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Kingston station incident causes major disruption for Richmond rail commuters

Local News by Tilly O'Brien 16th Dec 2025  
All trains from London Waterloo to Teddington via Richmond will terminate at Strawberry Hill (credit: Nub News).
All trains from London Waterloo to Teddington via Richmond will terminate at Strawberry Hill (credit: Nub News).
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Emergency services have been dealing with an incident at Kingston Railway Station this morning (Tuesday, 16 December).

Met Police and the London Ambulance Service attended the scene around 8am where a person was reported to have been on the tracks.

The person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police and the London Ambulance Service attended the scene (credit: Louise Lachor).

All trains from London Waterloo to Teddington via Richmond will terminate at Strawberry Hill and South Western Railway (SWR) estimates that disruption to its services will end at 12pm on Tuesday.

A spokesperson for the British Transport Police told Nub News: "Officers were called at around 8.15am this morning (16 December) to reports of a casualty on the tracks at Kingston railway station.

"Officers responded with paramedics and a person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The incident is not being treated as suspicious."

SWR advises commuters to check their journeys here.

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