Worcester Park railway station

Not to be confused with Worcestershire Parkway Regional Interchange.

Worcester Park

Worcester Park Location of Worcester Park in Greater London
Location	Worcester Park
Local authority	Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Managed by	South West Trains
Station code	WCP
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	2.655 million^[1]
2011–12	2.684 million^[1]
2012–13	2.716 million^[1]
2013–14	2.747 million^[1]
2014–15	2.745 million^[1]
Key dates
4 April 1859	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°22′52″N 0°14′42″W / 51.3812°N 0.2451°W / 51.3812; -0.2451

Worcester Park railway station is a railway station in Worcester Park in south west London. It opened in 1859 when the London and South Western Railway completed the Epsom branch. It was originally known as Old Malden.^[2] Following substantial local housing development, the station was refurbished in the 1930s.

The station is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South London, just to the west of the boundary with the London Borough of Sutton. The station is served by South West Trains, and is in Travelcard Zone 4.

The station has a small concession stand selling newspapers, magazines, coffee and pastries. There is a taxi office on the station estate; bus stops served by various Transport for London routes; a 24-hour, 90-space car park; cycle parking; a waiting room and toilets. The station has no automated barriers; however, Oyster Pre-Pay has been made available by National Rail at the station.

Station Oyster/Ticketing Layout

Disabled access used to be poor: the London bound platform was accessible, but access to the southbound platform was only via the pedestrian bridge or a long set of steps. However, in June 2014 a new passenger bridge was opened (coinciding with the removal of the old footbridge). The new bridge is equipped with lifts to permit disabled access between platforms.^[3]^[4]

On 10 December 2007 there was a landslide on the line near the station which caused major disruptions and cancellations to all services passing through the station for one week.^[5]

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is four trains per hour northbound to London Waterloo, two trains per hour to Guildford and two trains per hour to Dorking. During peak times in the mornings and evenings there are additional services.

Although both platforms have been extended to allow the use of ten-car trains, no date has been announced by South West Trains for their introduction as at December 2014.

Under Transport for London's (TfL) initial plans for Crossrail 2, it was proposed that those would stop only at certain hub stations. Worcester Park was not scheduled to be a hub station, the nearest being at Motspur Park, the next station to the north.^[6] A petition for Worcester Park to be a designated stop, signed by 1,129 signatories, was presented to the Mayor of London on 15 January 2014.^[7] In October 2015, TfL announced a set of local consultations would take place and their amended proposal provides that Crossrail 2 trains will now stop at all stations on the routes to the south and west of Wimbledon. The result is that Crossrail 2 trains should now stop at Worcester Park.^[8]

Connections

London Buses routes 151, 213, S3, X26 and E16 serve the station.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Worcester Park railway station.

1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ Bradshaw, G (2012) [1863]. Bradshaw's Guide. Old House. ISBN 978-1-90840-202-8.
↑ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Worcester Park". nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
↑ "The WORCESTER PARK Blog :: Public Transport". worcesterparkblog.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
↑ "Buses replace train services after landslide (From Kingston Guardian)". kingstonguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
↑ "Image: 1368593468_crossrail2reg.jpg, (640 × 453 px)". theconstructionindex.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
↑ "The WORCESTER PARK Blog :: Public Transport". worcesterparkblog.org.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
↑ "Crossrail 2 Factsheet: Services between Worcester Park and Epsom" (PDF). tfl.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Motspur Park		South West Trains Mole Valley Line	Stoneleigh
	Future Development
Preceding station		Crossrail	Following station
Stoneleigh towards Epsom		Crossrail Line 2	Motspur Park towards New Southgate or Broxbourne

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

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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

South West Trains routes

Main line routes serving this station

None

Suburban and non-main line routes serving this station

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

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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