Sutton Common railway station

Sutton Common
Sutton Common
	Sutton Common Location of Sutton Common in Greater London
Location	Sutton
Local authority	London Borough of Sutton
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	SUC
DfT category	F1
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.316 million
2019–20	0.347 million
2020–21	98,804
2021–22	0.190 million
2022–23	0.225 million
Key dates
5 January 1930	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures ; Layout ; Facilities ; Buses ;
WGS84	51°22′30″N0°11′47″W / 51.3751°N 0.1964°W
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Last updated March 02, 2024

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.

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 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

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

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

2 tph to St Albans City
2 tph to Sutton

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
St Helier		Thameslink Sutton Loop Line	West Sutton
Abandoned plans
Preceding station	London Underground		Following station
Collingwood Road towards Sutton		District line (Wimbledon & Sutton Railway 1910)	Elm Farm towards Barking or Edgware Road
Cheam towards Sutton		District line (Wimbledon & Sutton Railway 1922)	Morden towards Barking or Edgware Road
Cheam towards Sutton		Northern line (City & South London Railway)	South Morden towards Edgware, Mill Hill East or High Barnet

Connections

London Buses route 470 serves the station.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
1 2 3 4 5 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.
↑ Table 173, 179 National Rail timetable, May 2022

External links

Train times and station information for Sutton Common railway station from National Rail

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[infobox_stats_ref_rail-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[RailwayMag-2] 1 2 3 4 5 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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Sutton Common

Sutton Common Location of Sutton Common in Greater London
Location	Sutton
Local authority	London Borough of Sutton
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	SUC
DfT category	F1
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.316 million^[1]
2019–20	0.347 million^[1]
2020–21	98,804^[1]
2021–22	0.190 million^[1]
2022–23	0.225 million^[1]
Key dates
5 January 1930	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°22′30″N0°11′47″W / 51.3751°N 0.1964°W / 51.3751; -0.1964
London transportportal