The bridge has elevated track approaches varying from on viaduct to on embankment, which navigate curves and fly over an urban grid of roads.

[4] The barge dock was constructed at Kingston Railway Bridge close to the present the upstream entrance to Canbury Gardens.

Much of these sites has been landscaped for public park use and accommodates high-specification 21st century mid- and high-rise apartments.

[5] The bridge carries the South Western compass sector operator's suburban Kingston Loop, with trains starting and ending at its sole London terminus: Waterloo.

The loop returns to the south bank of the Thames via Richmond Railway Bridge on the combined, major Windsor and Reading (from Waterloo) line.