Hampton railway station (London)
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Location | Hampton |
Local authority | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |
Managed by | South Western Railway |
Station code(s) | HMP |
DfT category | C2 |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Accessible | Yes |
Fare zone | 6 |
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1 November 1864 | Opened |
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Coordinates | 51°24′57″N 0°22′18″W / 51.4159°N 0.3717°W |
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Hampton railway station, serving Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is on the Shepperton branch line. It is in Travelcard Zone 6, 14 miles 47 chains (23.5 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.
Services
The typical weekday hourly service at the station is:
- 2 trains to London Waterloo via Kingston and Clapham Junction
- 2 trains from London Waterloo by that route.
Monday to Friday, four additional early morning rush-hour trains to Waterloo are routed via Twickenham and Richmond. Three additional evening rush-hour trains from Waterloo arrive via that route.
The Saturday service is as on other weekdays without the extra services routed via Twickenham. On Sundays the service is hourly.[2]
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Fulwell | South Western Railway Shepperton Branch Line |
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Kempton Park towards Shepperton
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Crossrail 2 | Fulwell towards New Southgate or Broxbourne
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History
![The original Hampton booking office on Station Road](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Hampton_station_20180110_133753_%2849505818941%29.jpg/220px-Hampton_station_20180110_133753_%2849505818941%29.jpg)
The Shepperton branch opened to passengers on 1 November 1864, originally operating as a single track with passing loops. The Hampton booking office was located on Station Road, and fares to London Waterloo for 1st, 2nd and 3rd class were 3s, 2/4d and 1/7d respectively. Following the development of Kempton Park racecourse the line was double-tracked in 1878-1879. A line was added to connect Shepperton to Waterloo via Teddington and Kingston in 1890, but which initially opened only to freight in 1894, and did not carry passengers until June 1901. Gates and a signal box at the Percy Road level crossing were built in 1890, and the first footbridge joining the platforms at Hampton constructed in 1894. The Hampton booking office was transferred to the Waterloo-bound side in its current location on Ashley Road in July 1897. The line was electrified on 30 January 1916 and the majority of trains transferred to the Teddington/Kingston route. Hampton remained the railhead for the Shepperton branch line after the cessation of rail freight traffic to Sunbury and Shepperton in 1960, but over time freight traffic declined, and the sidings and goods yards converted to flats, such as Kempton Rise and Blenholme Court.[3]
Connections
London Buses routes 111 and 216 serve the station.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ "Download timetables". South West Trains. Archived from the original on 6 April 2009.
- ^ Sheaf, John (2014). The Changing Face of Station Road, Hampton - Developments in the Area since the 1860s and a Short History of Every Building in Station Road. Borough of Twickenham Local History Society. pp. 48–51. ISBN 9780903341929.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Hampton railway station (London) from National Rail
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 6
- DfT Category C2 stations
- Railway stations in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
- Former London and South Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864
- Railway stations served by South Western Railway
- 1864 establishments in England