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Kingswood railway station is in the county of Surrey. It is a late-Victorian station on the Tattenham Corner Line. Train services and the station are operated by Southern. The station has a building on the up side only (platform 1), with just a metal shelter on the down side (platform 2). Part of the building is still used by Southern, with a large waiting area and ticket office on the ground floor, though this is only open during weekday morning peak travel. The upper floors and part of the ground floor are used as offices, the Tudor Business Centre. There is a small forecourt available for car parking on both sides of the station, cyclists are provided with a small shelter. The two platforms are connected by a new steel over bridge (which replaced the existing concrete bridge in early 2014). There is a self-serve ticket machine located on each platform and Oyster smart card readers are installed at the entrance/exits on both sides of the station. == History == Kingswood station originally opened in 1897 as ''Kingswood and Burgh Heath''. It was the original terminus of the single-track Tattenham Corner Line before it was extended to ''Walton-on-the-Hill'' in 1900 (now Tadworth) and Tattenham Corner a year later. It was also the first and only station on the line before ''Chipstead and Banstead Downs'' (now Chipstead) was built in 1899. An open air terrace was once provided on top of the station's platform canopy for afternoon tea. However, this only lasted until 1920 as the steam and soot from the trains beneath rendered it unprofitable. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kingswood railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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