Wandsworth Town
Wandsworth Town Location of Wandsworth Town in Greater London
Location	Wandsworth
Local authority	London Borough of Wandsworth
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code	WNT
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	4.301 million[1]
2019–20	4.003 million[1]
2020–21	0.951 million[1]
2021–22	2.535 million[1]
2022–23	3.339 million[1]
Key dates
27 July 1846	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°27′39″N 0°11′16″W / 51.4609°N 0.1879°W / 51.4609; -0.1879
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Wandsworth Town railway station is in the London Borough of Wandsworth, in south London, in Travelcard Zone 2. It is 4 miles 60 chains (7.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.

History

The station opened as Wandsworth when the Nine Elms to Richmond line came into service on 27 July 1846. It was shifted east to its present location in "around 1860".^[2] It was renamed Wandsworth Town on 7 October 1903.^[3]

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

• 8 tph (trains per hour) to London Waterloo
• 2 tph to Weybridge
• 2 tph via Richmond, Kingston and Wimbledon
• 4 tph via the Hounslow Loop Line (2 tph in each direction) (these come back to the station after the loop and continue to London Waterloo)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Clapham Junction		South Western Railway Hounslow and Kingston Loop Lines Waterloo to Weybridge (via Hounslow) Shepperton Branch Line		Putney

Connections

London Buses routes 28, 44 and night routes N28 and N44 serve the station.^[4]

Improvement work

In August 2010 a major upgrade was approved to build a new ticket office with ticket barriers on York Road.^[5] Work started in January 2011.^[6]