Motspur Park railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Motspur Park | ||
| Local authority | London Borough of Merton | ||
| Coordinates | Coordinates: | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | MOT | ||
| Managed by | South West Trains | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
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| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.605 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.575 million | ||
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| Zone | 4 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 12 July 1925 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Motspur Park from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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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 West Trains, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is 6 stops and 22 minutes from Waterloo and 24 to 27 minutes travel to 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 London and South Western Railway buildings in the centre of the platform.
[edit] History
The railway itself was constructed through the locality in 1859 but the Motspur Park station was not added until 1925.
On the 6 November 1947, there was a train crash at Motspur Park station which killed 4 and injured 12.
A small newspaper kiosk once stood on the West Barnes Lane side on the approach road, but this was demolished in the 1970s and has been replaced by a prefabricated minicab office.
A signal box once stood at the western trackside approximately 50 yards from the southern end of the platform but this was also demolished (1992) when the level crossing changed to automatic lifting barrier type in the 1980s. The earlier manually operated gates were operated by a wheel turned by the signalman from within the box.
[edit] Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is 6 trains per hour northbound to London Waterloo, 2 trains per hour to Guildford via Epsom, 2 trains per hour to Dorking via Epsom and 2 trains per hour to Chessington South.
[edit] London Waterloo to Chessington South line
The service to London Waterloo calls at: Raynes Park, Wimbledon, Earlsfield, Clapham Junction, Vauxhall and London Waterloo. The service to Chessington South calls at: Malden Manor, Tolworth, Chessington North and Chessington South.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Raynes Park | South West Trains Mole Valley Line |
Worcester Park | ||
| South West Trains Chessington Branch Line |
Malden Manor | |||
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