Sutton Common railway station

Sutton Common railway station is in Sutton Common in the London Borough of Sutton in South London. The station is served by Thameslink and Southern trains on the Sutton Loop Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 4. It has a single stepped entrance accessible from Sutton Common Road. It is the nearest rail station to the adjoining neighbourhood Benhilton via the footbridge at Angel Hill.

Sutton Common National Rail
Sutton Common is located in Greater London
Sutton Common
Sutton Common
Location of Sutton Common in Greater London
LocationSutton
Local authorityLondon Borough of Sutton
Managed byThameslink
Station codeSUC
DfT categoryF1
Number of platforms2
Fare zone4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Decrease 0.316 million[1]
2019–20Increase 0.347 million[1]
2020–21Decrease 98,804[1]
2021–22Increase 0.190 million[1]
2022–23Increase 0.225 million[1]
Key dates
5 January 1930Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451°22′30″N 0°11′47″W / 51.3751°N 0.1964°W / 51.3751; -0.1964
 London transport portal

History edit

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 Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL, precursor of London Underground) planned, through its ownership of the DR, to use part of the route for an extension of another of its lines, 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 UERL 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.

In the original 1910 proposals the next station to the north was to be at Elm Farm and the next station to the south at Collingwood Road.[2] In the 1920s W&SR and UERL proposals, Elm Farm and Collingwood Road stations were omitted and the next station to the north was South Morden and the next to the south was Cheam. When constructed by the SR, Morden South was constructed in a different location to South Morden and Cheam station was omitted. West Sutton was added.[2] The station opened on 5 January 1930 when full services on the line were extended from South Merton.[2]

In recent years, rebuilding has seen the small shed-like station building completely demolished. The platforms are directly accessed from the street via the stairs, with a ticket machine at street level.

Services edit

All services at Sutton Common are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

A small number of late evening services are extended beyond St Albans City to Bedford and daytime services on Sundays are extended to Luton.

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Thameslink
Abandoned plans
Preceding station   London Underground Following station
Collingwood Road
towards Sutton
District line Elm Farm
Cheam
towards Sutton
District line Morden
Northern line South Morden

Connections edit

London Buses route 470 serves the station.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. ^ a b c d e Jackson, Alan A. (December 1966). "The Wimbledon & Sutton Railway – A late arrival on the South London suburban scene" (PDF). The Railway Magazine. pp. 675–680. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  3. ^ Table 173, 179 National Rail timetable, May 2022

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