Richmond station (London)

Richmond is a railway station in South West London, which is approached by both the District Line of the London Underground and London Overground and South West Trains trains. The railway station in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames forms the southwestern terminus of the District line and the western terminus of the North London Line. The operation is responsible for South West Trains.

Plant

Situated in the Travelcard Zone 4 station was used in 2011 by 7.47 million subway passengers, added 1.172 million passengers by rail. It has four tracks with head platforms for the years ending here lines and two continuous tracks for the trains from South West Trains. Between the two parts of the train station is still a head track, but which belongs to the southern station of the South West Trains. Although the North London Line and the District Line to Gunnersbury share the tracks, use both lines different Endbahnsteige.

History

Was opened the station on July 27, 1846 by the Richmond and West End Railway ( R & WHO ) as the terminus of the leading Clapham Junction route. The Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway (WS & SWR ) extended the route to the west. The two companies merged to become London and South Western Railway (L & SWR ).

The L & SWR opened on January 1, 1869 Zweigstrecke, the (now Kensington Olympia) began at the Addison Road. The route went further by Shepherd 's Bush and Hammersmith via a now disused connection curve. There was also a short connecting line to Brentford, by the North London Railway ( NLR) is frequented. From 1 June 1870 to the October 31, 1870 wrong here also trains of the Great Western Railway ( GWR ) from Paddington on the tracks of the Hammersmith & City Railway and Hammersmith to Richmond.

( Predecessor of today's District Line MDR) a short distance between her then- endpoint Hammersmith and the L & SWR tracks east of Ravenscourt Park into operation on 1 June 1877, the Metropolitan District Railway took. This allowed the company to allow trains on the route of the L & SWR to Richmond. The electrification of the Gunnersbury - Richmond took place on August 1, 1905 As of June 3rd, 1916 MDR- trains only operated on the route after the NLR, GWR, the Metropolitan Railway and the last L & SWR had withdrawn. .