Tolworth railway station

Tolworth
Tolworth Location of Tolworth in Greater London
Location	Tolworth
Local authority	Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code(s)	TOL
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.616 million[1]
2019–20	0.551 million[1]
2020–21	0.156 million[1]
2021–22	0.385 million[1]
2022–23	0.496 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	Southern Railway
Key dates
29 May 1938	Opened (Terminus)
28 May 1939	Through station
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.3768°N 0.2794°W / 51.3768; -0.2794
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Tolworth railway station, in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south London, is a station on the Chessington Branch Line, 12 miles 6 chains (19.4 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station is part of the London suburban network of South Western Railway and is in Travelcard Zone 5.

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.^[2] Station buildings are below at street level on the Kingston Road. The original goods depot is now partly a freight depot operated by DB Cargo UK. The remaining area of the site is operated by London United as a bus depot.^{[3][citation needed]}

Services

All services at Tolworth are operated by South Western Railway.

The typical service on all days of the week is two trains per hour in each direction between London Waterloo and Chessington South.^[4]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Malden Manor		South Western Railway Chessington Branch Line		Chessington North

Connections

London Buses routes 265, 281, 406, 418, K1 and K2 serve the station.^[5]

References

1. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
3. "New contracts create 200 bus driver jobs". News Shopper. 13 February 2002. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
4. Table 152 National Rail timetable, December 2023
5. "Buses from Tolworth" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

External links

• Train times and station information for Tolworth railway station from National Rail