Kingswood railway station serves Kingswood in the county of

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. It is a late-Victorian station on the Tattenham Corner Line, from . Train services and the station are operated by

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. The station has a building on the up side only (platform 1), with just a metal shelter on the down side (platform 2). Part of the building is still used by Southern, with a large waiting area and ticket office on the ground floor, though this is only open during weekday morning peak travel. The upper floors and part of the ground floor are used as offices, the Tudor Business Centre. There is a small forecourt available for car parking on both sides of the station, cyclists are provided with a small shelter. The two platforms are connected by a new steel over bridge (which replaced the existing concrete bridge in early 2014). There is a self-serve ticket machine located on each platform and

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smart card readers are installed at the entrance/exits on both sides of the station.

History

Kingswood station originally opened in 1897 as ''Kingswood and Burgh Heath''. It was the original terminus of the single-track Tattenham Corner Line before it was extended to ''Tadworth & Walton-on-the-Hill'' in 1900 (now

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) and

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a year later. An open air terrace was once provided on top of the station's platform canopy for afternoon tea. However, this only lasted until 1920 as the steam and soot from the trains beneath rendered it unprofitable.

Services

All services at Kingswood are operated by

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to (non-stop from ) * 2 tph to On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly and runs between Tattenham Corner and only. Passengers for London Bridge have to change at Purley. It was initially proposed that from 2018, when the

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is completed, services on this line would be operated with larger 12 car trains offering all day direct services to via . However, in September 2016, these proposals have been dropped; instead, services on the Tattenham Corner Line are to "remain as Southern ''South London Metro'' services with increased capacity as compared to today".Timetable consultation
: Thameslink and Great Northern

References

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{{Transport in Surrey Railway stations in Surrey Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1897 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway