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Tolworth is a suburban ___MASK80___ of southwest London in the Royal ___MASK66___ of Kingston upon Thames , located south west of Charing ___MASK59___ . Neighbouring places include Long Ditton , New Malden , Kingston , Surbiton , Berrylands , Hinchley Wood , Chessington , Ewell and Worcester Park . Surbiton is the nearest , about a mile north west . Tolworth is divided in two , with part of it to the east and part of it to the west of the Kingston by - pass . The Chessington Branch ___MASK20___ is a short National Rail ___MASK82___ in ___MASK86___ , mostly in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames , from Motspur Park to Chessington South . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large ___MASK54___ in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe . With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European ___MASK54___ and the ninth - largest in the world . In 2011 the ___MASK54___ had a population of about 61 million people , making it the world ' s third - most populous ___MASK54___ after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan . The ___MASK54___ of Ireland is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over ___MASK47___ , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago . Her Majesty ' s ___MASK31___ Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport . The office used to be called the Minister of Transport and has been merged with the Department for the Environment at various times . New Malden is a ___MASK78___ in south - west London , in the boroughs of Kingston and Merton , and is from Charing Cross . Neighbouring localities are Kingston upon Thames , Raynes Park , Surbiton , Tolworth , Wimbledon and Worcester Park . In Great Britain , National Rail is the trading ___MASK92___ licensed for use by the Rail ___MASK53___ Group , an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies ( TOCs ) of Great Britain that run the passenger services previously provided by the British Railways Board , from 1965 using the ___MASK52___ ___MASK92___ British Rail . National Rail generally does not include services that do not have a BR history ; this distinction is important because National Rail services share a ticketing structure and inter - availability that do not necessarily extend to other services . The ___MASK92___ and the accompanying double arrow symbol are the intellectual property of the Secretary of State for Transport . British Railways ( BR ), which from 1965 traded as British Rail , was the ___MASK99___ of most of the ___MASK18___ in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997 . It was formed from the nationalisation of the " Big Four " British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail , in stages between 1994 and 1997 . Originally a trading ___MASK52___ of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission , it became an independent statutory corporation in 1962 : the British Railways Board . Chessington is an ___MASK80___ in the Royal ___MASK66___ of Kingston upon Thames within Greater London . It is the largest salient of Greater London into the neighbouring ___MASK73___ of Surrey . As of the 2011 ___MASK14___ it had a population of 18 , 973 . The Bonesgate ___MASK71___ , a tributary of the Hogsmill River runs through it . The popular theme park ___MASK26___ Chessington World of Adventures , which incorporates Chessington Zoo , is located in the south - west of the ___MASK80___ . Worcester ___MASK33___ is a suburban ___MASK9___ in south west London , covering both the extreme north - west of the ___MASK41___ of Sutton in Greater London ( east of the railway line that runs through the area ) and the northernmost part of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey ( west of the railway ). The area is south - west of Charing Cross . The suburb ' s population was 16 , 031 at the time of the 2001 census . The suburb comprises the Worcester ___MASK33___ ___MASK28___ , an electoral area of the ___MASK41___ of Sutton with a population in of , as well as the Cuddington ___MASK28___ , an electoral area of Epsom and Ewell , which had a population of 5 , 791 at the time of the 2001 census . Surbiton is a suburban ___MASK80___ of south - west London within the Royal ___MASK66___ of Kingston upon Thames . It is situated next to the River Thames , 11 . 0 miles south west of central London . Surbiton was formerly within the ___MASK73___ of Surrey , but became ___MASK75___ of Greater London in 1965 following the London ___MASK27___ Act 1963 , together with many areas including neighbouring Kingston and Richmond . Surbiton possesses a mixture of Art - Deco courts , more recent residential blocks and grand 19th century townhouses blending into a ___MASK6___ of semi - detached 20th century housing estates . The Rail ___MASK53___ Group ( RDG ), formerly Association of Train Operating Companies ( ATOC ), is a body that represents the 23 train operating companies that provide passenger services on the privatised British ___MASK84___ . It owns the National Rail brand . RDG is an unincorporated association owned by its members . It was set up by the train operators formed during privatisation of the railways under the Railways Act 1993 . Its office is in London . Kingston upon Thames , also known as Kingston , is the ___MASK31___ settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London . It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned . Kingston is situated southwest of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan . Kingston lies approximately 33 feet ( 10 metres ) above sea level . Kingston was part of a large ancient parish in the county of Surrey and the town was an ancient borough , reformed in 1835 . It has been the location of Surrey County ___MASK57___ from 1893 , extraterritorially in terms of local government administration since Kingston became part of Greater London in 1965 . Most of the town centre is part of the KT1 postcode area , but some areas north of Kingston railway ___MASK64___ have the postcode KT2 instead . The population of the town itself , comprising the four wards of Canbury , Grove , Norbiton and Tudor , was 43 , 013 in the 2011 census . London is the ___MASK37___ and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom , as well as the most populous city proper in the European Union . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , London has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". London ' s ancient core , the City of London , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " London " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater London , governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly . The Royal ___MASK66___ of Kingston upon Thames is a ___MASK66___ in southwest London , ___MASK86___ . The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Surbiton , Chessington , New Malden , Tolworth and part of Worcester Park . It is the oldest of the four Royal Boroughs in ___MASK86___ . The others are Kensington and Chelsea and Greenwich also in London , and Windsor and Maidenhead . The local authority is Kingston upon Thames ___MASK19___ . The British Railways Board ( BRB ) was a nationalised ___MASK51___ in the United Kingdom that operated from 1963 to 2001 . Until 1997 it was responsible for most railway services in Great Britain , trading under the ___MASK52___ name British Railways and , from 1965 , British Rail . It did not operate railways in Northern Ireland , where railways were the responsibility of the Government of Northern Ireland .