Strawberry Hill railway station explained

Strawberry Hill
Symbol:rail
Manager:South Western Railway
Fare Zone:5
Locale:Strawberry Hill
Borough:London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Events1:Opened
Years1:1 December 1873
Platforms:2
Railexits0405: 0.577
Railexits0506: 0.543
Railexits0607: 0.978
Railexits0708: 1.023
Railexits0809: 0.956
Railexits0910: 0.941
Railexits1011: 0.989
Railexits1112: 1.028
Railexits1213: 1.046
Railexits1314: 1.099
Railexits1415: 1.135
Railexits1516: 0.943
Railexits1617: 0.893
Railexits1718: 0.839
Raillowint1718: 171 -->
Railexits1819: 0.898
Raillowint1819: 181
Railexits1920: 0.829
Raillowint1920: 78
Railexits2021: 0.164
Raillowint2021: 23
Railexits2122: 0.454
Raillowint2122: 55
Railexits2223: 0.551
Raillowint2223: 368
Railcode:STW
Access:yes
Dft Category:C2
Coordinates:51.4389°N -0.3388°W

Strawberry Hill railway station is in Strawberry Hill in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. It is 12miles down the line from . The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway. The station is equipped with Oyster card swipe terminals.

The line through Strawberry Hill (the Kingston Loop) opened in 1863, but Strawberry Hill station did not open until 1 December 1873. The current booking office building on the up, or western, side and the platform canopies date from the 1935 modernisation. Lifting barriers replaced the level crossing swing gates in 1973, the signal box was demolished in 1975.

Strawberry Hill train maintenance depot, built in 1897, is inside the triangular junction of the Shepperton Branch Line with the Kingston Loop Line.

Services

All services at Strawberry Hill are operated by South Western Railway.

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

During the peak hours, the station is served by four morning services from to London Waterloo and two evening services from London Waterloo to Shepperton.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.

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