Whitton railway station is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

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, in south London

London

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, and is in Travelcard Zone 5

Travelcard Zone 5

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. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains

South West Trains

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. The ticket office is staffed 7 days a week during the day time. There are no ticket barriers or gates, but there are two Oyster card readers near the ticket office. Each platform is long enough to accommodate an 8 coach train. Plans have been approved to extend both platforms to take 10 coach trains. A coffee shop opened during 2007 on the London bound platform 1, but closed in 2009.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

• 6tph (trains per hour) to London Waterloo
  Waterloo station
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  , of which:
  • 4 run via Richmond
    Richmond station (London)
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     and Clapham Junction
    • 2 of these are fast (29 mins to Waterloo)
    • 2 call all stations (35mins to Waterloo)
  • 2 run via Hounslow
    Hounslow railway station
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     and Brentford
    Brentford railway station
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     calling all stations, and taking 50mins to Waterloo
• 2tph to Windsor and Eton Riverside
  Windsor and Eton Riverside railway station
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  , calling at Feltham
  Feltham railway station
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  , , Staines
  Staines railway station
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   and all other stations.

The service is normally provided by class 450

British Rail Class 450

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/5 electric trains and class 458

British Rail Class 458

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 trains towards Waterloo in the rush hours, when trains are served at 0 and 30 minutes past the hour stopping at Twickenham, Richmond, Clapham Junction and Vauxhall.

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