Hampton Wick railway station explained

Hampton Wick
Symbol:rail
Manager:South Western Railway
Fare Zone:6
Locale:Hampton Wick
Borough:London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Events1:Opened
Years1:1 July 1863
Platforms:2
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Railcode:HMW
Coordinates:51.4141°N -0.3107°W
Dft Category:D

Hampton Wick railway station is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in south-west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 6. The suburb of Hampton Wick is on the opposite bank of the River Thames from Kingston upon Thames and lies at the eastern end of Hampton Court Park.

It is 12chain44chain down the line from . The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.

History

The original station was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 1 July 1863: it was reconstructed in 1969. Platforms are above the street level ticket office. The ticket office is only open at peak times but tickets can be bought at other times from a ticket machine. The station is usually unstaffed. The journey time to London Waterloo is 30 minutes (via Wimbledon) or slightly longer via Richmond.

Accidents and incidents

On 18 June 1930 a baby boy was found in the First Class carriage of a train travelling from Waterloo by Mr Paul Broome, the railway guard. The baby was found with a note which indicated whoever left him contemplated suicide. The baby was taken to Kingston Hospital.[2] CID investigated the issue but whoever left the baby was never found.

Services

All services at Hampton Wick are operated by South Western Railway.

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

On Sundays, the services to and from London Waterloo via Wimbledon are reduced to 2 tph and the services to and from Shepperton and Teddington are reduced to hourly.

Connections

London Buses routes London Buses route 281, 285 and 641 serve the station.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Earnshaw, Alan . Trains in Trouble: Vol. 7 . 1991 . Atlantic Books . Penryn . 0-906899-50-8 . 6 .
  2. News: Another Baby Abandoned – Guards Find in First-Class Carriage at Hampton Wick. Surrey Comet. 21 June 1930.