Kempton Park railway station in

Sunbury-on-Thames Sunbury-on-Thames (or commonly Sunbury) is a suburban town on the north bank of the River Thames in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, centred southwest of central London. Historically part of the county of Middlesex, in 1965 Sunbury and other ...

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is on the Shepperton branch line, down the line from . The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. Access is from the front car park of

Kempton Park Racecourse Kempton Park Racecourse is a horse racing track together with a licensed entertainment and conference venue in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England, 16 miles south-west of Charing Cross, London and on a border of Greater London. The site has of ...

. Kempton Park is only around from Sunbury station, the shortest distance between two stations on the line. Until June 2006 it opened only for event days at

; since then, following the increase in racing days and after consultation with the

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, it has had stopping services every day.

Services

The week-day off-peak service is two trains an hour to

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via Kingston and two trains an hour to ; the first up train to stop at Kempton Park is at 09:17, a few hours after the first up train runs through the station. The first service on Saturday and on Sunday is at 06:17 and 07:18 respectively. The Sunday service is one train an hour each way (and occasionally two). None of the branch peak-hour services via

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stops at Kempton Park.

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{{Transport in Surrey Railway stations in Surrey Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1878 Railway stations served by South Western Railway Kempton Park Racecourse Sunbury-on-Thames