Surbiton railway station
Surbiton 
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Surbiton Station's art deco façade
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 Surbiton
Location of Surbiton in Greater London
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| Location | Surbiton |
| Local authority | Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Station code | SUR |
| DfT category | B |
| Number of platforms | 4 (facing 5 tracks) |
| Fare zone | 6 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 8.620 million |
| 2012–13 |
9.031 million |
| 2013–14 |
9.207 million |
| 2014–15 |
9.604 million |
| 2015–16 |
 9.443 million |
| Key dates | |
| 21 May 1838 | Opened (Kingston) |
| 1845 | Resited 700 metres (0.43 mi) west |
| December 1852 | Renamed (Kingston Junction) |
| 1 July 1863 | Renamed (Surbiton and Kingston) |
| 1 October 1867 | Renamed (Surbiton) |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Surbiton Station |
| Listing grade | II |
| Entry number | 1185071 |
| Added to list | 6 October 1983 |
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| WGS84 | 51°23′33″N 0°18′16″W / 51.3926°N 0.3044°WCoordinates: 51°23′33″N 0°18′16″W / 51.3926°N 0.3044°W |
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Surbiton railway station is a National Rail station in Surbiton, south west London, in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The station is managed and served by South West Trains, and is in Travelcard Zone 6. It is considered to be one of the finest modernist stations in Great Britain and is a Grade II listed building.
The London and Southampton Railway intended its line to go via Kingston but Kingston Corporation objected, fearing a deleterious impact on their coaching trade, and the railway passed about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) south of the town with the first Kingston station opening in 1838 on the east side of King Charles Road. In either 1840 or in 1845 it was resited 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west to Surbiton, then little more than a farm. The Hampton Court Branch was built in 1849, the New Guildford Line which diverges at the same point opened in 1885.
Successive renamings of the station were Kingston Junction in late 1852, Surbiton and Kingston in 1863 when the present Kingston railway station opened on the branch line, and Surbiton in 1867. The station was completely rebuilt in 1937 by the Southern Railway with two island platforms with Southern Railway designed canopies. The buildings were designed by James Robb Scott in an art deco style. In 1984/85 a large mural titled 'Passengers' was painted in the booking hall by artist Graeme Willson. It has since been removed.
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