Kingswood railway station

Kingswood
Kingswood Location of Kingswood in Surrey
Location	Kingswood
Local authority	Borough of Reigate and Banstead
Managed by	Southern
Station code	KND
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08	0.289 million
2008–09	0.286 million
2009–10	0.259 million
2010–11	0.278 million
2011–12	0.302 million
2012–13	0.320 million
2013–14	0.317 million
Key dates
2 November 1897	Opened
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Kingswood railway station is in the county of Surrey. It is a late-Victorian station on the Tattenham Corner Line. Train services and the station are operated by Southern.

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 Oyster 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 Walton-on-the-Hill in 1900 (now Tadworth) and Tattenham Corner a year later. It was also the first and only station on the line before Chipstead and Banstead Downs (now Chipstead) was built in 1899.

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

Typical off-peak (including weekends) train service per hour (as of May 2016):

• two to London Bridge via East Croydon
• two to Tattenham Corner

During the evening the service is typically:

• two to London Victoria via Selhurst (not Saturdays or Sundays)
• two to Tattenham Corner

In the weekday rush hours, more trains operate and both London termini are served.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chipstead		Southern Tattenham Corner Line		Tadworth

Trains are typically formed of Class 455 and Class 377 Electrostars. During the slam door period SUBs and EPBs were the mainstay of the service.

From 2018 as part of the Thameslink Programme it is proposed that services are extended beyond London Bridge through central London (calling at London Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon and London St Pancras) to Cambridge.

External links

• Train times and station information for Kingswood railway station from National Rail