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Richmond station is a London Underground and National Rail station located in Richmond in the London Borough Of Richmond Upon Thames in south west London . The station is the south-western terminus of the London Underground's District Line and the western terminus of the Silverlink North London Line service; the next station eastwards is Kew Gardens . Richmond is also served by South West Trains to and from Waterloo , Windsor And Eton Riverside , Kingston and Reading , on these services the station is between North Sheen and St. Margarets stations. HISTORY The first station at Richmond was opened by the (WS&SWR) extended the line westward and opened a replacement through station on the extended tracks a short distance to the west of the current through platforms. Both the R&WER and WS&SWR were subsidiary companies of the London & South Western Railway (L&SWR). On starting north of Addison Road station (now Kensington (Olympia) ). The line (now mainly London Underground's District Line) ran through Grove Road station in Hammersmith (now closed) and Turnham Green . Via a short connection from the North & South Western Junction Railway (N&SWJR) to Gunnersbury , the line south from Gunnersbury was also served by the North London Railway (NLR). Between (GWR) briefly ran services from Paddington to Richmond via the Hammersmith & City Railway (now the Hammersmith & City Line ) tracks to Grove Road then on the L&SWR tracks through Turnham Green. On (MR, now the Metropolitan Line) restarted the GWR's former service to Richmond via Grove Road station. The MDR's service between Richmond, Hammersmith and central London was more direct than the NLR's route via Willesden Junction , the L&SWR's or the MR's routes via Grove Road station or the L&SWR's route via Clapham Junction to Waterloo. From 1 January 1894 Clive's Underground Line Guides - Hammersmith & City Line , the GWR began sharing the MR's Richmond service, meaning that passengers from Gunnersbury could travel on the services of five operators. Following the trains, the L&SWR, NLR, GWR and MR services on the branch continued to be Steam hauled. MR services were withdrawn on , the L&SWR's route through Hammersmith was being out-competed by the District to such a degree that the L&SWR withdrew its service between Richmond and Addison Road on 3 June 1916 Clive's Underground Line Guides - Hammersmith & City Line , leaving the District as the sole operator over that route and the NLR providing mainline services via Willesden Junction. Following the Grouping Of 1923 the L&SWR became part of the Southern Railway (SR) and the NLR became part of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS); both were subsequently nationalised into British Railways . In the mid 1930s , the SR rebuilt the station, moving the through platforms eastward to be adjacent to the terminal platforms. It opened in its current combined arrangement on 1 August 1937 . PRESENT DAY The station has seven platforms. Platforms 1 and 2 are through platforms used by South West Trains services. Platforms 3 to 7 are terminating platforms used by the North London Line (mostly platforms 3,4,and 5) and the District Line (usually platforms 5, 6, and 7). FUTURE The transport section of the current Borough . (See Talk) From November 2007 , services currently run by Silverlink will be transferred to TfL and will be operated under the new London Overground brand. OFF PEAK SERVICE The typical off-peak service frequency is:
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