New Malden
New Malden Location of New Malden in Greater London
Location	New Malden
Local authority	Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code	NEM
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4 (2 in use) (facing 4 tracks)
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	3.158 million[1]
– interchange	24,957[1]
2019–20	3.003 million[1]
– interchange	25,409[1]
2020–21	0.770 million[1]
– interchange	8,487[1]
2021–22	2.109 million[1]
– interchange	22,601[1]
2022–23	2.563 million[1]
– interchange	27,938[1]
Key dates
1 December 1846	Opened as Malden
May 1859	Renamed New Malden and Coombe
1 March 1862	Renamed Coombe and Malden
November 1912	Renamed Malden for Coombe
1955	Renamed Malden
16 September 1957	Renamed New Malden
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°24′14″N 0°15′22″W / 51.4039°N 0.256°W / 51.4039; -0.256
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New Malden railway station is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South London. It is 9 miles 62 chains (15.7 km) south-west of London Waterloo.

The station is served by South Western Railway, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is the starting point of the Beverley Brook Walk, a 11.5 km (7.1 mi) long walking route to the Thames at Barn Elms.^[2]

History

The station was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 1 December 1846, originally being named Malden. It has been renamed several times: in May 1859 it became New Malden and Coombe; on 1 March 1862 Coombe and Malden; in November 1912 Malden for Coombe; in 1955 Malden; and finally, on 16 September 1957, it took the present name of New Malden.^[3]

The deaths of members of station staff in an air raid during WWII is commemorated on a plaque on a wall in the ticket office and another is located on the high street opposite Waitrose.

Although still theoretically in use, Platforms 2 and 3 on the "fast" lines have been mothballed, and their gravelly surface, weeds and protruding cable ducting poses a trip hazard and makes them unlikely to be used even if a disruption prevents use of the "slow" lines on Platforms 1 and 4.

There are still platform boards at platforms 2 and 3 on the “fast” lines. One of the platform boards still works to this day, but no announcement plays for fast trains.

New platform signage was installed in 2009, adhering to the new national standard using 'Brunel' typeface in white on a navy background.^[4]

South West Trains installed automatic ticket gates in the main ticket hall in September 2009, including Oyster card readers allowing use of the Oyster "pay as you go" system.^[5]

After local opposition a proposed permanent closure of the southern entrance from Dukes Avenue and Station Avenue, which would have left only the Coombe Road entrance, was amended to opening it only for morning and evening weekday peak hours with ticket inspectors.^[6] In practice the ticket barriers are very often left open and unstaffed, and the southern entrance is generally left open and unstaffed.^{[citation needed]}

Services

All services at New Malden are operated by South Western Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[7]

• 6 tph to London Waterloo via Wimbledon
• 2 tph to Shepperton via Kingston
• 2 tph to Teddington via Kingston, returning to London Waterloo via Richmond
• 2 tph to Hampton Court

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Raynes Park		South Western Railway South West Main Line		Berrylands
		South Western Railway Kingston Loop Line		Norbiton

Connections

London Buses routes 213 and K1 serve the station.^[8]