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New Malden 
New Malden
Location of New Malden in Greater LondonLocation New Malden Local authority Kingston upon Thames Managed by South West Trains Station code NEM Number of platforms 2 Fare zone 4 National Rail annual entry and exit 2004-05 1.892 million[1] 2005-06 
1.841 million[1]2006-07 
3.263 million[1]2007-08 3.347 million[1]2008-09 3.113 million[1]2009-10 3.044 million[1]December 1846 Opened as Malden May 1859 Renamed New Malden and Coombe 1 March 1862 Renamed Coombe and Malden November 1912 Renamed Malden for Coombe 1955 Renamed Malden 16 September 1957 Renamed New Malden List of stations Underground · National Rail External links Departures • Layout Facilities • Buses Coordinates: 51°24′14″N 0°15′22″W / 51.4039°N 0.256°W
New Malden railway station is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South London. The station is served by South West Trains, and is in Travelcard Zone 4.
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History
A 1912 Railway Clearing House map showing (right) lines around New Malden railway station (shown here as COMBE & MALDEN)
The station was opened by the London and South Western Railway in December 1846, originally being named Malden. It has been renamed several times: in May 1859 it became New Malden and Coombe; on 1 March 1862 Coombe and Malden; in November 1912 Malden for Coombe; in 1955 Malden; and finally, on 16 September 1957, it took the present name of New Malden.[2]
When Queen Victoria visited distinguished residents in the Coombe Hill area, the royal train stopped at Norbiton, the only station in the area where the platform is at ground level.[citation needed] New Malden has many steps.
The deaths of members of station staff in an air raid during WWII is commemorated on a plaque on a wall in the ticket office.
Platforms 2 and 3 on the 'fast' lines are no longer used, protruding cable ducting on them poses a trip hazard and renders them unlikely to be used by passengers even should a disruption prevent use of the 'slow' lines at platforms 1 and 4.
Until June 1967 platform 2 was used regularly in the morning rush hours. The 7:11am from Guildford via Cobham crossed from the slow line to the fast line just after Surbiton and stopped at New Malden at 7:48am. It then called at Wimbledon and Clapham Junction. It was one of the few trains to stop at Clapham Junction platform 8 in those days. A Hampton Court to Waterloo fast train also stopped at platform 2 at approximately 8:45am. It crossed from the slow line to the fast line just as it came into New Malden.
Platform signage installed in 2009 seems to be in Southeastern colours, with white lettering on a navy blue field. There are similar platform signs at Hampton Court railway station.
New Malden was one of the stations selected by South West Trains to have automatic ticket gates which were installed in the main ticket hall in September 2009. The gates with Oyster Card readers allow use of the Oyster "Pay as you go" system.[3].
A proposed permanent closure of the secondary entrance to Dukes Avenue and Station Avenue, leaving only the entrance to Coombe Road was amended, after local opposition, to opening the Dukes Avenue and Station Avenue entrance for morning and evening peak hours with ticket inspectors, but closed at all other times including weekends. [4]
Services
The typical off-peak hour service from the station is:
- 6 direct to London Waterloo via Wimbledon
- 2 circuitously to Waterloo via Kingston and Richmond
- 2 to Hampton Court via Surbiton
- 2 to Shepperton via Kingston
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Raynes Park South West Trains
South Western Main LineBerrylands South West Trains
Kingston Loop LineNorbiton References
- ^ a b c d e f "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.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 68,153,170. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
- ^ "New ticket gates across the network". South West Trains. http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/News/_NewTicketGates.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ . http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/4533386.More_furore_over_New_Malden_station_exit_closure/.
External links
- Train times and station information for New Malden railway station from National Rail
Categories:- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 4
- Railway stations in Kingston upon Thames
- Railway stations opened in 1846
- Former London and South Western Railway stations
- Railway stations served by South West Trains
- DfT Category C2 stations
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