Hampton Wick railway station

Hampton Wick
Hampton Wick Location of Hampton Wick in Greater London
Location	Hampton Wick
Local authority	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Managed by	South West Trains
Station code	HMW
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12	0.844 million
2012–13	0.904 million
2013–14	0.927 million
2014–15	0.959 million
2015–16	1.032 million
Key dates
1 July 1863	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°24′51″N 0°18′39″W / 51.4141°N 0.3107°W / 51.4141; -0.3107Coordinates: 51°24′51″N 0°18′39″W / 51.4141°N 0.3107°W / 51.4141; -0.3107

Hampton Wick railway station is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in South West London, and is in Travelcard Zone 6. The suburb of Hampton Wick is on the opposite bank of the River Thames from Kingston upon Thames and lies at the eastern end of Hampton Court Park. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains.

The original station was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 1 July 1863: it was reconstructed in 1969. Platforms are above the street level ticket office. The ticket office is only open at peak times but tickets can be bought at other times from a ticket machine. The station is usually unstaffed. The journey time to London Waterloo is 30 minutes (via Wimbledon) or slightly longer via Richmond.

On 18 June 1930 a baby boy was found in the First Class carriage of a train travelling from Waterloo by Mr Paul Broome, the railway guard. The baby was found with a note which indicated whoever left him contemplated suicide. The baby was taken to Kingston Hospital. CID investigated the issue but whoever left the baby was never found.

The typical off-peak service from the station in train per hours is:

The station features in the music video for Jamie T's single "Sticks 'N' Stones".

London Buses routes London Buses route 281, 285 and 641 serve the station.