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 | |
| 2012–13 |  5.696 million[1] |
| 2013–14 | 6.233 million[1] |
| 2014–15 | 6.553 million[1] |
| 2015–16 | 7.170 million[1] |
| 2016–17 | 7.197 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.
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]
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 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.
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.[2]
| 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
Reconfiguration and reconstruction
On Monday 21 June 2010, Sadiq Khan, who at the time was MP for Tooting, welcomed plans for a major refurbishment for the station.[3] Network Rail released more details on Monday 20 June 2011.[4]
The main entrance was reconstructed, adding lifts for each platform. The station underwent major refurbishment largely complete by the end of 2012.
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.
- ^ your local guardian.co.uk/news/11085319.Safety_measures_set_to_be_installed_at_Wimbledon_and_Earlsfield_stations_to_prevent_people_falling_on_tracks/
- ^ 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
