Fulwell railway station

Fulwell railway station on the Shepperton Branch Line serves Fulwell[n 1] in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is in Travelcard Zone 6. It is 12 miles 75 chains (20.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

Fulwell National Rail
Fulwell is located in Greater London
Fulwell
Fulwell
Location of Fulwell in Greater London
LocationFulwell
Local authorityLondon Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Station code(s)FLW
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms2
Fare zone6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 0.416 million[1]
2019–20Decrease 0.386 million[1]
2020–21Decrease 72,458[1]
2021–22Increase 0.224 million[1]
2022–23Increase 0.322 million[1]
Key dates
1 November 1864Opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°26′00″N 0°21′03″W / 51.4334°N 0.3508°W / 51.4334; -0.3508
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The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.

History

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The Shepperton Branch or Thames Valley Line, opened on 1 November 1864, accessed from the Strawberry Hill direction only. The original scheme intended that it would extend to a terminus on the Middlesex bank of the River Thames just east of Chertsey Bridge but this plan was abandoned in 1862.[2]

The curve from Fulwell to Teddington opened to freight on 1 July 1894 and first carried passengers on 1 June 1901. The branch line was electrified on 30 January 1916 (at the same time as the Kingston Loop). Since a change under British Rail the large majority of Shepperton branch services have been routed via Kingston upon Thames, retaining additional peak hour services via Twickenham.

The station was expected to be a calling point of Crossrail 2. That project was shelved in 2020, but the route remains safeguarded for any future revival.

Services

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All services at Fulwell are operated by South Western Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

During the peak hours, the station is served by four morning services to London Waterloo that run via Richmond instead of Wimbledon as well as two evening services from London Waterloo via the same route.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Teddington   South Western Railway
  Hampton
Strawberry Hill   South Western Railway
 


Connections

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London Buses routes 33, 267, 281, 481, R70, school route 681 and night routes N22 and N33 serve the station.[4]

Notes and references

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Notes
  1. ^ The neighbourhood of Twickenham between Hampton Hill and Twickenham Green
References
  1. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. ^ London's Local Railways by Alan A. Jackson, Capital Transport (1999); ISBN 1-85414-209-7
  3. ^ Table 152 National Rail timetable, December 2023
  4. ^ "Buses from Fulwell" (PDF). TfL. June 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

Further reading

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  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1990). London Suburban Railways: Kingston and Hounslow Loops. Middleton Press.
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