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Kingston Railway Bridge - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 51°24′48.6″N 0°18′30.4″W / 51.413500°N 0.308444°W

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Kingston Railway Bridge
South West Trains service crossing Kingston Railway Bridge
Coordinates	51°24′48.66″N 0°18′30.49″W / 51.4135167°N 0.3084694°W / 51.4135167; -0.3084694
Carries	Kingston-Richmond loop line
Crosses	River Thames
Locale	Kingston upon Thames
Characteristics
Material	Steel
Height	22 feet 4 inches (6.81 m)^[1]
Longest span	22 feet 11 inches (6.99 m)
No. of spans	5
Piers in water	2
History
Designer	J W Jacomb Hood
Opened	1863
Location

Kingston Railway Bridge in Kingston upon Thames, London, crosses the River Thames on the reach above Teddington Lock. It carries the Kingston Loop Line train service (for passengers only) from London Waterloo station, where the majority of services begin and end and which line includes a maintenance depot. The loop diverges from main lines at New Malden and Richmond. East and west of the bridge along the line are Kingston and Hampton Wick stations. The loop returns to the south bank of its terminus via Richmond Railway Bridge. The loop feeds a branch line, a further incentive for the 1863 construction of the bridge, Shepperton Branch Line.

History

First Kingston Railway Bridge and its 1907-built replacement

The present bridge was designed by J W Jacomb Hood and built in 1907, replacing a cast-iron bridge designed by J E Errington,^[2] first discussed in 1860 and completed in 1863.^[3]

Design specifications

The bridge has five arches: three span the Thames; two span dry land, which on the Kingston bank includes a road. The bridge has elevated track approaches varying from on viaduct to on embankment, which navigate curves and fly over an urban grid of roads.

Former industrial surroundings

Twin power stations were close to the bridge on the Kingston bank from 1893 to 1959 as to one and from 1948 to 1980 as to the later. Being close to the Thames, coal came up river by barge, and ash was sent away the same way.^[4] The barge dock was constructed at Kingston Railway Bridge close to the present the upstream entrance to Canbury Gardens. Much of these sites has been landscaped for public park use and accommodates high-specification 21st century mid- and high-rise apartments.^[5]

Operational use

The bridge carries the South Western compass sector operator's suburban Kingston Loop, with trains starting and ending at its sole London terminus: Waterloo. The loop diverges from main lines at New Malden and Twickenham. Within 400 m along the line from the bridge are Kingston (to the east) and Hampton Wick (to the west). The loop returns to the south bank of the Thames via Richmond Railway Bridge on the combined, major Windsor and Reading (from Waterloo) line. The loop also feeds a branch line, the Shepperton Branch Line.

Complementary uses

When part of the Kingston Loop is unable to operate, the bridge enables continued passenger services, typically using the capacity of bay platform 1 at Kingston railway station, the only example on the loop. The Shepperton Branch Line branches off the loop about halfway between the two Thames bridges, and the capacity of a bay platform means various service patterns have been used since the bridge was built. Both lines are used entirely for stopping services, except when either main line is diverted, more typically the Windsor and Reading lines which must be diverted via Kingston or via Hounslow when the busiest stretches of that line are being repaired. The loop has Strawberry Hill maintenance depot which can accommodate a few regular trains.

References

^ River Thames Alliance. Bridge heights on the River Thames.
^ Malcolm Tucker (1983). "Thames Crossings" in Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 716. ISBN 0 14 0710 47 7.
^ Fred S Hacker (1968) [1920]. The Thames Highway: Volume II - Locks and Weirs. David & Charles.
^ Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
^ Thames Landscape Strategy Archived 1 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine

The railway bridge, with Kingston Bridge behind it, from downstream

Next crossing upstream	River Thames	Next crossing downstream
Kingston Bridge	Kingston Railway Bridge	Teddington Lock Footbridges

51°24′48.6″N 0°18′30.4″W / 51.413500°N 0.308444°W / 51.413500; -0.308444

v t e London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Districts	Barnes East Sheen Fulwell Ham Hampton Hampton Hill Hampton Wick Kew Mortlake Petersham Richmond St Margarets Strawberry Hill Teddington Twickenham Whitton
Railway stations	Barnes Barnes Bridge Fulwell Hampton Hampton Wick Kew Gardens Mortlake North Sheen Richmond St Margarets Strawberry Hill Teddington Twickenham Whitton
Streets and roads	A205 road (South Circular Road) A307 road A308 road A309 road A316 road Barnes High Street Castelnau, Barnes Church Road, Barnes George Street, Richmond Kew Green Mill Hill, Barnes Mortlake High Street Old Palace Lane Old Palace Yard Queen's Road Ringway 2 The Green, Richmond The Terrace, Barnes The Vineyard, Richmond
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