Belmont railway station (Sutton)

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 16 miles 1 chain (16.01 miles, 25.77 km) down the line from London Bridge measured via West Croydon.[3] 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.[4][5][6]

Belmont National Rail
Belmont is located in Greater London
Belmont
Belmont
Location of Belmont in Greater London
LocationBelmont
Local authorityLondon Borough of Sutton
Managed bySouthern
Station codeBLM
DfT categoryF1
Number of platforms1
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2017–18Decrease 0.128 million[2]
2018–19Increase 0.157 million[2]
2019–20Increase 0.180 million[2]
2020–21Decrease 57,358[2]
2021–22Increase 0.108 million[2]
Key dates
22 May 1865Opened as California
1 October 1875Renamed Belmont
Other information
External links
WGS8451.344°N 0.1986°W / 51.344; -0.1986
 London transport portal
The station in 1961

History

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 22 May 1865,[7] 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. The Up platform still exists however. The station itself has a ticket machine, cycle storage huts and a shelter for passengers to wait in during rain.

The station was originally named 'California', and was changed to 'Belmont' on 1 October 1875.[7]

The remains of the former Up platform, on the far side of the single track

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. If all goes to plan, construction will start in April 2024 and finish in March 2026.[8][9][5][10]

Services

All services at Belmont are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[11]

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.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southern

Connections

London Buses routes 80, 280, S1, S3, S4 and non-TfL routes 420 and 820 serve the station.[12]

References
  1. "Network Map". Southern. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 22. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
  4. "LBC".
  5. "Trains from Sutton to the London Cancer Hub to double in frequency". 19 January 2023.
  6. "Levelling up Funding will double train services to Belmont in Surrey". 19 January 2023.
  7. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 51, 32. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  8. "Ian Visits". 26 June 2023.
  9. "LBC".
  10. "Levelling up Funding will double train services to Belmont in Surrey". 19 January 2023.
  11. Table 172 National Rail timetable, May 2022
  12. "Buses from Belmont" (PDF). TfL. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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