Railway station in Greater London
Twickenham railway station
is in
Twickenham
in the
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
, England, and is in
Travelcard Zone 5
. By track it is 11 miles 22 chains (18.1 km) from
London Waterloo
. Only one main street abuts the station ? at its west end ?
London Road
running between a trunk road south of
Twickenham Stadium
and the town centre to the south including the town's public section of riverside.
The station and all trains serving it are operated by
South Western Railway
. Apart from
Richmond Railway Bridge
it is at the heart of a long section of two tracks
at grade
(i.e. the level of the surrounding land) between
Putney
and
Egham
. Between about this point and
St Margarets station
, 500 metres east, are three tracks instead of two. Adding to the station's use, west are returning ends of the
Kingston
and
Hounslow Loop Lines
. A street runs against the south side of the station meaning the westbound platform has long been in island format and doubles as the fast and semi-fast services' eastbound platform.
History
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The predecessor, a
neo-gothic
station, was built by the London and Windsor Railway on the west of London Road bridge, opening on 22 August 1848.
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The station was originally called Twickenham Junction.
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Preparatory work for rebuilding by the
Southern Railway
in its "Southern Odeon" style on the east of London Road was halted by the outbreak of
World War II
,
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with most trackwork and the vertical edgings of the five planned through platforms in place. After the war some platforms were made level for rugby spectators' trains which were hand-flagged through the station. On 28 March 1954, a completely rebuilt station came into use with three through tracks. The two main up platforms face each other. The slower of these sees more than half of services join from a flyover to the south which coupled with the three tracks to St Margarets ensures no hold-ups needed to fast services eastbound.
Platform 1 has not existed as a functioning entity since before 2003; platform 2 has had the conductor rails removed between 2003 and 2006.
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The trackbeds of both are now (2018) obstructed by temporary buildings.
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Platform 3 (in 2018) has a direct access from the street available via a queuing area used during events at Twickenham Stadium.
On 4 February 1996, South West Trains ran the first re-privatised service nationally. This ran from Twickenham to London at 05:10. The last regular-scheduled privatised train on the main network was 48 years previously.
Services
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All services at Twickenham are operated by
South Western Railway
.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
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Additional services, including trains to and from
Shepperton
,
Camberley
,
Aldershot
and London Waterloo via
Hounslow
call at the station during the peak hours.
Connections
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London Buses
routes
267
,
281
and
H22
, and school route
681
serve the station.
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Future
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The
RFU
had petitioned the government to improve the station to be ready to handle the increased use during the
2015 Rugby World Cup
. Network Rail invested in plans in partnership with Kier Property
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and new rolling stock was ordered. The partnership's boldest plans were countered by a residents action group. The Supreme Court refused leave to appeal from a series of pro-plan rulings in Summer 2013.
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The process led to reduced density and aesthetically enhanced plans and construction started in 2017.
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Enlargement of the complex to be mounted on a broad "podium", an outside street-level plaza, about 115 apartments, new retail units and a permanently open at-grade northern access point are being built in a programme of works forecast to end in 2020.
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The works include two northern entrances with direct access and footbridge access respectively to platforms 2 and 3 (platform 1 as currently labelled is a siding); and a riverside walk beside the
Crane
, a large stream or small river linked to its associated Moor Mead park in Twickenham.
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