Belmont railway station (Sutton)

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. 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.

Belmont
Belmont
Location of Belmont in Greater London
LocationBelmont
Local authorityLondon Borough of Sutton
Managed bySouthern
Station codeBLM
DfT categoryF1
Number of platforms1
AccessibleYes
Fare zone5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19 0.157 million
2019–20 0.180 million
2020–21 57,358
2021–22 0.108 million
2022–23 0.145 million
Key dates
22 May 1865Opened as California
1 October 1875Renamed Belmont
Other information
External links
WGS8451.344°N 0.1986°W / 51.344; -0.1986
 London transport portal
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