Belmont railway station serves the village of Belmont in the

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in south

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. The station is located on the Epsom Downs line and is in

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. It is down the line from measured via West Croydon. It is the closest station to the

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, which is just under half a mile away. On 19 January 2023,

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were granted £14,121,979 from the government to add a turnback siding to the south of the station to increase capacity to let services run at 4 tph instead of the current 2 tph service pattern.

History

The station was opened by the

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on 22 May 1865, as part of the

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branch line. The branch was originally laid as double track because of the race traffic, and was electrified on 17 June 1928. A modern CLASP (pre-fabricated concrete) building was erected in the 1970s (this has since been demolished and cleared away). The branch was singled in 1982 and all trains use the former down platform. The station itself has a ticket machine, cycle storage huts and a passenger waiting shelter. The station was originally named 'California', and was changed to 'Belmont' on 1 October 1875. Belmont Station 02

Future

On 19 January 2023,

were granted £14,121,979 from the government to add a turnback siding to the south of the station to increase capacity to let services run at 4tph instead of the current 2 tph service pattern. Construction is expected to finish in 2026.

Services

All services at Belmont are operated by Southern using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to via * 2 tph to Prior to May 2018, the station was served by an hourly service on weekdays and Saturdays only, with no Sunday service. In May 2018, a half-hourly service was introduced on all days of the week.

Connections

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routes 80,

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, S1, S3, S4 and non-TfL routes 420 and 820 serve the station.

References

External links

Map of Mole Valley lines
{{TSGN and SE Stations, Mole Valley=y, FCC None=y, SE None=y Railway stations in the London Borough of Sutton Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway