Earlsfield railway station
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  Earlsfield Location of Earlsfield in Greater London | |
| Location | Earlsfield |
| Local authority | London Borough of Wandsworth |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Station code(s) | EAD |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 3 (facing 4 tracks) |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2014–15 |  6.553 million[1] |
| 2015–16 | 7.170 million[1] |
| 2016–17 | 7.197 million[1] |
| 2017–18 |  6.556 million[1] |
| 2018–19 | 6.879 million[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 1884 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°26′33″N 0°11′16″W / 51.4424°N 0.1877°W |
 London transport portal | |
Earlsfield railway station is on the South Western main line serving Earlsfield in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South London. The station is in Travelcard Zone 3, 5 miles 46 chains (9.0 km) from London Waterloo and situated between Clapham Junction and Wimbledon. It is operated by South Western Railway, as are all the trains serving it.
History
The station was named after a large nearby Victorian residence, Earlsfield, now demolished. This was owned by the Davis family, who also owned the land required for the station, and one of the conditions of sale was that the station would be named after their house.[2]
Opened by the London and South Western Railway in April 1884, it became part of the Southern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The station then passed 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 Rail.
In 2012 Network Rail undertook a major revamp of the station. The main entrance was reconstructed and lifts were installed for each platform as part of a £5.6 million scheme to improve facilities and accessibility, including the provision of step-free access.[3][4]
Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 16 tph (trains per hour) to London Waterloo via Clapham Junction
- 4 tph to Guildford, 2 via Surbiton and Cobham and 2 via Epsom and Leatherhead
- 2 tph to Chessington South
- 2 tph to Dorking via Epsom
- 2 tph to Hampton Court
- 2 tph to Shepperton
- 2 tph to Woking
- 2 tph to London Waterloo via Kingston and Richmond
Trains to Clapham Junction/London Waterloo depart from platform 2; trains going away from London depart from platform 3. Platform 1 is adjacent to the fast down line out of London, but none of the fast services operated by South Western Railway call at Earlsfield, so this platform is only used occasionally when the line served by platform 3 is unavailable. As a result, access to this platform is through sliding gates through safety fencing installed in 2014.[5]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Clapham Junction | South Western Railway South Western Main Line |
Wimbledon | ||
Connections
London Buses Routes 44, 77, 270 and Night Route N44 serve the station
References
- ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ Gerhold, Dorian (1998), Wandsworth Past, Historical Publications, p. 68, ISBN 0-948667-47-8
- ^ "Major revamp for Earlsfield station revealed". Network Rail. 20 June 2011.
- ^ "Accessible rail travel in south London gets a lift - or rather 15". Network Rail. 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Safety measures set to be installed at Wimbledon and Earlsfield stations to prevent people falling on tracks". Sutton & Croydon Guardian. 18 March 2014.
