Vauxhall station

Vauxhall

Entrance adjacent to bus station
Location	Vauxhall
Local authority	Lambeth
Managed by	South West Trains
Station code	VXH
Platforms in use	10
Fare zone	1 and 2
NR 2004/5 usage	7.952 million[1]
NR 2005/6 usage	7.687 million[1]
NR 2006/7 usage	10.469 million[1]
NR 2007/8 usage	15.015 million[1]
LUL 2005 usage	16.74 million[2]
LUL 2007 usage	18.822 million[2]
11 July 1848	Opened
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
External links	Departures • Facilities
London Transport Portal
UK Railways Portal

Vauxhall railway station platforms from the western end.

A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Vauxhall station

Vauxhall station is a National Rail, London Underground and London Buses interchange station. It is at the Vauxhall Cross road junction opposite the southern approach to Vauxhall Bridge over the River Thames in the London district of Vauxhall. The station is on the boundary of zones 1 and 2 of the London Travelcard area.

The National Rail station was opened by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) as "Vauxhall Bridge Station" on 11 July 1848 when the main line was extended from Nine Elms to Waterloo, then "Waterloo Bridge Station". It is on a viaduct and now has eight platforms. Few trains use the inner platforms as their tracks are used by suburban and longer distance trains which pass through without stopping. There is a frequent service of trains to London Waterloo and to the suburbs of south-west London.

The bus station is above ground across the road from the rail station with a photovoltaic roof supplying its electricity requirement. It is the second busiest London bus station after that at London Victoria. The deep tube London Underground station opened on 23 July 1971.

Services

Vauxhall underground is served by the Victoria Line and is between Pimlico and Stockwell.

Vauxhall rail station is served by South West Trains services to and from London Waterloo. The typical off-peak service is:

• 29tph to London Waterloo
• 4tph to Chessington
• 4tph to Dorking
• 1every two hours to Guildford via Cobham
• 8tph to Guildford via Epsom
• 2tph to Hampton Court
• 2tph round the Hounslow loop via Hounslow and Richmond, returning to Waterloo
• 2tph round the Hounslow loop via Richmond and Hounslow, returning to Waterloo
• 2tph round the Kingston loop via Kingston and Richmond, returning to Waterloo
• 2tph round the Kingston loop via Richmond and Kingston, returning to Waterloo
• 2tph to Shepperton
• 2tph to Windsor & Eton Riverside
• 2tph to Woking

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Stockwell towards Brixton		Victoria line		Pimlico towards Walthamstow Central
National Rail
London Waterloo		South West Trains South Western Main Line		Clapham Junction or Queenstown Road (Battersea)

London Buses routes 2, 36 (24 hour service), 77, 87, 88 (24 hour service), 156, 185, 196, 344 (24 hour service), 360, 436 and Night Bus routes N2, N87, N136 serve the station.

Trivia

Vauxhall is the only London tube station which does not contain any letters of the word "omnipresent".

Vauxhall is a "London Terminal" station for ticketing purposes, in spite of having no terminating services, having inherited the status when it replaced Nine Elms.

Layout

London Underground

Victoria line

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Vauxhall railway station

• Train times and station information for Vauxhall station from National Rail
• Plan of the mainline station

Coordinates: 51°29′07″N 0°07′22″W / 51.485404°N 0.122903°W / 51.485404; -0.122903

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