Feltham railway station

Infobox London station
name = Feltham


caption = main entrance on the eastbound side
manager = South West Trains
zone = 6
locale = Feltham
borough = London Borough of Hounslow
platforms = 2
railexits0405 = 1.864
railexits0506 = 1.967
railexits0607 = 3.014
railcode = FEL
start = 22 August 1848

Feltham railway station is a railway station in Feltham, in the London Borough of Hounslow. It was opened in 1848 by the Windor Staines and South Western Railway. It is in Travelcard Zone 6. A footbridge in the station has lifts for those with stair-climbing difficulties. Another footbridge, outside the station limits, allows pedestrians to cross the line when the level crossing is closed. There are a shop on each platform, three ticket booths and ticket machines. There are two waiting rooms on the eastbound platform, but none on the westbound side.

Service

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

*6 tph (trains per hour) to London Waterloo, of which:
**2 call at Twickenham, Richmond and Clapham Junction taking 29 minutes.
**2 call at Whitton, Twickenham, Richmond, Putney, Clapham Junction and Vauxhall, taking 33 minutes.
**2 call at Hounslow, Isleworth, Syon Lane, Brentford, Kew Bridge, Chiswick, Barnes Bridge, Barnes, Putney, Wandsworth Town, Clapham Junction, Queenstown Road Battersea and Vauxhall, taking 45 minutes. This train is overtaken and should only be used to reach stations to Barnes, Wandsworth Town and Queenstown Road Battersea.
*2 tph to Windsor and Eton Riverside, calling at Ashford (Surrey), Staines, Wraysbury, Sunnymeads and Datchet, taking 22 minutes.
*2 tph to Weybridge, calling at Ashford (Surrey), Staines, Egham, Virginia Water, Chertsey and Addlestone, taking 31 minutes.
*2 tph to Reading, calling at Staines, Egham, Virginia Water, Sunningdale, Ascot, Martins Heron, Bracknell, Wokingham, Winnersh, Winnersh Triangle and Earley, taking 54 minutes.

On Sundays this becomes:
*5 tph to London Waterloo, of which:
**2 call at Twickenham, Richmond, Putney, Clapham Junction and Vauxhall, taking 37 minutes.
**1 calls at all stations as per the second layout above, taking 41 minutes.
**1 calls at Whitton, Twickenham, St Margarets, Richmond, North Sheen, Mortlake, Barnes, Putney, Wandsworth Town, Clapham Junction, Queenstown Road Battersea and Vauxhall, taking 46 minutes.
**1 calls at all stations as per the third layout above, taking 50 minutes.
*2 tph to Windsor and Eton Riverside, of which:
**1 calls at Ashford (Surrey), Staines and Datchet, taking 20 minutes.
**1 calls at Ashford (Surrey), Staines, Wraysbury, Sunnymeads and Datchet, taking 22 minutes.
*1 tph to Woking, calling at Ashford (Surrey), Staines, Egham, Virginia Water, Chertsey, Addlestone, Byfleet and New Haw and West Byfleet, taking 37 minutes.
*2 tph to Reading as above, taking 52 minutes.

Transport Links

Feltham station is one of the closest National Rail stations to Heathrow Airport and as such signs in the station and timetables show Feltham as a connection to the airport. Connection to the airport is by bus and there is a small bus station located at the North Entrance. Starting in 1999 (with the renovated Feltham station) there were two dedicated bus routes serving the airport: Route T123 (for terminals 1, 2 and 3) and route T4. By 2000 the T4 had been cancelled and the frequency of the T123 was reduced. cite web |title=Transport Plans for the London Area |url=http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7069/tpftla_h.html#Feltham. Eventually the buses were replaced with the already existing London Buses route 285 (which makes a slight detour from its route to serve the station forecourt). Route 285 only serves Terminals 1,2 and 3 and so passengers who wished to travel to terminal 4 were advised to change at Hatton Cross (which is part of the Heathrow free travel zone and allows free connection between Hatton Cross and all terminals). When terminal 5 opened in March 2008, the route 490 had its route amended to serve the new terminal and, like the route 285, a small detour was added to its route to allow it to serve the station forecourt. The 490 only started making this detour after Terminal 5 was opened and by doing this it gives Feltham a direct connection to all five terminals. In addition to Heathrow buses from the forecourt also serve the following locations: Kingston, Heathrow (Terminals 4 and 5), Richmond, Bedfont and Hatton Cross and buses to more locations can be reached from Feltham High Street, which is only a couple of minutes walk from the station.

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