Morden South railway station

Morden South National Rail
Morden South
Location of Morden South in Greater London
Location Morden
Local authority London Borough of Merton
Managed by Thameslink
Station code MDS
DfT category F2
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2012–13 Increase 87,638[1]
2013–14 Increase 0.107 million[1]
2014–15 Increase 0.120 million[1]
2015–16 Decrease 88,032[1]
2016–17 Decrease 72,260[1]
Key dates
1930 Opened
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WGS84 51°23′47″N 0°11′56″W / 51.3965°N 0.199°W / 51.3965; -0.199Coordinates: 51°23′47″N 0°11′56″W / 51.3965°N 0.199°W / 51.3965; -0.199
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Morden South railway station is in Morden in the London Borough of Merton. The station is served by Thameslink trains on the Sutton Loop Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 4.

The station is very close to the Bait-ul-Futuh Mosque.

History

Parliamentary approval for a line from Wimbledon to Sutton had been obtained by the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910 but work had been delayed by World War I.[2] From the W&SR's inception, the District Railway (DR) was a shareholder of the company and had rights to run trains over the line when built. In the 1920s, the London Electric Railway (LER, precursor of London Underground) planned, through its ownership of the DR, to use part of the route for an extension of the City and South London Railway (C&SLR, now the Northern line) to Sutton.[2] The SR objected and an agreement was reached that enabled the C&SLR to extend as far as Morden in exchange for the LER giving up its rights over the W&SR route. The SR subsequently built the line, one of the last to be built in the London area. The station opened on 5 January 1930 when full services on the line were extended from South Merton.[2]

In the original 1910 proposals, which predated the plans for the C&SLR extension and the London County Council's plan for the development of the St Helier estate, a different Morden station was to be built closer to the original centre of Morden village on the south side of Central Road. In the 1920s W&SR and LER proposals, that station was renamed "South Morden".[2] When the Wimbledon to Sutton line was built by the SR, the planned W&SR station was replaced by Morden South and St Helier stations.

Formerly, a siding served an Express Dairies bottling plant adjacent to the station. Until 1978 milk trains delivered milk to the plant for bottling and distribution. Shunting was latterly undertaken by Hunslet Engine Company "Yardmaster" locomotive No.HE5308/60 named David.[3] The bottling plant closed in 1992.[4]

Connections

London Buses routes 80, 93 and 154 serve the station.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is 2 trains per hour to Wimbledon (clockwise around the loop) and 2 trains per hour to Sutton (anticlockwise).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jackson, Alan A. (December 1966). "The Wimbledon & Sutton Railway – A late arrival on the South London suburban scene" (PDF). The Railway Magazine: 675–680. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  3. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/28083135@N06/5373989780/
  4. ↑ "News in Brief - Northern Foods to axe 400 jobs". The Guardian: 13. 15 April 1992. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
St. Helier   Thameslink
Thameslink		   South Merton
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