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St Margarets railway station (London)

Coordinates: 51°27′18″N 0°19′13″W / 51.455°N 0.3204°W / 51.455; -0.3204
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St Margarets (London) National Rail
St Margarets (London) is located in Greater London
St Margarets (London)
St Margarets (London)
Location of St Margarets (London) in Greater London
LocationSt Margarets
Local authorityLondon Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Managed bySouth West Trains
Station code(s)SMG
DfT categoryC2
Number of platforms3
Fare zone4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12Increase 1.660 million[1]
2012–13Increase 1.719 million[1]
2013–14Increase 1.738 million[1]
2014–15Increase 1.745 million[1]
2015–16Decrease 1.510 million[1]
Key dates
2 October 1876Opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°27′18″N 0°19′13″W / 51.455°N 0.3204°W / 51.455; -0.3204
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St Margarets railway station, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in southwest London, is in Travelcard Zone 4. It was opened by the London & South Western Railway in 1876[2] on the existing line from Waterloo to Windsor. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains. The station entrance is at the east end, nearer to London. The station is known as St Margarets (London) and St Margarets (Greater London) to differentiate it from St Margarets (Hertfordshire) railway station. It is now possible to use the Oyster card for travel here.

Services

The typical off-peak service of eight trains per hour all terminating at Waterloo comprises:

Normal tickets to Waterloo are not valid by second and third routes.

Trains direct to or towards London call at Platform 1. The vast majority of trains calling here stop at all stations to Waterloo. Platform 2 is now disused. Fast trains towards Waterloo use the track that passes Platform 2. There is only one outbound platform (Platform 3). Fast trains away from London pass through the station along the track for Platform 3.

St. Margaret's is often visited by passing fast services to Reading and Windsor and Chertsey, passing through platform 2 and 3.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Richmond   South West Trains
Hounslow/Kingston loop line
  Twickenham

Connections

London Buses routes 969 and H37 serve the station.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1988). Waterloo to Windsor. Middleton Press. p. 64. ISBN 0-906520-54-1.