Haydons Road | |
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Location | Summerstown |
Local authority | London Borough of Merton |
Managed by | Thameslink |
Station code(s) | HYR |
DfT category | E |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Fare zone | 3 |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2019–20 | 0.370 million [1] |
2020–21 | 0.109 million [1] |
2021–22 | 0.221 million [1] |
2022–23 | 0.265 million [1] |
2023–24 | 0.291 million [1] |
Key dates | |
1 October 1868 | Opened (Haydens Lane) |
1 October 1889 | Renamed Haydons Road |
1 January 1917 | Closed |
27 August 1923 | Reopened |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51°25′32″N0°11′17″W / 51.4255°N 0.188°W |
London transportportal |
Haydons Road railway station is in the north-east of the London Borough of Merton in South London. It is the nearest station to the Plough Lane stadium, the home ground of AFC Wimbledon.
The station is served by Thameslink trains on the Sutton Loop Line and is in Travelcard Zone 3.
It was opened, originally as Haydens Lane, by the Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway (itself jointly owned by the London and South Western Railway and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway) on 1 October 1868. The ticket office is on the up side of the station; the original station buildings were redeveloped by British Rail during 1991 and 1992 when land adjacent to the up platform was redeveloped for housing. Until the advent of Thameslink it was served by the London Bridge loop trains via Wimbledon.
All services at Haydons Road are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [2]
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 | ||
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Historical railways | ||||
Tooting Junction | Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway 1868–94 | Wimbledon |
London Buses route 200 serves the station, connection to 156, 493 and N87 at Plough Lane is within walking distance of the station.
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