Chessington South railway station


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 down the line from, 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. 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 two automated ticket machine at surface level, and a permit to travel machine adjacent to the ticket office.
In 2019 a ramp was added to the station, providing step-free access to the single platform from street level.

Services

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. The journey to Waterloo takes 37 minutes. Services usually use Class 455 or 456 EMUs, although a Class 450 or Class 707 is used on occasion.

Connections

routes 65, 71 and 467 serve the station.

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