Sutton Common railway station

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Sutton Common
Location of Sutton Common in Greater London
Location Sutton
Local authority London Borough of Sutton
Managed by Thameslink
Station code(s)SUC
DfT category F1
Number of platforms2
Fare zone 4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20Increase2.svg 0.347 million [1]
2020–21Decrease2.svg 98,804 [1]
2021–22Increase2.svg 0.190 million [1]
2022–23Increase2.svg 0.225 million [1]
2023–24Increase2.svg 0.247 million [1]
Key dates
5 January 1930Opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates 51°22′30″N0°11′47″W / 51.3751°N 0.1964°W / 51.3751; -0.1964
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Sutton Common railway station is in Sutton Common in the London Borough of Sutton in South London. The station is served by Thameslink 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.

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History

Parliamentary approval for a line from Wimbledon to Sutton was obtained by the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910 but work was delayed by the First World War. [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 it was 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 Southern Railway (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, the next station to the north being South Morden and the next to the south being Cheam. When the line was built by the SR, Morden South was constructed in a different location from that planned for South Morden, and Cheam station was omitted. West Sutton was added. [2] Sutton Common station opened on 5 January 1930 when full services on the line were extended from South Merton. [2]

In recent years the small shed-like station building has been 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]

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 logo.svg National Rail Following station
Thameslink
Abandoned plans
Preceding station Underground no-text.svg 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
Northern line
(City & South London Railway)
 South Morden
towards Edgware, Mill Hill East or High Barnet

Connections

London Buses route S3 serves the station.

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References

  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.
  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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