Fulwell railway station on the Shepperton Branch Line serves Fulwell[n 1] in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is in Travelcard Zone 6. It is 12 miles 75 chains (20.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
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  Fulwell Location of Fulwell in Greater London | |
| Location | Fulwell |
| Local authority | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Station code(s) | FLW |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 6 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2018–19 |  0.416 million[1] |
| 2019–20 |  0.386 million[1] |
| 2020–21 | 72,458[1] |
| 2021–22 | 0.224 million[1] |
| 2022–23 | 0.322 million[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 1 November 1864 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°26′00″N 0°21′03″W / 51.4334°N 0.3508°W |
 London transport portal | |
The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.
History
editThe Shepperton Branch or Thames Valley Line, opened on 1 November 1864, accessed from the Strawberry Hill direction only. The original scheme intended that it would extend to a terminus on the Middlesex bank of the River Thames just east of Chertsey Bridge but this plan was abandoned in 1862.[2]
The curve from Fulwell to Teddington opened to freight on 1 July 1894 and first carried passengers on 1 June 1901. The branch line was electrified on 30 January 1916 (at the same time as the Kingston Loop). Since a change under British Rail the large majority of Shepperton branch services have been routed via Kingston upon Thames, retaining additional peak hour services via Twickenham.
The station was expected to be a calling point of Crossrail 2. That project was shelved in 2020, but the route remains safeguarded for any future revival.
Services
editAll services at Fulwell are operated by South Western Railway.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
- 2 tph to London Waterloo via Wimbledon
- 2 tph to Shepperton
During the peak hours, the station is served by four morning services to London Waterloo that run via Richmond instead of Wimbledon as well as two evening services from London Waterloo via the same route.
On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Teddington | South Western Railway |
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| Strawberry Hill | South Western Railway
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Connections
editLondon Buses routes 33, 267, 281, 481, R70, school route 681 and night routes N22 and N33 serve the station.[4]
Notes and references
edit- Notes
- ^ The neighbourhood of Twickenham between Hampton Hill and Twickenham Green
- References
- ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ London's Local Railways by Alan A. Jackson, Capital Transport (1999); ISBN 1-85414-209-7
- ^ Table 152 National Rail timetable, December 2023
- ^ "Buses from Fulwell" (PDF). TfL. June 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
Further reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1990). London Suburban Railways: Kingston and Hounslow Loops. Middleton Press.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Fulwell railway station from National Rail