Malden Manor railway station, in the
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
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in
south London
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is one of the stations on the
Chessington Branch Line, part of the London suburban network of
South Western Railway, and is in
Travelcard Zone 4
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. It is down the line from .
Like all others on the branch, the station is built in the concrete style of the 1930s (see external link); it was designed by
James Robb Scott
James Robb Scott (11 February 1882 – 1965) was a Scottish architect who became the Chief Architect of the Southern Railway.
He was born on 11 February 1882 in the Gorbals, Glasgow, the son of Andrew Robb Scott (architect) and Mary Fletcher. H ...
and opened on 29 May 1938. South-west of the station is a three-span, 140 ft (42m)
viaduct
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over the
Hogsmill
The Hogsmill River in Surrey and Greater London, England is a small chalk stream tributary of the River Thames. It rises in Ewell and flows into the Thames at Kingston upon Thames on the lowest non-tidal reach, that above Teddington Lock.
...
River, a
tributary
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of the
River Thames
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.
Both platforms were extended to take ten-coach trains on 8 May 2014.
Services
South Western Railway operate half-hourly services between
London Waterloo
Waterloo station (), also known as London Waterloo, is a central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is connected to a London Underground station of ...
and
Chessington South.
Connections
London Buses route S3
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Bus services in London are operated by Abellio London, Arriva Londo ...
and
route K1 both serve this station.
References
{{SWT Stations, Chessington=y, IL None=y, Main line None=y
Railway stations in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1938
Railway stations served by South Western Railway
James Robb Scott buildings