Motspur Park railway station
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| Location | Motspur Park |
| Local authority | London Borough of Merton |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Station code | MOT |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2016–17 |  1.153 million[1] |
| – interchange | 15,266[1] |
| 2017–18 | 1.039 million[1] |
| – interchange | 11,210[1] |
| 2018–19 |  1.112 million[1] |
| – interchange | 13,821[1] |
| 2019–20 | 1.061 million[1] |
| – interchange | 9,972[1] |
| 2020–21 | 0.270 million[1] |
| – interchange | 2,677[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 12 July 1925 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| WGS84 | 51°23′45″N 0°14′23″W / 51.3958°N 0.2397°WCoordinates: 51°23′45″N 0°14′23″W / 51.3958°N 0.2397°W |
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Motspur Park railway station is a suburban station in the London Borough of Merton in south London. The station is served by South Western Railway, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is 9 miles 57 chains (15.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
Southbound destinations are Chessington South, Dorking and Guildford.
The station stands atop a railway embankment off a service road behind the parade of shops on West Barnes Lane. The shops and surrounding streets on both sides of the line are known as Motspur Park. There is also footpath access from Claremont Avenue on the western side.
The station is a single island platform reached by footbridge from either side of the track. The station retains its original Southern Railway buildings in the centre of the platform.
History[]
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The railway itself was constructed through the locality in 1859 but the Motspur Park station was not added until 1925.
On 6 November 1947, there was a train crash at Motspur Park junction, 766 yards (700 m) south of the station which killed four and injured 12 people. In foggy conditions, a train was incorrectly authorized by a fogsignalman to pass a danger signal, and collided with another train that was crossing the line in front of it.[2][3]
A small newspaper kiosk once stood on the West Barnes Lane side of the approach road, Station Road, opposite the Earl Beatty public house, but this was demolished in the 1970s and has been replaced by a prefabricated travel agency office that later became a minicab office.
A signal box once stood at the western trackside approximately 50 yards (46 m) from the southern end of the platform but this was also demolished (1992) when the level crossing changed to CCTV type controlled from Wimbledon Area Signalling Centre. The earlier manually operated gates were operated by a wheel turned by the signalman from within the box.
Services[]
Current Services[]
All services at Motspur Park are operated by South Western Railway using Class 455 EMUs.
Until 2022, Class 456 trains were often attached to Class 455 units to form ten carriage trains, but these were withdrawn on 17th January with the introduction of a new timetable. [4]
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]
- 6 tph to London Waterloo via Wimbledon
- 2 tph to Chessington South
- 2 tph to Dorking
- 2 tph to Guildford
On Sundays, the service to London Waterloo reduces to 4 tph and the services to Dorking and Guildford are reduced to 1 tph each.
Future Services[]
Under Transport for London's plans for Crossrail 2, Motspur Park was originally chosen as a hub station to serve Malden Manor, Tolworth and Chessington North on the Chessington Branch Line as well as Worcester Park, Stoneleigh and Ewell West on the Mole Valley Line. Crossrail trains were not planned to stop at those stations so as to provide fast suburban links to a wide variety of railway stations including Victoria and Kings Cross St Pancras.[6] In October 2015, TfL announced a set of local consultations would take place and their amended proposal provides that Crossrail 2 trains will now stop at all stations on the routes to the south and west of Wimbledon.[7] Construction of the line is currently on hold due to a lack of available funding.[8]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Raynes Park | South Western Railway |
Worcester Park | ||
| South Western Railway Chessington Branch Line
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Malden Manor | |||
| Future Development | ||||
| Preceding station |  Crossrail
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Following station | ||
towards Chessington South | Crossrail Crossrail 2 | |||
towards Epsom |
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Connections[]
London Buses route K5 serves the station.
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ministry of Transport; Lt Col G.R.S. Wilson (1948). Report on the Collision at Motspur Park Junction (PDF). HMSO.
- ^ Glover, John (2001). Southern Electric. Hersham: Ian Allan. p. 136. ISBN 0-7110-2807-9.
- ^ "SWR withdraws '456s' following service cuts". Rail. No. 949. 26 January 2022. p. 10-11.
- ^ Table 152 National Rail timetable, May 2020
- ^ "Image: 1368593468_crossrail2reg.jpg, (640 × 453 px)". theconstructionindex.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Crossrail 2 Factsheet: Services at New Malden, Motspur Park and Raynes Park" (PDF). tfl.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Crossrail 2 Funding Update: November 2020". Crossrail 2. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
External links[]
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- Train times and station information for Motspur Park railway station from National Rail
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 4
- DfT Category C2 stations
- Railway stations in the London Borough of Merton
- Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1925
- Railway stations served by South Western Railway