Belmont | |
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Location | Belmont |
Local authority | London Borough of Sutton |
Managed by | Southern |
Station code(s) | BLM |
DfT category | F1 |
Number of platforms | 1 |
Accessible | Yes[1] |
Fare zone | 5 |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2018–19 | 0.157 million[2] |
2019–20 | 0.180 million[2] |
2020–21 | 57,358[2] |
2021–22 | 0.108 million[2] |
2022–23 | 0.145 million[2] |
Key dates | |
22 May 1865 | Opened as California |
1 October 1875 | Renamed Belmont |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51°20′38″N 0°11′55″W / 51.344°N 0.1986°W |
London transport portal |
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]