Station code CSS Fare zone 6 Number of platforms 2 | Managed by South West Trains DfT category E 2011–12 0.518 million | |
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Address Chessington, United Kingdom Similar Chessington North railway st, Tolworth railway station, Malden Manor railway st, Motspur Park railway st, Hampton Court railway st | ||
Chessington South railway station is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, England, the terminus of the Chessington branch. It is served by South West Trains, and is 13.91 mi (22.39 km) from London Waterloo, in Travelcard Zone 6. It is the station for visitors to Chessington World of Adventures.
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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. 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 West Trains 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). The journey to Waterloo takes 37 minutes. Services usually use Class 455 or 456 EMUs, although a Class 450 is used on occasion.
Connections
London Buses routes 65, 71 and 467 serve the station.