Vauxhall station

Vauxhall station (pronunciation: /ˈvɒksɔːl/, vok-sawl) is a National Rail, London Underground and London Buses interchange station in central London. It is at the Vauxhall Cross road junction opposite the southern approach to Vauxhall Bridge over the River Thames in the London district of Vauxhall. The station is on the boundary of zones 1 and 2 of the London Travelcard area and, although a through station, it is a central London railway terminus for ticketing purposes.^[3]

The National Rail station was opened by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) as "Vauxhall Bridge Station" on 11 July 1848 when the main line was extended from Nine Elms to Waterloo, then "Waterloo Bridge Station". It is on a viaduct with eight platforms. Few trains call at the inner platforms whose tracks are used by long distance and "fast" suburban trains. There is a frequent service of trains to London Waterloo and to the suburbs of south-west London.

The deep tube London Underground station is on the Victoria line and opened on 23 July 1971.

The bus station, at ground level across the road from the rail station, has a photovoltaic roof supplying much of its electricity. It is the second busiest London bus station, after that at Victoria.

Services

National Rail

Vauxhall rail station is served by South West Trains to and from London Waterloo. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 26 to London Waterloo

•  2 to Chessington South
•  2 to Dorking
•  2 to Guildford via Cobham
•  2 to Guildford via Epsom
•  2 to Hampton Court
•  2 on the Hounslow Loop Line via Hounslow and Richmond, returning to Waterloo
•  2 on the Hounslow Loop via Richmond and Hounslow, returning to Waterloo
•  2 on the Kingston Loop Line via Kingston and Richmond, returning to Waterloo
•  2 on the Kingston Loop via Richmond and Kingston, returning to Waterloo
•  2 to Shepperton
•  2 to Weybridge via Hounslow
•  2 to Windsor & Eton Riverside
•  2 to Woking

Underground

Vauxhall underground station is between Pimlico and Stockwell with a peak time service interval of about two minutes..

Buses

The station is served by London Buses routes 2, 36 (24 hour service), 77, 87, 88 (24 hour service), 156, 185, 196, 344 (24 hour service), 360, 436 and Night Bus routes N2, N87, N136 .

Accidents

• On 29 August 1912, a light engine collided with a rake of nine carriages. One passenger was killed and 43 were injured.^[4]

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Vauxhall station from National Rail
• Plan of the mainline station