It has been renamed several times: in May 1859 it became New Malden and Coombe; on 1 March 1862 Coombe and Malden; in November 1912 Malden for Coombe; in 1955 Malden; and finally, on 16 September 1957, it took the present name of New Malden [REF].
The deaths of members of station staff in an air raid during WWII is commemorated on a plaque on a wall in the ticket office and another is located on the high street opposite Waitrose.