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Richmond station (London)

Coordinates: 51°27′47″N 0°18′00″W / 51.463°N 0.300°W / 51.463; -0.300
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Richmond National Rail London Overground London Underground
Entrance from Kew Road
Richmond is located in Greater London
Richmond
Richmond
Location of Richmond in Greater London
LocationRichmond
Local authorityLondon Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Managed bySouth Western Railway
OwnerNetwork Rail
Station code(s)RMD
DfT categoryB
Number of platforms7
AccessibleYes[1][2]
Fare zone4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2009Increase 7.60 million[3]
2019Decrease 8.08 million[4]
2020Decrease 2.17 million[5]
2021Increase 2.20 million[6]
2022Increase 3.74 million[7]
2023Increase 8.88 million[8]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12Increase 8.402 million[9]
– interchange Increase 1.387 million[9]
2012–13Increase 9.093 million[9]
– interchange Increase 1.613 million[9]
2013–14Increase 9.534 million[9]
– interchange Increase 1.886 million[9]
2014–15Increase 9.768 million[9]
– interchange Decrease 1.877 million[9]
2015–16Increase 11.859 million[9]
– interchange Decrease 1.642 million[9]
Key dates
1846Opened as Terminus (R&WER)
1848Station moved (WS&SWR)
1869Opened (L&SWR via Hammersmith)
1869Started (NLR)
1870Started and Ended (GWR)
1877Started (MR and DR)
1894Started (GWR)
1906Ended (MR)
1910Ended (GWR)
1916Ended (L&SWR via Hammersmith)
1937Stations merged (SR)
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°27′47″N 0°18′00″W / 51.463°N 0.300°W / 51.463; -0.300
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Richmond station, also known as Richmond (London), is a National Rail and London Underground station, managed by South Western Railway, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London. South Western Railway services on the Waterloo to Reading Line are routed through Richmond, which is between North Sheen and St. Margarets stations. Richmond is also a terminus of a branch of London Underground's District line and of the London Overground's North London Line; the next station on both these lines, to the northeast, is Template:LUL stations.

Architecture

The station building, designed by James Robb Scott in Portland stone[10] and dating from 1937, is in Art Deco style and its facade includes a square clock.[11] The area in front of the station main entrance was pedestrianised in 2013.[12]

History

The Richmond and West End Railway (R&WER) opened the first station at Richmond on 27 July 1846,[13] as the terminus of its line from Clapham Junction, [14] on a site to the south of the present through platforms, which later became a goods yard and where a multi-storey car park now stands. The Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway (WS&SWR) extended the line westward, resiting the station to the west side of The Quadrant, on the extended tracks and slightly west of the present through platforms. Both the R&WER and WS&SWR were subsidiary companies of the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR).

On 1 January 1869,[15] the L&SWR opened a line to Richmond from north of Addison Road station (now Kensington (Olympia) station) on the West London Joint Railway. This line ran through Hammersmith (Grove Road) station, since closed, and Template:LUL stations and had connection with the North & South Western Junction Railway (N&SWJR) near Template:LUL stations. Most of this line is now part of the London Underground District line; the line south from Gunnersbury was also served by the North London Railway (NLR) and is now used also by London Overground. Before this line was built, services north from Richmond ran somewhat circuitously via chords at Kew Bridge and Barnes.

The Great Western Railway (GWR) briefly (1 June to 31 October 1870) [13] ran a service from Template:LUL stations to Richmond via the Hammersmith & City Railway (now the Hammersmith & City line) tracks to Grove Road and then over the L&SWR tracks through Turnham Green.

On 1 June 1877, the District Railway (DR) linked its then terminus at Hammersmith to the nearby L&SWR tracks east of the present Template:LUL stations station. The DR began running trains over the L&SWR tracks to Richmond.[15] On 1 October 1877,[13] the Metropolitan Railway (MR, now the Metropolitan line) restarted the former GWR service to Richmond via Grove Road station.

The DR route from Richmond to central London via Hammersmith was more direct than those of the NLR via Template:LUL stations, of the L&SWR and the MR via Grove Road station and of the L&SWR via Clapham Junction to Waterloo. From 1 January 1894,[13] the GWR began sharing the MR Richmond service, resulting in Gunnersbury having the services of five operators.

After electrifying its tracks north of Template:LUL stations in 1903, the DR funded the electrification, completed on 1 August 1905, from Gunnersbury to Richmond.[15] The DR ran electric trains on the branch, while the L&SWR, NLR, GWR and MR services continued to be steam hauled.

