Tolworth railway station

Tolworth

Tolworth Location of Tolworth in Greater London
Location	Tolworth
Local authority	Kingston upon Thames
Managed by	South West Trains
Station code	TOL
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.242 million
2005–06	0.252 million
2006–07	0.475 million
2007–08	0.489 million
29 May 1938	Opened (Terminus)
28 May 1939	Through station
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External links	Departures • Layout
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Platforms at Tolworth station, note the concrete canopies.

Tolworth railway station in the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South London, is a station on the Chessington branch 12.08 mi (19.44 km) 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.

Services

South West Trains operate all the services on the Chessington Branch Line and all trains that stop at Tolworth station. In the inbound direction, trains service the station every thirty minutes during both peak and off-peak hours. Local trains run at all times to London Waterloo, calling at all stations apart from Queenstown Road. These trains take 33 minutes to arrive at London Waterloo.

In the outbound direction all services call locally, taking four minutes to arrive at Chessington South.

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