St Margarets railway station, in the
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south-west
London, is in
Travelcard Zone 4
Fare zone 4 is an outer zone of Transport for London's zonal fare system used for calculating the price of tickets for travel on the London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway and, since 2007, on National Rail services. It ...
. It was opened by the
London & South Western Railway
The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exete ...
on 2 October 1876
on the existing line from
Waterloo to
Windsor. It is a minor stop, down the line from Waterloo.
The station and all trains serving it are operated by
South Western Railway. The station entrance is at the east end, nearer to London. The station is sometimes shown as St Margarets (London) to differentiate it from
the station of the same name in Hertfordshire.
Services
The typical off-peak service of eight trains per hour all terminating at Waterloo comprises:
*4 direct via
Richmond
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* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, Californi ...
and
Clapham Junction
Clapham Junction is an urban locality around Clapham Junction railway station in London, England. Despite its name, it is not located in Clapham, but forms the commercial centre of Battersea.
Clapham Junction was a scene of disturbances during ...
*2 circuitously via
Kingston and
Wimbledon
*2 circuitously via
Hounslow.
Its trains towards London call at platform 1; almost all call at all stations to Waterloo (nationally known as stopping services). This island platform also faces the fast London-bound track as platform 2 (disused for getting off/boarding). Other trains call at the outbound platform (Platform 3).
Public transport and footways to all-services station
The station is a short bus journey to major stop
Twickenham railway station
Twickenham railway station is in Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. By track it is from . Only one main street abuts the station – at its west end – London Road running between a trunk ...
from the end of its street. South of the tracks a parallel street has pavements to both sides to the same station, less circuitously.
References
External links
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Railway stations in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Former London and South Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1876
Railway stations served by South Western Railway
Twickenham
St Margarets, London