Tolworth
Tolworth Location of Tolworth in Greater London
Location	Tolworth
Local authority	Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code	TOL
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.616 million[1]
2019–20	0.551 million[1]
2020–21	0.156 million[1]
2021–22	0.385 million[1]
2022–23	0.496 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	Southern Railway
Key dates
29 May 1938	Opened (Terminus)
28 May 1939	Through station
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°22′36″N 0°16′46″W / 51.3768°N 0.2794°W / 51.3768; -0.2794
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Tolworth railway station, in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south London, is a station on the Chessington Branch Line, 12 miles 6 chains (19.4 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station is part of the London suburban network of South Western Railway and is in Travelcard Zone 5.

The station, like all others on the branch, is built in the art deco style of the 1930s using concrete arcs for canopies; it was opened, as the original terminus of the branch, on 29 May 1938.^[2] Station buildings are below at street level on the Kingston Road. The original goods depot is now partly a freight depot operated by DB Cargo UK. The remaining area of the site is operated by London United as a bus depot.^{[3][citation needed]}

Services

South Western Railway operate all the services on the Chessington Branch Line and all trains that stop at Tolworth station. In the inbound direction, trains service the station every thirty minutes during both peak and off-peak hours. Local trains run at all times to London Waterloo, calling at all stations for exception of Queenstown Road.^[4] These trains take 33 minutes to arrive at London Waterloo.

In the outbound direction all services call locally, taking four minutes to arrive at Chessington South.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Malden Manor		South Western Railway Chessington Branch Line		Chessington North
Future development
Preceding station	Crossrail			Following station
Chessington North towards Chessington South		Crossrail 2		Malden Manor towards New Southgate or Broxbourne

Connections

London Buses routes 406, 418, and K2 serve the station directly. Routes 281 and K1 are accessible with a short walk, though given they both service the busy main line Surbiton railway station, interchange is less popular by virtue of the greater frequency of service from Surbiton to London Waterloo.^[5]