Wandsworth Town railway station

Wandsworth Town railway station is in the London Borough of Wandsworth, in south London, in Travelcard Zone 2. It is 4 miles 60 chains (7.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

Wandsworth Town

Wandsworth Town Location of Wandsworth Town in Greater London
Location	Wandsworth
Local authority	London Borough of Wandsworth
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code	WNT
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2014–15	3.929 million[1]
2015–16	4.175 million[1]
2016–17	4.087 million[1]
2017–18	4.325 million[1]
2018–19	4.301 million[1]
Key dates
27 July 1846	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.4609°N 0.1879°W / 51.4609; -0.1879
London transport portal

The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.

History

The station opened as Wandsworth when the Nine Elms to Richmond line came into service on 27 July 1846. It was renamed Wandsworth Town on 7 October 1903.[2]

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

8 tph (trains per hour) to London Waterloo
2 tph to Weybridge
2 tph via Richmond, Kingston and Wimbledon
4 tph via the Hounslow Loop Line (2 tph in each direction) (these come back to the station after the loop and continue to London Waterloo)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Clapham Junction		South Western Railway Hounslow and Kingston Loop Lines Waterloo to Weybridge (via Hounslow) Shepperton Branch Line		Putney

Connections

London Buses routes 28, 44 and night route N44 serve the station.

Improvement work

In August 2010 a major upgrade was approved to build a new ticket office with ticket barriers on York Road.[3] Work started in January 2011.[4]

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References

"Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
Wandsworth Town Station upgrade approved Clapham Junction Action Group 6 September 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
Wandsworth Town upgrade work begins Network Rail 21 January 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wandsworth Town railway station.

Train times and station information for Wandsworth Town railway station from National Rail

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses Night buses Coach station Cycle hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground TfL Rail Tramlink Crossrail, under construction Crossrail 2, proposed London River Services London Streets London Underground Night Tube Source London Taxi and Private Hire office
Bus operators	Abellio London Arriva East Herts & Essex Arriva London Arriva Southern Counties Blue Triangle Go-Ahead London HCT Group London Sovereign London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Uno
River operators	Bateaux London City Cruises Crown River Cruises Livett's Launches Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company Thames Clippers Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services Westminster Passenger Services Association
Train operators	Arriva Rail London Avanti West Coast c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Railway Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Greater Anglia Stansted Express Heathrow Express Hull Trains London North Eastern Railway London Northwestern Railway South Western Railway Southeastern TfL Rail
Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Port of London Authority

Airports

Within London	City Damyns Hall Heathrow London Heliport Military: Northolt Private: Biggin Hill
Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted Thames Estuary (proposed) London Britannia Airport (proposed)

Major stations

Central area	Bank/Monument Baker Street Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster
Other	Barking Bromley South Canary Wharf Clapham Junction Ealing Broadway East Croydon Finsbury Park Heathrow Stations Highbury & Islington Ilford Lewisham London City Airport Orpington Putney Richmond Romford Stratford Surbiton Sutton Wimbledon

Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)
Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road
Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone Ultra Low Emission Zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

Category
Commons
WikiProject

London transport portal

South Western Railway routes

Main line routes serving this station

None

Suburban and non-main line routes serving this station
Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside	London Waterloo Vauxhall Queenstown Road Clapham Junction Wandsworth Town Putney Barnes Mortlake North Sheen Richmond St Margarets Twickenham Whitton Feltham Ashford Staines Wraysbury Sunnymeads Datchet Windsor & Eton Riverside
Hounslow Loop Line & Chertsey or Weybridge branch line	London Waterloo Vauxhall Queenstown Road Clapham Junction Wandsworth Town Putney Barnes Barnes Bridge Chiswick Kew Bridge Brentford Syon Lane Isleworth Hounslow Whitton Twickenham St Margarets Richmond North Sheen Mortlake Barnes Putney Wandsworth Town Clapham Junction Queenstown Road Vauxhall London Waterloo Feltham Ashford (Surrey) Staines Egham Virginia Water Chertsey Addlestone Weybridge Byfleet & New Haw West Byfleet Woking
Shepperton branch & Kingston loop line	London Waterloo Vauxhall Clapham Junction Earlsfield Wimbledon Raynes Park New Malden Norbiton Kingston Hampton Wick Teddington Fulwell Hampton Kempton Park Sunbury Upper Halliford Shepperton Strawberry Hill Twickenham St Margarets Richmond North Sheen Mortlake Barnes Putney Wandsworth Town Clapham Junction Queenstown Road Vauxhall London Waterloo

Island Line routes serving this station
None

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

South Western Railway - Island Line - National Rail - Southern - CrossCountry - Great Western Railway

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