Belmont railway station (Sutton)

{{Infobox London station

| name = Belmont

| symbol = rail

| image_name = Belmont station entrance.JPG

| manager = Southern

| fare_zone = 5

| locale = Belmont

| borough = London Borough of Sutton

| events1 = Opened as California

| years1 = 22 May 1865

| events2 = Renamed Belmont

| years2 = 1 October 1875

| platforms = 1

| railexits1920 = {{increase}} 0.180

| raillowexits2021 = {{decrease}} 57,358

| railexits2122 = {{increase}} 0.108

| railexits2223 = {{increase}} 0.145

| railexits2324 = {{increase}} 0.178

| railcode = BLM

| access = yes

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| coordinates = {{coord|51.344|-0.1986|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| dft_category = F1

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File:Belmont (Surrey) Station 1787297.jpg

Belmont railway station serves the village of Belmont in the London Borough of Sutton in south London. The station is located on the Epsom Downs line and is in Travelcard Zone 5. It is {{miles-chains|16|mi|1|chain|km}} down the line from {{stn|London Bridge}} measured via West Croydon.{{cite book |last=Yonge |first=John |editor-last=Jacobs |editor-first=Gerald |title=Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL |edition=3rd |date=November 2008 |orig-year=1994 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Bradford on Avon |isbn=978-0-9549866-4-3 |at=map 22 }}

It is the closest station to the Royal Marsden Hospital, which is just under half a mile away. On 19 January 2023, Sutton Council were granted £14,121,979 from the government to add a turnback siding to the south of the station to increase capacity to let services run at 4 tph instead of the current 2 tph service pattern.{{cite web |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/gove-denies-levelling-up-cash-for-richmond-in-yorkshire-rishi-sunak-constituency/ | title=Gove denies £19m levelling up cash for Richmond in Yorkshire is headed there 'because the MP is Rishi Sunak' |work=lbc.co.uk |date=19 January 2023}}{{cite web | url=https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/trains-from-sutton-to-the-london-cancer-hub-to-double-in-frequency-60064/ | title=Trains from Sutton to the London Cancer Hub to double in frequency | date=19 January 2023 }}

History

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 22 May 1865,{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |pages=51, 32 }} as part of the Epsom Downs branch line. The branch was originally laid as double track because of the race traffic, and was electrified on 17 June 1928. A modern CLASP (pre-fabricated concrete) building was erected in the 1970s (this has since been demolished and cleared away). The branch was singled in 1982 and all trains use the former down platform.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} The station itself has a ticket machine, cycle storage huts and a passenger waiting shelter.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

The station was originally named 'California', and was changed to 'Belmont' on 1 October 1875.

File:Belmont Station 02.JPG

Future

On 19 January 2023, Sutton Council were granted £14,121,979 from the government to add a turnback siding to the south of the station to increase capacity to let services run at 4tph instead of the current 2 tph service pattern. Construction is expected to finish in 2026.{{Cite web |title=Ian Visits |date=26 June 2023 |url=https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/sutton-council-approves-funding-for-railway-upgrade-doubling-trains-between-sutton-and-belmont-by-2026-63682/ }}{{cite web | url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/01/levelling-up-funding-will-double-train-services-to-belmont-in-surrey.html | title=Levelling up Funding will double train services to Belmont in Surrey |website=railadvent.co.uk | date=19 January 2023 }}

Services

All services at Belmont are operated by Southern using {{brc|377}} EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:{{NRtimes|May 2022|172}}

2 tph to {{stn|London Victoria}} via {{stnlnk|Norbury}}
2 tph to {{stnlnk|Epsom Downs}}

Prior to May 2018, the station was served by an hourly service on weekdays and Saturdays only, with no Sunday service. In May 2018, a half-hourly service was introduced on all days of the week.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

{{s-rail-national|previous=Sutton|county1=London|next=Banstead|toc=Southern|route={{smalldiv|Epsom Downs Branch}}}}

Connections

London Buses routes 80, 280, S1, S3, S4 and non-TfL routes 420 and 820 serve the station.{{Cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/belmont-a4-140522.pdf|title=Buses from Belmont|date=14 May 2022|website=TfL|access-date=14 May 2022}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20050308014601/http://www.southernrailway.com/route_info/maps/mole_valley.shtml Map of Mole Valley lines]
[http://www.wymann.info/EpsomDowns/index.html The Epsom Downs branch website]

Category:Railway stations in the London Borough of Sutton

Category:Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865

Category:Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway