Whitton railway station is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in southwest London, within Travelcard Zone 5. It is 12 miles 43 chains down the line from London Waterloo. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. The station was extensively refurbished and its main buildings replaced 2015—2016. The footbridge was replaced so as to incorporate optional lifts to the platforms. Whitton station has a ticket office above the up platform containing a coffee shop, a taxi office, ticket machines and a disabled toilet. To allow unmanned service the calling point lacks ticket barriers. South West trains has operated on a majority of weekday services since 2014 its air-conditioned ten-coach trains. The platforms were extended at the eastern ends in February 2012. A coffee shop opened following a two-year hiatus in 2011.
Whitton is the closest station to the Twickenham Stoop rugby union stadium, home of Harlequins.
