Chessington South railway station

Chessington South
Chessington South
	Chessington South Location of Chessington South in Greater London
Location	Chessington
Local authority	Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code	CSS
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2 (1 in use)
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2012–13	0.493 million
2013–14	0.524 million
2014–15	0.551 million
2015–16	0.432 million
2016–17	0.406 million
Railway companies
Original company	Southern Railway
Key dates
1939	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;
Coordinates	51°21′25″N 0°18′29″W / 51.3569°N 0.308°W
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Chessington South railway station is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, England, and is the terminus of the Chessington Branch Line. It is served by South Western Railway, and is 13 miles 73 chains (22.4 km) down the line from London Waterloo, in Travelcard Zone 6. It is the nearest train station to Chessington World of Adventures.

History

The station was built by the architect James Robb Scott in 1939 as a through station on the line being built to Leatherhead. Construction of the line stopped, never to be resumed, on the outbreak of World War II and the up platform was never used for passenger trains, although the track was used for stabling out of service trains during off-peak times. There was a goods yard beyond the passenger station. After the continuation to Leatherhead was abandoned, part was used from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1980s for a coal concentration depot. Today the line south of the station and the sidings to the coal depot are buried under trees.

The ticket office is at rail level. There is one automated ticket machine at surface level, and a permit to travel machine adjacent to the ticket office.

Services

South Western Railway operates all services. The service interval is 30 minutes during both peak and off-peak hours. All trains run to or from London Waterloo, calling at all intermediate stations (except Queenstown Road which has platforms on only the Windsor Line).^[2] The journey to Waterloo takes 37 minutes. Services usually use Class 455 or 456 EMUs, although a Class 450 is used on occasion.

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Chessington North		South Western Railway Chessington Branch Line	Terminus
	Future Development
Preceding station		Crossrail	Following station
Terminus		Template:LCR lines	Template:LCR stations toward Template:LCR stations

Connections

London Buses routes 65, 71 and 467 serve the station.

Gallery

Looking north, with unit 5734 awaiting return to London. The up (London-bound) platform on the left has never seen passenger use.
Looking south, with unit 5734 awaiting return to London
Looking towards the abandoned extension to Leatherhead
Platform signage in South West Trains colours
Looking north from the road bridge

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.
^ Chessington Branch Line timetable South West Trains Retrieved 2009-06-13

External links

Train times and station information for Chessington South railway station from National Rail

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-1] "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[timetable-2] Chessington Branch Line timetable South West Trains Retrieved 2009-06-13

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