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Wallington railway station

Wallington railway station

Railway station in London

Wallington railway station is in the London Borough of Sutton in south London. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southern, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. It is between Waddon and Carshalton Beeches, 13 miles 5 chains (13.06 miles, 21.02 km) down the line from London Bridge, measured via Forest Hill.[3]

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View of the eastbound platform and side entrance.

The station was opened on 10 May 1847 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway as 'Carshalton' on the new Croydon to Epsom railway and was renamed to 'Wallington' in 1868 when the new Carshalton railway station opened in Carshalton village. During 2009 some renovations to the station were undertaken, including platform raising.

Ticket barriers are in operation at this station.

Services

All services at Wallington are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]

During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly service between London Victoria and Sutton.

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Connections

London Buses routes 127, 151, 157, 410, 463 and S4, school routes 612 and 627 serve the station. Northbound journeys serve bus stops in the Station Approch road. Most southbound journeys stop on Manor Road opposite the entrance to Station Approach.

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References

  1. [1]
    "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. [3]
    Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 22. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
  4. [4]
    Table 172 National Rail timetable, May 2022
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