Chessington South railway station

Chessington South
Chessington South Location of Chessington South in Greater London
Location	Chessington
Local authority	Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code	CSS
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2 (1 in use)
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17	0.406 million[1]
2017–18	0.339 million[1]
2018–19	0.376 million[1]
2019–20	0.353 million[1]
2020–21	85,936[1]
Railway companies
Original company	Southern Railway
Key dates
28 May 1939	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°21′25″N 0°18′29″W / 51.3569°N 0.308°W / 51.3569; -0.308Coordinates: 51°21′25″N 0°18′29″W / 51.3569°N 0.308°W / 51.3569; -0.308
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Chessington South railway station is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, England, and is the terminus of the Chessington Branch Line. It is served by South Western Railway, and is 13 miles 73 chains (22.4 km) down the line from London Waterloo, in Travelcard Zone 6. It is the nearest train station to Chessington World of Adventures and Chessington School.

History[]

The station was built to a design of Southern Railway architect James Robb Scott and opened on 28 May 1939. It was intended as a through station on the line being built to Leatherhead. However, construction of the line stopped, never to be resumed, upon the outbreak of World War II and the up platform was never used for passenger trains, although the track was used for stabling out of service trains during off-peak times. There was a goods yard beyond the passenger station. After the continuation to Leatherhead was abandoned, part of line south of the station was used from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1980s for a coal concentration depot. The line and the sidings to the coal depot were unused and hidden by trees for many years, but in 2021 the land was cleared and tracks relaid for an aggregates depot.

The ticket office is at track level. There are two automated ticket machine at street level, and a permit-to-travel machine adjacent to the ticket office.

In 2019 a ramp was added to the station, providing step-free access to the single platform from street level.^[2]

Services[]

South Western Railway operates all services. The service interval is 30 minutes during both peak and off-peak hours. All trains run to or from London Waterloo, calling at all intermediate stations (except Queenstown Road which has platforms on only the Windsor Line).^[3] The journey to Waterloo takes 37 minutes. Services usually use Class 455 or 456 EMUs, although a Class 450 or Class 707 is used on occasion.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chessington North		South Western Railway Chessington Branch Line		Terminus
	Future Development
Preceding station		Crossrail		Following station
Terminus		Crossrail Crossrail 2		Chessington North towards New Southgate or Broxbourne

Connections[]

London Buses routes 71 and 467 serve the station during the day, and route N65 at night.

Gallery[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chessington South railway station.

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  Looking north, with unit 5734 awaiting return to London. The up (London-bound) platform on the left has never seen passenger use.

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  Looking south, with unit 5734 awaiting return to London

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  Looking towards the abandoned extension to Leatherhead

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  Platform signage in South West Trains colours

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  Looking north from the road bridge

References[]

External links[]

• Train times and station information for Chessington South railway station from National Rail