Mortlake | |
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  Mortlake Location of Mortlake in Greater London | |
| Location | Mortlake |
| Local authority | Richmond upon Thames |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Station code | MTL |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2019–20 |  1.872 million[1] |
| 2020–21 |  0.439 million[1] |
| 2021–22 | 1.021 million[1] |
| 2022–23 | 1.253 million[1] |
| 2023–24 | 1.470 million[1] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Richmond and West End Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 27 July 1846 (1846-07-27) | Opened asMortlake |
| 1 April 1886 | RenamedMortlake & East Sheen |
| 30 January 1916 | RenamedMortlake |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°28′06″N0°16′02″W / 51.4682°N 0.2672°W /51.4682; -0.2672 |
 London transport portal | |
Mortlake railway station is in theLondon Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in southLondon, and is inLondon fare zone 3. It is 8 miles 21 chains (13.3 km) down the line fromLondon Waterloo.
The station and all trains serving it are operated bySouth Western Railway. Postal district and boundary changes over many years mean that Mortlake now serves the area known asEast Sheen as well as the area ofMortlake, both of which share theSW14 postcode. Mortlake is the closest station to the finish of the Oxford-CambridgeUniversity Boat Race.
The station was opened on 27 July 1846, when theLondon and South Western Railway officially opened the line toRichmond for public service. Along with Richmond, it was not finished in time for a directors' special on 22 July 1846 and was still incomplete when the line opened due to delays in obtaining land.[2]
The original station was said to be similar to neighbouringBarnes Station in its Tudor Gothic-style, but much smaller. The office at Mortlake was described as being very small, with a very small entrance room and a small inner room for the ladies' waiting-room.[2] None of the original station survives.
It was renamedMortlake & East Sheen in 1886, before it was renamed back toMortlake in 1916.
Queen Victoria's Waiting Room The building next to Mortlake railway station – now occupied by a classic car showroom – houses Queen Victoria's old waiting room, built for her and Prince Albert as they frequented White Lodge in Richmond Park, where their family and later their son, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII ) lived.
The station has two platforms:
There is a ticket office on Platform 2 and a footbridge between the two platforms.
There is alevel crossing acrossSheen Lane just beyond the east end of the station. More than 3800 vehicles and nearly 2400 pedestrians use the crossing daily and 349 trains pass over the crossing each weekday. It is considered to be the fourth most risky CCTV-crossing onNetwork Rail's Wessex Route.[3]
All services at Mortlake are operated bySouth Western Railway.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]
Additional services, including trains to and from London Waterloo viaHounslow call at the station during the peak hours.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Barnes | South Western Railway | North Sheen | ||
London Buses routes419 and533, mobility route969, and night routeN22 serve the station.[5]
