Vauxhall station

For speculation that Vauxhall station was the source of the Russian word for railway station, vokzal (Вокзал), see Vauxhall. For other uses, see Vauxhall station (disambiguation).

Vauxhall

Vauxhall Location of Vauxhall in Greater London
Location	Vauxhall
Local authority	London Borough of Lambeth
Managed by	South West Trains
Station code	VXH
DfT category	B
Number of platforms	8
Accessible	Yes (National Rail only)
Fare zone	1 and 2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	20.87 million^[1]
2012	22.84 million^[1]
2013	25.15 million^[1]
2014	27.51 million^[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2008–09	14.590 million^[2]
2009–10	14.806 million^[2]
2010–11	16.531 million^[2]
2011–12	18.168 million^[2]
2012–13	19.066 million^[2]
2013–14	19.402 million^[2]
2014–15	21.111 million^[2]
Key dates
11 July 1848	Opened (LSWR)
23 July 1971	Opened (London Underground)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°29′07″N 0°07′22″W / 51.4854°N 0.1229°W / 51.4854; -0.1229

Vauxhall station (/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 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.

History

A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Vauxhall station

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.

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

Milk trains

Vauxhall was located next to a major creamery and milk bottling plant for United Dairies. The regular daily milk train was from Torrington, but milk trains from all over the West Country would stop at Clapham Junction in the evening, and reduce their length by half so that they did not block Vauxhall station while unloading. They would then proceed to Vauxhall, and pull into the "down" side platform, where a discharge pipe was provided to the creamery on the other side of the road. There was also pedestrian access from below the station, under the road to the depot, in the tunnel where the pipeline ran. Unloaded trains would then proceed to Waterloo, where they would reverse and return to Clapham Junction to pick up the other half of the train. The procedure was then repeated, so that the entire milk train was unloaded between the end of evening peak traffic and the start of the following morning.^[4]

Services

There is a frequent service of trains to London Waterloo and to the suburbs of south-west London. Trains to the Richmond/Hounslow direction leave from platforms 3 & 4 and return on platform 2. Trains to the Wimbledon direction leave from platform 8 and return on platform 7. Few trains call at the inner platforms (5 & 6) whose tracks are used by long-distance and "fast" suburban trains. Platform 1 is not used in regular passenger service.

National Rail

Vauxhall railway station platforms from the western end.

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.

Preceding station		London Underground	Following station
Stockwell towards Brixton		Victoria line	Pimlico towards Walthamstow Central
	National Rail
London Waterloo		South West Trains South Western Main Line	Clapham Junction or Queenstown Road (Battersea)

Vauxhall with a train to London Waterloo in 2002.

Connections

Main article: Vauxhall bus station

There is a bus station located north next to the station offering services to various parts of London.

Accidents

On 29 August 1912, a light engine collided with a rake of nine carriages. One passenger was killed and 43 were injured.^[5]

References

1 2 3 4 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ "Section A" (PDF). National Fares Manual 98. Association of Train Operating Companies. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
↑ "The Torrington Milk Train". SVS Films. 21 January 2012.
↑ Brodrick, Nick. "LSWR "lavatory brake third"". Steam Railway (Bauer Media) (375, 30 April – 27 May 2010): 56.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vauxhall railway station.

Train times and station information for Vauxhall station from National Rail
Plan of the main line station

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 East Herts & Essex Arriva London Arriva Southern Counties 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	Abellio Greater Anglia Stansted Express c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Hull Trains London Midland London Overground Rail Operations 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

Airports

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

Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted Proposed: Thames Estuary

Major stations

Central area	Bank/Monument Baker Street Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster

Other	Barking Bromley South Canary Wharf Clapham Junction Ealing Broadway East Croydon Finsbury Park Heathrow Stations Highbury & Islington Ilford Lewisham London City Airport Orpington Putney Richmond Romford Stratford Surbiton Sutton Wimbledon

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

Category
Commons
WikiProject

Victoria line

Stations	Walthamstow Central Blackhorse Road Tottenham Hale Seven Sisters ( South Tottenham) Finsbury Park Highbury & Islington King's Cross St. Pancras Euston Warren Street Oxford Circus Green Park Victoria Pimlico Vauxhall Stockwell Brixton (100m)

Rolling stock	2009 Stock 1967 Stock (decommissioned)

London Underground Transport for London London Transport portal

South West Trains routes

Main line routes serving this station

None

Suburban and non-main line routes serving this station

Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside	London Waterloo Vauxhall Queenstown Road Clapham Junction Wandsworth Town Putney Barnes Mortlake North Sheen Richmond St Margarets Twickenham Whitton Feltham Ashford Staines Wraysbury Sunnymeads Datchet Windsor & Eton Riverside

Waterloo to Reading	London Waterloo Vauxhall Clapham Junction Putney Richmond Twickenham Whitton Feltham Ashford Staines Egham Virginia Water Longcross Sunningdale Ascot Martins Heron Bracknell Wokingham Winnersh Winnersh Triangle Earley Reading

Hounslow Loop Line & Chertsey or Weybridge Branch Line	London Waterloo Vauxhall Queenstown Road Clapham Junction Wandsworth Town Putney Barnes Barnes Bridge Chiswick Kew Bridge Brentford Syon Lane Isleworth Hounslow Whitton Twickenham St Margarets Richmond North Sheen Mortlake Barnes Putney Wandsworth Town Clapham Junction Queenstown Road Vauxhall London Waterloo Feltham Ashford (Surrey) Staines Egham Virginia Water Chertsey Addlestone Weybridge

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

Guildford and Dorking via Epsom	London Waterloo Vauxhall Clapham Junction Earlsfield Wimbledon Raynes Park Motspur Park Worcester Park Stoneleigh Ewell West Epsom Ashtead Leatherhead Box Hill & Westhumble Dorking Bookham Effingham Junction Horsley Clandon London Road (Guildford) Guildford

Hampton Court Line	London Waterloo Vauxhall Clapham Junction Earlsfield Wimbledon Raynes Park New Malden Berrylands Surbiton Thames Ditton Hampton Court

Waterloo to Woking	London Waterloo Vauxhall Clapham Junction Earlsfield Wimbledon Raynes Park New Malden Surbiton Esher Hersham Walton-on-Thames Weybridge Byfleet & New Haw West Byfleet Woking

New Guildford or Guildford via Cobham and Stoke D'Abernon Line	London Waterloo Vauxhall Clapham Junction Earlsfield Wimbledon Raynes Park New Malden Surbiton Hinchley Wood Claygate Oxshott Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon Effingham Junction Horsley Clandon London Road (Guildford) Guildford

Shepperton Branch & Kingston Loop Line	London Waterloo Vauxhall Clapham Junction Earlsfield Wimbledon Raynes Park New Malden Norbiton Kingston Hampton Wick Teddington Fulwell Hampton Kempton Park Sunbury Upper Halliford Shepperton Strawberry Hill Twickenham St Margarets Richmond North Sheen Mortlake Barnes Putney Wandsworth Town Clapham Junction Queenstown Road Vauxhall London Waterloo

Island Line Trains routes serving this station

None

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

Stagecoach Group - South West Trains - Island Line Trains - National Rail - Southern - CrossCountry - Great Western Railway

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