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Strawberry Hill railway station

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Strawberry Hill is located in Greater London
Strawberry Hill
Strawberry Hill
Location of Strawberry Hill in Greater London
Location Strawberry Hill
Local authority London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Managed by South West Trains
Station code STW
DfT category C2
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12 Increase 1.028 million
2012–13 Increase 1.046 million
2013–14 Increase 1.099 million
2014–15 Increase 1.135 million
2015–16 Decrease 0.943 million
Key dates
1 December 1873 Opened
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WGS84 51°26′20″N 0°20′20″W / 51.4389°N 0.3388°W / 51.4389; -0.3388Coordinates: 51°26′20″N 0°20′20″W / 51.4389°N 0.3388°W / 51.4389; -0.3388
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Strawberry Hill railway station is in Strawberry Hill in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South West Trains. The station is equipped with Oyster card swipe terminals.

The line through Strawberry Hill (the Kingston Loop) opened in 1863, but Strawberry Hill station did not open until 1 December 1873. The current booking office building on the up, or western, side and the platform canopies date from the 1935 modernisation. Lifting barriers replaced the level crossing swing gates in 1973, the signal box was demolished in 1975.

Strawberry Hill train maintenance depot, built in 1897, is inside the triangular junction of the Shepperton Branch Line with the Kingston Loop Line.

The off-peak weekday service in trains per hour at the station is:

Monday to Friday, four additional early morning rush-hour trains to Waterloo are routed from Shepperton. Three additional evening rush-hour trains from Waterloo continue from here down the Shepperton Branch Line. On Sundays there is an hourly service each way round the loop, plus one per hour each way that runs between Kingston & Waterloo via Hounslow.


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