Berrylands railway station
Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox London station Berrylands railway station is a National Rail station in the borough of Kingston upon Thames, London. It is Template:Convert south-west of Template:Stn and is situated between Template:Rws and Template:Rws.
Location
Berrylands, operated by South Western Railway, is on the South West Main Line. Normally only Hampton Court Branch trains serve it, but occasionally other trains running on the slow line can call here, including some early morning and late night trains to Woking. The station is in London fare zone 5.
The station is on the elevated section of the main line, where it crosses both Norbiton Common and the Hogsmill River, a tributary of the River Thames.
Construction
It was opened on 16 October 1933 to serve large housing developments, which gave the station its name. 90% of the cost of the station was financed by the local developers to enhance the attractiveness of the new estate to commuters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A modern ground level station (1969) is connected by stairs to the platforms, which are on the outer tracks of the four-track main line. Berrylands is one of the few stations around the London area still constructed with wooden platforms.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Network Rail plans to close the station from Saturday 9 May 2026 until Sunday 23 August 2026 to replace the original wooden platforms and upgrade the rest of the station.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Services
All services at Berrylands are operated by South Western Railway.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref>Template:NRtimes</ref>
- 2 tph to Template:Stn via Template:Stn
- 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.
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History
From the start of services at the station until June 1967, there was one fast rush hour service to Waterloo at 8:07 a.m. This train was the 7:30 a.m from Guildford via Cobham. It called at Surbiton at 8:04 then New Malden at 8:10. At Raynes Park it switched to the fast line and called at Wimbledon at 8:14, then nonstop to Waterloo arriving at 8:25 at platform 13. The headcode was 42 and it was composed of 4SUB or EPB stock.
Places of Interest
Berrylands is home to Hogsmill River Park<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Raeburn Open Space (known locally as the Berrylands Nature Reserve).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Connections
London Buses route K2 and school route 665 serve the station.
References
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