlsfield) is in the London Borough of Wandsworth in south London. The station, which is in Travelcard Zone 3, is operated by South West Trains, as are all the trains serving it. The name 'Earlsfield' originates from the name of the large Victorian residence formerly on the present site of the station. When the site was sold by the Davis family to the railway company one of the conditions of sale was that the station would be called 'Earlsfield'[citation needed].
Contents |
[edit] History
Opened by the London and South Western Railway it became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Railways.
[edit] Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 16tph (trains per hour) to London Waterloo (~12 mins) via Clapham Junction
- 4tph to Guildford, 2 via Cobham and 2 via Epsom
- 2tph to Chessington South
- 2tph to Dorking
- 2tph to Hampton Court
- 2tph to Shepperton
- 2tph to Woking
- 2tph to Waterloo via Kingston and Richmond
Trains to Clapham Junction/Waterloo depart from platform 2; trains going away from London depart from platform 3. Platform 1 is adjacent to the fast, generally non-stopping, down line out of London, so is only used occasionally when the line served by platform 3 is unavailable.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham Junction | South West Trains South Western Main Line |
Wimbledon | ||
[edit] Transport Links
The following London Buses serve the station
Night buses.
[edit] Future
On Monday 21 June 2010, Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting, announced plans for a major refurbishment for the station.[2] Network Rail released more details on Monday 20 June 2011.[3]
The station is currently undergoing major refurbishment, which is due for completion in Summer 2012. The main entrance is currently closed and there is a temporary passenger bridge for access to Platform 3 (Wimbledon bound).
[edit] References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Earlsfield railway station |
- ^ a b c d e f "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ http://www.sadiqkhan.co.uk/index.php/news/1140-earlsfield-stations-plans-get-the-go-ahead?4bcca4bd673637b028d7767aee95d1b6=5003629d6db98fce843fdc5da93d379a
- ^ http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=6061&NewsAreaID=2
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
