Strawberry Hill railway station

Strawberry Hill
Strawberry Hill Location of Strawberry Hill in Greater London
Location	Strawberry Hill
Local authority	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code	STW
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17	0.893 million[1]
2017–18	0.839 million[1]
– interchange	171[1]
2018–19	0.898 million[1]
– interchange	181[1]
2019–20	0.829 million[1]
– interchange	78[1]
2020–21	0.164 million[1]
– interchange	23[1]
Key dates
1 December 1873	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°26′20″N 0°20′20″W / 51.4389°N 0.3388°W / 51.4389; -0.3388Coordinates: 51°26′20″N 0°20′20″W / 51.4389°N 0.3388°W / 51.4389; -0.3388
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Strawberry Hill railway station is in Strawberry Hill in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. It is 12 miles 22 chains (19.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway. The station is equipped with Oyster card swipe terminals.

The line through Strawberry Hill (the Kingston Loop) opened in 1863, but Strawberry Hill station did not open until 1 December 1873. The current booking office building on the up, or western, side and the platform canopies date from the 1935 modernisation. Lifting barriers replaced the level crossing swing gates in 1973, the signal box was demolished in 1975.

Strawberry Hill train maintenance depot, built in 1897, is inside the triangular junction of the Shepperton Branch Line with the Kingston Loop Line.

Service[]

The off-peak weekday service in trains per hour at the station is:^[2]

• two to London Waterloo via Richmond
• two to London Waterloo via Wimbledon.

Monday to Friday, four additional early morning rush-hour trains to Waterloo are routed from Shepperton. Three additional evening rush-hour trains from Waterloo continue from here down the Shepperton Branch Line. On Sundays, there is an hourly service each way round the loop, plus one per hour after midday each way that runs between Kingston and Waterloo via Hounslow after reversing at Twickenham.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Twickenham		South Western Railway Kingston Loop Line		Teddington
		South Western Railway Shepperton Branch Line (Restricted Service)		Fulwell

References[]

• Mitchell, Vic (1990). London Suburban Railways: Kingston and Hounslow Loops. Middleton Press.

External links[]

• Twickenham Museum article on Strawberry Hill Station

• Train times and station information for Strawberry Hill railway station from National Rail