- Vauxhall station
:"For the various theories on whether Vauxhall station may have given its name to the Russian word for railway station, "vokzal" (Вокзал) see the article on the wider
Vauxhall area."Infobox London station
name = Vauxhall
caption = station entrance
manager =South West Trains
zone = 1 & 2
locale =Vauxhall
borough = Lambeth
start =11 July 1848
platforms = 8
railexits0405 = 7.952
railexits0506 = 7.686
railexits0607 = 10.468
tubeexits05 = 16.74
tubeexits07 = 18.822
railcode = VXH:"The station in Birmingham, England previously known as Vauxhall or Vauxhall and Duddeston is now called Duddeston".
Vauxhall station is a
National Rail ,London Underground andLondon Buses interchange station. It is located at theVauxhall Cross road junction opposite the southern approach toVauxhall Bridge over theRiver Thames in theLondon district ofVauxhall . The station is on the boundary of zones 1 and 2 of the London Travelcard area.The National Rail station is located on a
viaduct and has eight platforms. Generally, the inner platforms see little use since outer suburban and longer distance trains to and from Waterloo pass through without stopping. There is a frequent service of trains to London Waterloo and to the suburbs of south-west London.The bus station - which is spread out above ground across the road from the rail terminal - has a photovoltaic roof to generate electricity to meet its own energy needs. It is the busiest bus station in the city after that at London Victoria.The London Underground station is in deep tube below the National Rail station and opened on
23 July 1971 .Services
Vauxhall underground is served by the
Victoria Line between Pimlico and Stockwell.Vauxhall rail station is served by
South West Trains services to and from London Waterloo. The typical off-peak service is:*24tph to London Waterloo
*2tph to Chessington
*2tph to Dorking
*4tph to Guildford, of which
**2tph via Cobham
**2tph via Epsom
*2tph to Hampton Court
*2tph indirect to London Waterloo via Hounslow and Richmond
*2tph indirect to London Waterloo via Kingston and Richmond
*2tph indirect to London Waterloo via Richmond and Hounslow
*2tph indirect to London Waterloo via Richmond and Kingston
*2tph to Shepperton
*2tph to Windsor & Eton Riverside
*2tph to WokingLondon Buses routes 2, 36 (24 hour service), 77, 87, 88 (24 hour service), 156, 185, 196, 344 (24 hour service), 360, 436 and Night Bus routes N2, N87, N136 serve the station.External links
* [http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/images/facilitiesmaps/vauxhall.jpgPlan of the mainline station]
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