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Motspur Park 
Motspur Park
Location of Motspur Park in Greater LondonLocation Motspur Park Local authority London Borough of Merton Managed by South West Trains Station code MOT Number of platforms 2 Fare zone 4 National Rail annual entry and exit 2004-05 0.606 million[1] 2005-06 0.575 million[1] 2006-07 1.205 million[1] 2007-08 1.188 million[1] 12 July 1925 Opened List of stations Underground · National Rail External links Departures • Layout Facilities • Buses Coordinates: 51°23′45″N 0°14′23″W / 51.3958°N 0.2397°W
Motspur Park railway station is a suburban station in the London Borough of Merton in South London. The station is served by South West Trains, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is 6 stops and 22 minutes from Waterloo and 24 to 27 minutes travel to Waterloo.
Southbound destinations are Chessington South, Dorking and Guildford.
The station stands atop a railway embankment off a service road behind the parade of shops on West Barnes Lane. The shops and surrounding streets on both sides of the line are known as Motspur Park. There is also footpath access from Claremont Avenue on the western side.
The station is a single island platform reached by footbridge from either side of the track. The station retains its original London and South Western Railway buildings in the centre of the platform.
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History
The railway itself was constructed through the locality in 1859 but the Motspur Park station was not added until 1925.
On the 6 November 1947, there was a train crash at Motspur Park station which killed 4 and injured 12. In foggy conditions, a train was incorrectly authorized to pass a danger signal, and collided with another train that was crossing the line in front of it.[2]
A small newspaper kiosk once stood on the West Barnes Lane side on the approach road, but this was demolished in the 1970s and has been replaced by a prefabricated travel agency office that later became a minicab office.
A signal box once stood at the western trackside approximately 50 yards from the southern end of the platform but this was also demolished (1992) when the level crossing changed to automatic lifting barrier type in the 1980s. The earlier manually operated gates were operated by a wheel turned by the signalman from within the box.
This 1912 Railway Clearing House map shows the lines around Motspur Park railway station, but not the actual station, which was only opened in 1925.
Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is 6 trains per hour northbound to London Waterloo, 2 trains per hour to Guildford via Epsom, 2 trains per hour to Dorking via Epsom and 2 trains per hour to Chessington South.
London Waterloo to Chessington South line
The service to London Waterloo calls at: Raynes Park, Wimbledon, Earlsfield, Clapham Junction, Vauxhall and London Waterloo. The service to Chessington South calls at: Malden Manor, Tolworth, Chessington North and Chessington South.
References
- ^ a b c d "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ Ministry of Transport; Lt Col G.R.S. Wilson (1948). Report on the Collision at Motspur Park Junction. HMSO. http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_MotspurPark1947.pdf.
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Raynes Park South West Trains
Mole Valley LineWorcester Park South West Trains
Chessington Branch LineMalden Manor Gallery
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Southbound platform
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Looking north towards the footbridge
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Southbound platform
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Northbound platform
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Level crossing south of the station
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Platform signage in South West Trains colours
Categories:- Stations in London fare zone 4
- Railway stations in Merton
- Former Southern Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1925
- Railway stations served by South West Trains
- DfT Category C2 stations
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