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  Barnes Location of Barnes in Greater London | |
| Location | Barnes |
| Local authority | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Station code | BNS |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2019–20 |  2.612 million[1] |
| – interchange |  17,233[1] |
| 2020–21 | 0.835 million[1] |
| – interchange | 3,786[1] |
| 2021–22 | 1.727 million[1] |
| – interchange | 6,165[1] |
| 2022–23 | 1.905 million[1] |
| – interchange | 17,391[1] |
| 2023–24 | 2.124 million[1] |
| – interchange | 22,250[1] |
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| Coordinates | 51°28′02″N0°14′31″W / 51.4671°N 0.242°W /51.4671; -0.242 |
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| Designations | |
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Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Barnes Station |
| Designated | 5 February 1991; 34 years ago (1991-02-05) |
| Reference no. | 1239920 |
Barnes railway station is a Grade II listed station[2] in theLondon Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in southwestLondon, and is inLondon fare zone 3. It is 7 miles 7 chains (11.4 km) down the line fromLondon Waterloo. The station and all trains serving it are operated bySouth Western Railway.
It is the nearest station forQueen Mary's Hospital,Roehampton Club,Rosslyn Park F.C. grounds, and theUniversity of Roehampton.[3]
The station is briefly seen at the end of 'Miracle in Crooked Lane', episode five of the third series ofJonathan Creek as well as the following for films:Scream and Scream Again (1970),Somewhere in Camp (1942),Somewhere on Leave (1943) andTerror (1978).
The station atBarnes was opened on 27 July 1846, when the line toRichmond was built. When the first section of theHounslow Loop Line was opened on 22 August 1849, Barnes became a junction station.
Grade IIlisted,[2] it was designed by the architectJohn Thomas Emmett[4] 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.[2] The ticket office, adjacent to Platform 1, is now privately owned.
TheBarnes 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.[5] and was completed in February 2025.[6]
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.
All services at Barnes are operated bySouth Western Railway.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[7]
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Putney | South Western Railway | Barnes Bridge | ||
| South Western Railway | Mortlake | |||
London Buses routes33,72,265 and 969 serve the station.
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