Vauxhall station is a National Rail

National Rail

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, London Underground

London Underground

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 and London Buses

London Buses

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 interchange station in central London

Central London

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. It is at the Vauxhall Cross road junction opposite the southern approach to Vauxhall Bridge

Vauxhall Bridge

Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a south–east north–west direction between Vauxhall on the south bank and Pimlico on the north bank...

 over the River Thames

River Thames

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 in the London district of Vauxhall

Vauxhall

-Demography:Many Vauxhall residents live in social housing. There are several gentrified areas, and areas of terraced townhouses on streets such as Fentiman Road and Heyford Avenue have higher property values in the private market, however by far the most common type of housing stock within...

. The station is on the boundary of zones 1 and 2 of the London Travelcard

Travelcard

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 area and, although a through station, it is a central London railway terminus for ticketing purposes.

The National Rail station was opened by the London and South Western Railway

London and South Western Railway

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 (LSWR) as "Vauxhall Bridge Station" on 11 July 1848 when the main line was extended from to Waterloo, then "Waterloo Bridge Station". It is on a viaduct with eight platforms. Few trains call at the inner platforms whose tracks are used by long distance and "fast" suburban trains. There is a frequent service of trains to London Waterloo and to the suburbs of south-west London.

The deep tube London Underground station is on the Victoria line

Victoria Line

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 and opened on 23 July 1971.

The bus station, at ground level across the road from the rail station, has a photovoltaic roof supplying much of its electricity. It is the second busiest London bus station, after that at Victoria.

National Rail

Vauxhall rail station is served by South West Trains

South West Trains

South West Trains is a British train operating company providing, under franchise, passenger rail services, mostly out of Waterloo station, to the southwest of London in the suburbs and in the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire, and Wiltshire and on the Isle of Wight...

 to and from London Waterloo. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 26 to London Waterloo

2 to 2 to 2 to Guildford

Guildford (Surrey) railway station

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 via Cobham

Cobham & Stoke D'Abernon railway station

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2 to Guildford via 2 to 2 on the Hounslow Loop Line

Hounslow Loop Line

The Hounslow Loop Line is a railway line in southwest London which was opened by the London and South Western Railway in 1850. It leaves the Waterloo to Reading Line at Barnes Junction and after some seven and a half miles rejoins it at a triangular junction between and...

 via and Richmond

Richmond station (London)

Richmond station is a National Rail and London Underground station in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London which is managed by South West Trains....

, returning to Waterloo2 on the Hounslow Loop via Richmond and Hounslow, returning to Waterloo2 on the Kingston Loop Line

Kingston Loop Line

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 via Kingston and Richmond, returning to Waterloo2 on the Kingston Loop via Richmond and Kingston, returning to Waterloo2 to 2 to via Hounslow2 to 2 to

Underground

Vauxhall underground station is between Pimlico

Pimlico tube station

Pimlico is a London Underground station in Pimlico, City of Westminster. It is on the Victoria line between Victoria and Vauxhall in Zone 1. The station opened on 14 September 1972 more than a year after the rest of the line had become fully operational....

 and Stockwell

Stockwell tube station

Stockwell tube station is a London Underground station in Stockwell, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is located on the Northern Line between Oval and Clapham North, and on the Victoria Line between Brixton and Vauxhall. It is the southernmost station on the London Undergound that serves more...

 with a peak time service interval of about two minutes..

Buses

The station is served by London Buses routes 2, 36 (24 hour service), 77, 87, 88 (24 hour service), 156, 185, 196, 344 (24 hour service), 360, 436 and Night Bus routes N2, N87, N136 .

Accidents

• On 29 August 1912, a light engine collided with a rake of nine carriages. One passenger was killed and 43 were injured.

External links

• Plan of the mainline station