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Whitton railway station is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in south London, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains. The station is currently undergoing extensive refurbishment (summer 2015) as part of which the station buildings have been demolished and new ones are being built. The footbridge has also been closed and will also be demolished (to be replaced by a new footbridge incorporating lifts to the platforms). There is currently no ticket office but there are ticket machines on the platforms and two Oyster card readers on each of them. A ticket inspector (from whom tickets can be bought) is on the Up (Waterloo direction) platform for most of the day. There are no ticket barriers or gates, and entry and exit from the platforms is gained by temporary stairs from street level at either side of the bridge. South West trains have introduced 10 coach trains in 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=News )〕 The platforms were extended at the eastern ends in February 2012, and from October 2013, London bound trains stop further along the platform. As they are still some 4, 5 or 8 coach trains, the back of the train is no longer in line with the entrance / exit, and none of the train aligns with the canopy. A coffee shop opened during 2007 on the London bound platform 1, but closed in 2009, although another, named Café Elite, opened in 2011. This coffee shop remains closed during refurbishment work. ==History== The line through Whitton was opened by the Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway (WS&SWR) when the WS&SWR extended its line from Richmond to Datchet on 22 August 1848. In July 1850 the WS&SWR was absorbed into the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). On 1 January 1883 the LSWR opened a curve enabling down trains from Twickenham to pass the site of what was to become Whitton station and access the Hounslow Loop. On 1 January 1923 the LSWR amalgamated with other railways to form the Southern Railway. In the late 1920s the Southern was planning to extend its third rail electric train system from London Waterloo to Windsor & Eton (Riverside). As part of that plan new development in what was once rural areas were to receive new stations. So, from 6 July 1930 the Windsor Lines became electrified and a new station was opened called Whitton. As today Whitton is a classic Southern structure with steel canopies and pre-cast concrete platforms. Whitton Station survived the war unscathed and three years after the war ended, on 1 January 1948, the station and line passed into the ownership of British Railways. In the 1980s and 1990s the station became part of Network South East and that changed due to the privatisation of the railways. Ever since the mid-1990s the franchise serving Whitton has been South West Trains. In February 2015 the station started to be rebuilt. This is being done in two phases - the first prior to the 2015 Rugby World Cup and the second after that and completing in 2016. 〔http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/major-refurbishment-whitton-station-begin-8593890〕 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「Whitton railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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