Sunbury railway station (Surrey)
- See also Sunbury railway station, Melbourne.
Sunbury | |
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General information | |
Standort | Spelthorne |
Managed by | South West Trains |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | SUU |
History | |
Opened | 1 November 1864 |
Sunbury railway station is in the town of Sunbury-on-Thames, in the Spelthorne district of Surrey, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains.
As of 2014[update] one ticket machine serves the town which has 18,041 residents (2011 census) resulting in peak-hour queueing. Its single ticket counter (on the London-bound platform) and its independent café operate in peak hours. A car park is adjacent to the London-bound platform and a subway passes from the end of the station's approach to the main shopping and hotels area of Sunbury Cross. Some free parking is by the Shepperton-bound platform.
History
The Shepperton branch opened to passengers with a single track on 1 November 1864. Its promoters' scheme first intended to link this to what became today's District line and potentially to Woking railway station. A second scheme (abandoned 1862) intended it to extend to the Middlesex bank of the Thames east of Chertsey Bridge to serve the established town of Chertsey.[1] The curve linking Fulwell and Teddington initially opened to freight on 1 July 1894 and then carried passengers on 1 June 1901 as the replacement principal route. The line was electrified on 30 January 1916.
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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Kempton Park | South West Trains Shepperton Branch Line |
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Notes and references
- References
- ^ London's Local Railways by Alan A. Jackson, Capital Transport (1999); ISBN 1-85414-209-7
- ^ National Rail Timetables for Shepperton Station
External links
Media related to Sunbury railway station at Wikimedia Commons