Platforms
The station has seven platforms:
- Platforms 1 and 2 are through platforms for South West Trains services.
- Platforms 3 to 7 are terminating platforms used by:
- London Overground services (normally platforms 3 and 4 but sometimes 5, 6 and 7)
- District Line services (normally platforms 5, 6 and 7. Occasionally 4 but never 3 due to lack of a fourth rail).
As of September 2011 work is currently underway to extend platforms 1 and 2 to accept 10-car trains. The bulk of the lengthening will be to the west (country) end; extending eastwards was deemed unviable by Network Rail as Church Road Bridge would have needed widening. As part of these works the platform canopies are also being refurbished.
The wide gap between platforms 3 and 4 originally had a third, run-around, track for steam locomotives.
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