Location Tolworth Station code TOL Fare zone 5 Address Surbiton, United Kingdom Number of platforms 2 | Managed by South West Trains DfT category E 2011–12 0.531 million Opened 29 May 1938 Original company Southern Railway | |
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Similar Chessington North railway st, Chessington South railway st, Malden Manor railway st, Motspur Park railway st, Surbiton railway station | ||
Tolworth railway station in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South London, is a station on the Chessington branch 12.08 mi (19.44 km) south west of London Waterloo. The station is part of the London suburban network of South West Trains and is in Travelcard Zone 5.
Contents
The station, like all others on the branch, is built in the art deco style of the 1930s using concrete arcs for canopies; it was opened, as the original terminus of the branch, on 29 May 1938. Station buildings are below at street level on the Kingston Road. The original goods depot is now partly a National Rail Freight Depot, operated by DB Schenker Rail. The remaining area of the site is owned by London United.
Services
South West Trains operate all the services on the Chessington Branch Line and all trains that stop at Tolworth 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 for exception of Queenstown Road. These trains take 33 minutes to arrive at London Waterloo.
In the outbound direction all services call locally, taking four minutes to arrive at Chessington South.
Connections
London Buses routes 406, 418, K2 and Mobility route 965 serve the station directly. Routes 281 and K1 are accessible with a short walk, though given they both service the busy main line Surbiton railway station, interchange is less popular by virtue of the greater frequency of service from Surbiton to London Waterloo.