Earlsfield railway station
Earlsfield 
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 Earlsfield
Location of Earlsfield in Greater London
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| Location | Earlsfield |
| Local authority | London Borough of Wandsworth |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Station code | EAD |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 3 (facing 4 tracks) |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 5.574 million |
| 2012–13 |
5.696 million |
| 2013–14 |
6.233 million |
| 2014–15 |
6.553 million |
| 2015–16 |
7.170 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1884 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°26′33″N 0°11′16″W / 51.4424°N 0.1877°WCoordinates: 51°26′33″N 0°11′16″W / 51.4424°N 0.1877°W |
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Earlsfield railway station (Earlsfield) is in the London Borough of Wandsworth in south London. The station, which is in Travelcard Zone 3, is operated by South West Trains, as are all the trains serving it. The name 'Earlsfield' originates from the name of the large Victorian residence formerly on the present site of the station. When the site was sold by the Davis family to the railway company one of the conditions of sale was that the station would be called 'Earlsfield'.
Opened by the London and South Western Railway it became part of the Southern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Railways.
The typical off-peak service from the station is:
Trains to Clapham Junction/London Waterloo railway station|Waterloo]] depart from platform 2; trains going away from London depart from platform 3. Platform 1 is adjacent to the fast down line out of London, but none of the fast services operated by South West Trains call at Earlsfield, so this platform is only used occasionally when the line served by platform 3 is unavailable. As a result, access to this platform is through sliding gates through safety fencing installed in 2014.
London Buses Routes 44, 77, 270 and Night Route N44 serve the station
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