New Malden railway station

New Malden
New Malden Location of New Malden in Greater London
Location	New Malden
Local authority	Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Managed by	South West Trains
Station code	NEM
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4 (2 in use) (facing 4 tracks)
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	1.892 million[1]
2005–06	1.841 million[1]
2006–07	3.263 million[1]
2007–08	3.347 million[1]
2008–09	3.113 million[1]
2009–10	3.044 million[1]
2010–11	3.234 million[1]
2011–12	3.325 million[1]
2012–13	3.404 million[1]
2013–14	3.474 million[1]
2014–15	3.524 million[1]
Key dates
December 1846	Opened as Malden
May 1859	Renamed New Malden and Coombe
1 March 1862	Renamed Coombe and Malden
November 1912	Renamed Malden for Coombe
1955	Renamed Malden
16 September 1957	Renamed New Malden
Other information
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External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°24′14″N 0°15′22″W / 51.4039°N 0.256°WCoordinates: 51°24′14″N 0°15′22″W / 51.4039°N 0.256°W
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New Malden railway station is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South London. The station is served by South West Trains, and is in Travelcard Zone 4.

History

A 1912 Railway Clearing House map showing (right) lines around New Malden railway station (shown here as COMBE & MALDEN)

The station was opened by the London and South Western Railway in December 1846, originally being named Malden. It has been renamed several times: in May 1859 it became New Malden and Coombe; on 1 March 1862 Coombe and Malden; in November 1912 Malden for Coombe; in 1955 Malden; and finally, on 16 September 1957, it took the present name of New Malden.^[2]

The deaths of members of station staff in an air raid during WWII is commemorated on a plaque on a wall in the ticket office and another is located on the high street opposite Waitrose.

Platforms 2 and 3 on the "fast" lines - although still by definition in use - have been mothballed, and their gravelly surface together with protruding cable ducting poses a trip hazard and renders them unlikely to be used by passengers even should a disruption prevent use of the "slow" lines at platforms 1 and 4.

New platform signage was installed in 2009, adhering to the new national standard using the 'Brunel' typeface in white on a navy background.^[3]

New Malden was one of the stations selected by South West Trains to have automatic ticket gates which were installed in the main ticket hall in September 2009. The gates with Oyster Card readers allow use of the Oyster "Pay as you go" system.^[4]

A proposed permanent closure of the secondary entrance to Dukes Avenue and Station Avenue, leaving only the entrance to Coombe Road was amended, after local opposition, to officially opening the Dukes Avenue and Station Avenue entrance for morning and evening peak hours with ticket inspectors, but to be closed at all other times including weekends.^[5] In practice the ticket barriers are very often left open and unstaffed and as such the southern entrance is more than often open, outside of the 'closed' times.

Services

The typical off-peak hour service from the station is:

• 6 direct to London Waterloo via Wimbledon
• 2 circuitously to Waterloo via Kingston and Richmond
• 2 to Hampton Court via Surbiton
• 2 to Shepperton via Kingston

Connections

London Buses routes 213 and K1 serve the station.

References

1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 68,153,170. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. Better Rail Stations—And Independent Review Presented to Lord Adonis, Secretary of State for Transport
4. "New ticket gates across the network". South West Trains. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
5. "More furore over New Malden station exit closure". Retrieved 3 May 2014.

External links

• Train times and station information for New Malden railway station from National Rail