Chessington North railway station

Chessington North

Chessington North Location of Chessington North in Greater London
Location	Chessington
Local authority	Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Managed by	South West Trains
Station code	CSN
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	0.533 million^[1]
2011–12	0.566 million^[1]
2012–13	0.580 million^[1]
2013–14	0.593 million^[1]
2014–15	0.611 million^[1]
Railway companies
Original company	Southern Railway
Key dates
28 May 1939	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°21′51″N 0°18′02″W / 51.3642°N 0.3005°W / 51.3642; -0.3005Coordinates: 51°21′51″N 0°18′02″W / 51.3642°N 0.3005°W / 51.3642; -0.3005
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Chessington North railway station, in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South West London is on the Chessington Branch and is served by South West Trains; it is in Travelcard Zone 6.

History

The station, like all others on the branch, is built in the concrete Art Deco style of the 1930s. It was designed by the architect James Robb Scott and it opened on 28 May 1939.^[2] By rail, Chessington North is 13.31 mi (21.42 km) from London Waterloo.

Services

South West Trains operate all the services on the Chessington Branch Line and all trains that terminate at Chessington South railway station. In the inbound direction, trains service the station every thirty minutes during both peak and off-peak hours. Local trains run at all times to London Waterloo, calling at all stations apart from Queenstown Road.^[3] These trains take 35 minutes to arrive at London Waterloo.

In the outbound direction, Chessington North is the penultimate station on the line with trains taking two minutes to arrive at Chessington South.

The ticket office is at surface level. There is one automated ticket machine, which is next to the ticket office.

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Tolworth		South West Trains Chessington Branch Line	Chessington South
	Future Development
Preceding station		Crossrail	Following station
Chessington South Terminus		Crossrail Line 2	Tolworth towards New Southgate or Broxbourne

Class 455 in 1985. Note the distinctive art deco canopies that were standard along this line.

Connections

London Buses routes 65 and 71 serve the station.

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ Photographic study of Malden Manor station, with similar buildings
↑ Chessington Branch Line timetable South West Trains Retrieved 2009-06-13

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Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses East London Transit Night Buses Coach Station Cycle Hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground TfL Rail Tramlink Crossrail (under construction) London River Services London Streets London Underground Night Tube Source London Taxi and Private Hire office

Bus operators	Abellio Arriva London CT Plus Go-Ahead London London Sovereign London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Uno

River operators	Bateaux London City Cruises Crown River Cruises Livett's Launches Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company Thames Clippers Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services Westminster Passenger Services Association

Train operators	Arriva Rail London c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Greater Anglia Stansted Express Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Hull Trains London Midland South West Trains Southeastern TfL Rail Virgin Trains (West Coast) Virgin Trains East Coast

Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Port of London Authority

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Within London	City Heathrow Private: Biggin Hill Damyns Hall London Heliport Military: Northolt

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Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)

Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road

Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

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South West Trains routes

Main line routes serving this station

None

Suburban and non-main line routes serving this station

Chessington Line	London Waterloo Vauxhall Clapham Junction Earlsfield Wimbledon Raynes Park Motspur Park Malden Manor Tolworth Chessington North Chessington South

Island Line Trains routes serving this station

None

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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