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Chessington North railway station

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Location
  
Chessington

Station code
  
CSN

Fare zone
  
6

Opened
  
28 May 1939

Number of platforms
  
2

Managed by
  
South West Trains

DfT category
  
D

2011–12
  
0.566 million

Architectural style
  
Art Deco

Original company
  
Southern Railway

Chessington North railway station

Address
  
Chessington, United Kingdom

Local authority
  
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Similar
  
Chessington South railway st, Tolworth railway station, Malden Manor railway st, Ewell West railway station, Motspur Park railway st

Chessington North railway station, in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South West London is on the Chessington Branch and is served by South West Trains; it is in Travelcard Zone 6.

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History

The station, like all others on the branch, is built in the concrete Art Deco style of the 1930s. It was designed by the architect James Robb Scott and it opened on 28 May 1939. By rail, Chessington North is 13.31 mi (21.42 km) from London Waterloo.

Services

South West Trains operate all the services on the Chessington Branch Line and all trains that terminate at Chessington South railway 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 35 minutes to arrive at London Waterloo.

In the outbound direction, Chessington North is the penultimate station on the line with trains taking two minutes to arrive at Chessington South.

The ticket office is at surface level. There is one automated ticket machine, which is next to the ticket office.

Connections

London Buses routes 65 and 71 serve the station.

References

Chessington North railway station Wikipedia