Chessington South railway station

Chessington South

Chessington South Location of Chessington South in Greater London
Location	Chessington
Local authority	Kingston upon Thames
Managed by	South West Trains
Station code	CSS
Number of platforms	1
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004-05	0.200 million[1]
2005-06	0.206 million[1]
2006-07	0.485 million[1]
2007-08	0.590 million[1]
1939	Opened
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses
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Coordinates: 51°21′25″N 0°18′29″W / 51.3569°N 0.308°W / 51.3569; -0.308

Chessington South railway station is in Chessington in the south of the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South London, England, and is the terminal station of the Chessington branch. The station is served by South West Trains, and is 13.91 mi (22.39 km) from London Waterloo in Travelcard Zone 6.

History

The station was built in 1939 as a through station on the line being laid to Leatherhead. Construction of the line stopped, never to be resumed, on the outbreak of the Second World War and the up platform was never used for passenger trains. 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.
The ticket office is at rail level. There is one Automated Ticket Machine at surface level, and a Permit to Travel machine adjacent to the ticket office. It is the station for visitors to Chessington World of Adventures.

Services

South West Trains operate all Chessington Branch Line services. The service interval is thirty minutes during both peak and off-peak hours. All trains run to or from London Waterloo, calling at all intermediate stations (except Queenstown Road which has platforms on only the Windsor Line).^[2] The journey to Waterloo takes 37 minutes.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chessington North		South West Trains Chessington Branch Line		Terminus

Gallery

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  Looking north, with unit 5734 awaiting return to London. The up (London-bound) platform on the left has never seen passenger use.

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  Looking south, with unit 5734 awaiting return to London

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  View looking towards abandoned extension to Leatherhead

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  Platform signage in South West Trains colours

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  View looking north from the road bridge

References

1. ^ ^{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.
2. ^ Chessington Branch Line timetable South West Trains Retrieved 2009-06-13

External links

• Train times and station information for Chessington South railway station from National Rail