Barnes railway station


Barnes railway station is a Grade II listed station in the Richmond upon Thames, in southwest London, and is in London fare zone 3. It is down the line from. 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, Somewhere in Camp, Somewhere on Leave and Terror.

History

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.

Platforms

The station has four platforms.
Platforms 1 & 2 are swapped on Sundays. On the London side of the station, there are four tracks; one pair turns off along the Loop Line here.
There are 2 ticket machines by Platform 1. The platforms are accessible by a public footbridge, which connect to the bus stops, Station Road and a path to Roehampton. There are station facilities on the central island, however, these are not often open.

Services

All services at Barnes are operated by South Western Railway.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
  • 4 tph to London Waterloo
  • 2 tph to via, returning to London Waterloo via and
  • 2 tph to via
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Connections

London Buses routes 33, 72, 265 and 969 serve the station.