LONDON’S TRAIN STATIONS

London has stretched itself as a hub of each and every field from arts, education and commerce to entertainment and fashion. City has huge scopes for finance, media, tourism and transport too. All these fields are not only contributing in wealth of city but also in its charismatic image. England’s capital is the world's most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and majority of those who arrived prefer to travel by train because of its connectivity to all over the city and travelling by train is economical too. London consists of 366 heavy rail passenger stations in and around London. Daily millions of passengers are using railway networks in and out of London. Most of the stations in London is built at the time when the rail network is at its peak. With the well-organized network of railway system travelling by rail is probably the fastest public transport system to get around the city. If we talked about the fares then some of the early bird tickets is cheaper than the fuel for car needed to travel in city.

Distribution of Rail Network in London

Wide Net of Trains are set up in London which are distributed under Tube Train system, Suburban Rail System and National and International Railway systems. The London Underground, commonly referred to as the Tube, is the oldest and second longest metro system in the world with total 270 stations all around and inside London. There are 366 railway stations in the London Travel card Zones on an extensive above-ground suburban railway network. 70 percent of total journey ends at London with this fact we can assume importance of London in England National Rail network. If we talk about London’s train stations then some of them are part of world history and are included in Heritage list.

Popular Underground Stations in London

Kings cross Station

Opened in 1963 King's Cross is a London Underground station located within the London Borough of Camden. It serves King's Cross and St Pancras main line stations and falls within fare zone 1. If you are getting to know St Pancras International then starting from this place suits you best. King's Cross is the biggest interchange station on the London Underground, serving six lines on four pairs of tracks as well as two National Rail stations. It is the fastest way of reaching Heart to the London from the northern part of London. Station is famous for the Leslie Green designed red station buildings and distinctive platform tiling. Some of the beautiful attractions near station is London Canal Museum, British Library, Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9 ¾ and many more.

Waterloo Station

Located inside waterloo station complex with approximately 89 million passenger entries and exit per year makes it the busiest underground station of London. Place also incorporate Waterloo mainline railway station. Waterloo Station starts operating in early 1898 is now intersection for Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern and Waterloo & City lines. This connection of station with famous lines of city makes reaching hotels near earls court tube station very easy. Some of the part of station comes under Heritage II grade and is a visitor attraction itself. Some of the other visitor attractions near it is Hayward Galley, Poetry Library, Sea Life aquarium and Shrek Adventures for kids.

Victoria Station

London Victoria station, generally known as Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and London Underground complex named after nearby Victoria Street. Because of Its location in a heart of London it is the second-busiest terminus in London and the UK after Waterloo, and includes an air terminal for passengers travelling by train to Gatwick Airport. Victoria is the main station for connections to the South-East of England. The area around the station is an important interchange for other forms of transport. Opened on 1 October 1860 this station has numerous attraction around it. Buckingham Palace, Queens Gallery, Westminster Cathedral are some of the royal attractions near station.

Popular Over ground Stations of London
Clapham Junction

Situated in south London with 18 platforms (numbered 1-17 plus 0, which is not used) this is one of the busiest stations in all of Great Britain. Each day about 2,000 trains, over half of them stopping, pass through the station, more than through any other station in Europe. All South West Trains services from Waterloo and Southern and Gatwick Express trains from Victoria, pass through the station. Nestled between the leafy, affluent areas of Wands worth and Battersea, Clapham Junction is known for having a buzzing, bustling atmosphere, with plenty of bars and clubs. Battersea Arts Culture, Clapham Picture house, Clapham common are some of the famous attractions near Junction.

Richmond Railway Station

This is a South West Trains station that is also used by Underground trains but mainly known for Railway Network, managed by South West Trains, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London. The Richmond and West End Railway (R&WER) opened the first station at Richmond on 27 July 1846 as the terminus of its line. The platform circulating area includes a food outlet with tables where you can watch trains come and go. The glass skylight affords weather protection in inclement weather. The barriers and electric ticket gates at Richmond station are a fairly new innovation. They split the circulating area in front of the trains into two and mean that passengers changing trains need to effectively leave the fares paid area to access most of the food outlets or use the toilets. Canal walk, Capitol square, Hollywood cemetery are some of the main attractions near station.

Future stations in London

Transport for London is currently planning extensions to the Metropolitan and Northern lines that will add six new stations to the network: four in Watford and two in Wands worth. Twenty-five stations will be added to the Over ground when two east London suburban rail services are incorporated into the Transport for London network.