MR services ceased on 31 December 1906 and those of the GWR on 31 December 1910,[13] leaving operations northwards through Kew Gardens and Gunnersbury to the DR (by then known as the District Railway), the NLR and L&SWR. On 3 June 1916, the L&SWR withdrew its service from Richmond to Addison Road through Hammersmith due to competition from the District line,[13] leaving the District as the sole operator over that route and the NLR providing main line services via Willesden Junction.

Under the grouping of 1923, the L&SWR became part of the Southern Railway (SR) and the NLR became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS); both were subsequently nationalised into British Railways. On 1 August 1937, the SR opened its rebuilt station with the station building and the through platforms moved east to be next to the terminal platforms. At around the same time, the SR moved the goods yard from the site of the original terminus to a new location north-east of the station.

Crossrail

A Crossrail branch to Kingston upon Thames via Richmond was proposed in 2003, but was dropped in 2004 due to a combination of local opposition, uncertainty over the route, cost, and insufficient return on investment. It could have run either overland or via a tunnel to Template:LUL stations and on the existing track through Template:LUL stations to Richmond (which would have lost the District line service) and thence to Kingston.

Platforms

Train at the station

The station has seven platforms:

  • Platforms 1 and 2 are through platforms for South Western Railway services.
  • Platforms 3 to 7 are terminating platforms used by:
    • London Overground North London line services (normally platforms 3 and 4 but sometimes 5, 6 and 7)
    • London Underground District line services (normally platforms 5, 6 and 7. Occasionally 4 but never 3 due to 3's lack of a fourth rail, which the District Line uses for electric power).

As of September 2011, work was under way to extend platforms 1 and 2 to accept 10-car trains.[16] The bulk of the lengthening was to be at the west (country) end; extending eastwards was deemed unviable by Network Rail as Church Road Bridge would have needed widening.[17] As part of these works, the platform canopies were also being refurbished.

The wide gap between platforms 3 and 4 originally had a third, run-around track for steam locomotives.

Off peak service

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

London Buses serving nearby are:

Route Start End Operator
33 Fulwell Hammersmith London United
65 Kingston
Chessington (Nights) 		Ealing Broadway London United
190 West Brompton Richmond Metroline
337 Clapham Junction Richmond Go-Ahead London
371 Kingston Richmond London United
391 Sands End Richmond London United
419 Hammersmith Richmond London United
490 Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 Richmond Abellio London
493 Tooting Richmond Go-Ahead London
969 Whitton Roehampton Vale Abellio London
H22 Hounslow Richmond London United
H37 Hounslow Richmond London United
R68 Kew Hampton Court Abellio London
R70 Hampton Richmond Abellio London
N22 Piccadilly Circus Fulwell Go-Ahead London

There is a taxi rank at the front station entrance on Kew Road. There are staff-operated lifts to all platforms.

An extensive bike storage facility is located outside the back entrance from Church Road, from where 27 steps lead down into the main platform area, which includes platforms 2-7 and a set of ticket barriers.

References

  1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  10. ^ Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 521. ISBN 0 14 0710 47 7.
  11. ^ "Art Deco Gallery – Stations etc". london-footprints.co.uk. 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  12. ^ "'Jewel in the Crown' of a historic Town centre". Construct. FM Conway. Spring 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  13. ^ a b c d e f Clive's Underground Line Guides – Hammersmith & City Line
  14. ^ Clive's Underground Line Guides – Hammersmith & City Line
  15. ^ a b c Clive's Underground Line Guides – District Line
  16. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  17. ^ [2] Archived 15 July 2012 at archive.today
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www.Old-maps.co.uk — Richmond station, 1871 [this template no longer works]

Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
TerminusTemplate:LUL lines
Preceding station   London Overground   Following station
TerminusTemplate:LOG lines
National Rail National Rail
North Sheen   South Western Railway
Hounslow/Kingston loop line 		  St Margarets
Putney   South Western Railway
Waterloo - Windsor 		  Twickenham
Clapham Junction   South Western Railway
Waterloo - Reading 		  Twickenham
  Former services  
Terminus   London and South Western Railway
(1869-1916) 		  Template:LUL stations
towards West Brompton
  Metropolitan Railway
(1877-1906) 		  Template:LUL stations
towards Paddington
  Great Western Railway
(1894-1910) 		 
  Abandoned Plans  
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
TerminusTemplate:LUL lines
(1913 & 1920)
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