Earlsfield railway station

Earlsfield National Rail
Earlsfield
Location of Earlsfield in Greater London
Location Earlsfield
Local authority London Borough of Wandsworth
Managed by South Western Railway
Station code EAD
DfT category D
Number of platforms 3 (facing 4 tracks)
Accessible Yes
Fare zone 3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2012–13 Increase 5.696 million[1]
2013–14 Increase 6.233 million[1]
2014–15 Increase 6.553 million[1]
2015–16 Increase 7.170 million[1]
2016–17 Increase 7.197 million[1]
Key dates
1884 Opened
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WGS84 51°26′33″N 0°11′16″W / 51.4424°N 0.1877°W / 51.4424; -0.1877Coordinates: 51°26′33″N 0°11′16″W / 51.4424°N 0.1877°W / 51.4424; -0.1877
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Earlsfield railway station is on the South Western main line serving Earlsfield in the London Borough of Wandsworth, south London. The station is in Travelcard Zone 3, 5 miles 46 chains (9.0 km) from London Waterloo and situated between Clapham Junction and Wimbledon. It is operated by South Western Railway, as are all the trains serving it.

The name 'Earlsfield' originates from the name of the large Victorian residence formerly on the present site of the station. When the site was sold by the Davis family to the railway company one of the conditions of sale was that the station would be called 'Earlsfield'.

History

A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Earlsfield railway station

Opened by the London and South Western Railway it became part of the Southern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Railways.

Services

Platform view (1991)

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

Trains to Clapham Junction/London Waterloo depart from platform 2; trains going away from London depart from platform 3. Platform 1 is adjacent to the fast down line out of London, but none of the fast services operated by South Western Railway call at Earlsfield, so this platform is only used occasionally when the line served by platform 3 is unavailable. As a result, access to this platform is through sliding gates through safety fencing installed in 2014.[2]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Clapham Junction   South Western Railway
South Western Main Line		   Wimbledon

Connections

London Buses Routes 44, 77, 270 and Night Route N44 serve the station

Reconfiguration and reconstruction

On Monday 21 June 2010, Sadiq Khan, who at the time was MP for Tooting, welcomed plans for a major refurbishment for the station.[3] Network Rail released more details on Monday 20 June 2011.[4]

The main entrance was reconstructed, adding lifts for each platform. The station underwent major refurbishment largely complete by the end of 2012.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. ↑ your local guardian.co.uk/news/11085319.Safety_measures_set_to_be_installed_at_Wimbledon_and_Earlsfield_stations_to_prevent_people_falling_on_tracks/
  3. ↑ http://www.sadiqkhan.co.uk/index.php/news/1140-earlsfield-stations-plans-get-the-go-ahead?4bcca4bd673637b028d7767aee95d1b6=5003629d6db98fce843fdc5da93d379a
  4. ↑ http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=6061&NewsAreaID=2
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