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Vauxhall station

 
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For speculation that Vauxhall station was the source of the Russian word for railway station, vokzal (Вокзал) see the article on the wider Vauxhall area.
Vauxhall

Station entrance
Location Vauxhall
Local authority Lambeth
Managed by South West Trains
Station code VXH
Platforms in use 10
Travelcard zone 1 & 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

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Vauxhall railway station platforms from the western end.
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Vauxhall station
The station in Birmingham, England previously known as Vauxhall or Vauxhall and Duddeston is now called Duddeston.

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
towards Brixton
Victoria line
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.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Vauxhall station from Office of Rail Regulation statistics
  2. ^ a b Transport for London - London Underground performance update

External links

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


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