Kempton Park railway station

Kempton Park
Location
Place	Sunbury-on-Thames
Local authority	Borough of Spelthorne
Coordinates	51°25′16″N 0°24′34″W / 51.4210°N 0.4095°WCoordinates: 51°25′16″N 0°24′34″W / 51.4210°N 0.4095°W
Grid reference	TQ106703
Operations
Station code	KMP
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.027 million
2005/06	0.005 million
2006/07	0.041 million
2007/08	0.046 million
2008/09	0.049 million
2009/10	0.047 million
2010/11	0.054 million
2011/12	0.058 million
2012/13	0.059 million
2013/14	0.063 million
2014/15	0.071 million
History
Key dates	Opened 18 July 1878
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kempton Park from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Kempton Park railway station in Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey is on the Shepperton branch line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains. Access is from the front car park (apron) of Kempton Park Racecourse.

The closest station to another on the line, until June 2006 it opened only for event days at Kempton Park Racecourse since which, upon the increase in racing days and consulting the Jockey Club, it has had stopping services every day.^[1]

Services

The week-day off-peak service is two trains an hour to London Waterloo via Kingston and two trains an hour to Shepperton; the first up train to stop at Kempton Park is at 09:17, a few hours after the first up train runs through the station. The first up service on Saturday and on Sunday is at 06:17 and 07:18 respectively. The station is a pavemented 400 metres (440 yd) from Sunbury station. The Sunday service is one train an hour each way.

None of the branch peak-hour services via Richmond stops at Kempton Park.

References

1. "Improved services at new-look Kempton Park". South West Trains. 2006-05-03. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-22.

External links

Media related to Kempton Park railway station at Wikimedia Commons