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Barnes railway station
Barnes railway station is a Grade II listed station in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in southwest London, and is in London fare zone 3. It is 7 miles 7 chains (11.4 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.
It is the nearest station for Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Club, Rosslyn Park F.C. grounds, and the University of Roehampton.
The station is briefly seen at the end of 'Miracle in Crooked Lane', episode five of the third series of Jonathan Creek as well as the following for films: Scream and Scream Again (1970), Somewhere in Camp (1942), Somewhere on Leave (1943) and Terror (1978).
The station at Barnes was opened on 27 July 1846, when the line to Richmond was built. When the first section of the Hounslow Loop Line was opened on 22 August 1849, Barnes became a junction station.
Grade II listed, it was designed by the architect John Thomas Emmett in 1846 and is the only survivor of four brick-built Tudor Gothic-style stations on the Richmond branch, the others being Putney, Mortlake, and Richmond. The ticket office, adjacent to Platform 1, is now privately owned.
The Barnes rail crash, in which 13 people were killed and 41 injured, occurred near this station on 2 December 1955.
In 2023, work began to install an accessible footbridge with lifts to enable step-free access to all platforms. and was completed in February 2025.
The station has four platforms.
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Barnes railway station
Barnes railway station is a Grade II listed station in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in southwest London, and is in London fare zone 3. It is 7 miles 7 chains (11.4 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.
It is the nearest station for Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Club, Rosslyn Park F.C. grounds, and the University of Roehampton.
The station is briefly seen at the end of 'Miracle in Crooked Lane', episode five of the third series of Jonathan Creek as well as the following for films: Scream and Scream Again (1970), Somewhere in Camp (1942), Somewhere on Leave (1943) and Terror (1978).
The station at Barnes was opened on 27 July 1846, when the line to Richmond was built. When the first section of the Hounslow Loop Line was opened on 22 August 1849, Barnes became a junction station.
Grade II listed, it was designed by the architect John Thomas Emmett in 1846 and is the only survivor of four brick-built Tudor Gothic-style stations on the Richmond branch, the others being Putney, Mortlake, and Richmond. The ticket office, adjacent to Platform 1, is now privately owned.
The Barnes rail crash, in which 13 people were killed and 41 injured, occurred near this station on 2 December 1955.
In 2023, work began to install an accessible footbridge with lifts to enable step-free access to all platforms. and was completed in February 2025.
The station has four platforms.
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