Mitcham railway station (England)

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Mitcham
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Former Mitcham Station
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Mitcham
Location of Mitcham in Greater London
Location Mitcham
Local authority London Borough of Merton
Grid reference TQ272681
Owner Railtrack
Number of platforms2 (later reduced to 1)
Railway companies
Original company Wimbledon and Croydon Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Key dates
22 October 1855Opened
2 June 1997Closed
Replaced by Mitcham tram stop
Other information
WGS84 Coordinates: 51°23′51″N0°10′16″W / 51.397539°N 0.171125°W / 51.397539; -0.171125
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg  London transportportal

Mitcham railway station was a railway station in Mitcham in the London Borough of Merton, England. It closed after the last train ran on 31 May 1997. Mitcham tram stop replaced the station, and is located just east of the original site.

History

After the Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) went out of business in 1846, the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway (W&CR) took over the route and opened the station on 22 October 1855. [1] [2] The route was then operated as a conventional railway, until it was closed by Railtrack after the last train on 31 May 1997, for conversion to tram operation. Station Court, on the north of the tram line and east of London Road A217 was originally used as a merchant's home. [3]

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References

  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 161. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. Green, Lionel (1998). The Railways of Merton. Merton Historical Society. ISBN   1-903899-10-9.
  3. Retracing the first public railway by D.A.Bayliss page 34
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Morden Road   Connex South Central
West Croydon to Wimbledon Line
  Mitcham Junction