Strawberry Hill railway station

Strawberry Hill
Strawberry Hill Location of Strawberry Hill in Greater London
Location	Strawberry Hill
Local authority	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code(s)	STW
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.898 million
– interchange	181
2019–20	0.829 million
– interchange	78
2020–21	0.164 million
– interchange	23
2021–22	0.454 million
– interchange	55
2022–23	0.551 million
– interchange	368
Key dates
1 December 1873	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51.4389°N 0.3388°W / 51.4389; -0.3388
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Strawberry Hill railway station is in Strawberry Hill in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. It is 12 miles 22 chains (19.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway. The station is equipped with Oyster card swipe terminals.

The line through Strawberry Hill (the Kingston Loop) opened in 1863, but Strawberry Hill station did not open until 1 December 1873. The current booking office building on the up, or western, side and the platform canopies date from the 1935 modernisation. Lifting barriers replaced the level crossing swing gates in 1973, the signal box was demolished in 1975.

Strawberry Hill train maintenance depot, built in 1897, is inside the triangular junction of the Shepperton Branch Line with the Kingston Loop Line.

Services

All services at Strawberry Hill are operated by South Western Railway.

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

• 2 tph to London Waterloo via Richmond
• 2 tph to Teddington, returning to London Waterloo via Kingston and Wimbledon

During the peak hours, the station is served by four morning services from Shepperton to London Waterloo and two evening services from London Waterloo to Shepperton.

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Twickenham		South Western Railway Kingston Loop Line		Teddington
		South Western Railway Shepperton Branch Line Peak Hours Only		Fulwell

References

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

External links

• Twickenham Museum article on Strawberry Hill Station Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine

• Train times and station information for Strawberry Hill railway station from National Rail