Tooting railway station

This article is about the current Tooting station formerly known as Tooting Junction. For the original Tooting Junction station, see Tooting Junction railway station (1868–1894).

Tooting
Tooting Location of Tooting in Greater London
Location	Tooting
Local authority	London Borough of Merton
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code(s)	TOO
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	1.045 million [1]
2020–21	0.392 million [1]
2021–22	0.631 million [1]
2022–23	0.703 million [1]
2023–24	0.747 million [1]
Key dates
12 August 1894	Opened as resited Tooting Junction
1 January 1917	Temporarily closed
27 August 1923	Reopened
1 March 1938	Renamed Tooting
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°25′11″N0°09′37″W / 51.4196°N 0.1603°W / 51.4196; -0.1603
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A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Tooting station.

Tooting is a railway station serving Tooting in South London; it is within Travelcard Zone 3. The station is located in the London Borough of Merton but fronts onto the London Borough of Wandsworth where Tooting is actually located. The station is served by Thameslink trains on the Sutton Loop Line.

History

The station opened in 1894 as Tooting Junction, replacing an earlier station of the same name, which was located a few hundred yards west and had opened in 1868. It was renamed Tooting in 1938, following the closure of the branch line from Tooting to Merton Park to passenger traffic in 1929.

Prior to the introduction of Thameslink services it was served by the London Bridge loop trains via Wimbledon.

Work to build a footbridge with lifts, enabling step-free access, began in 2023. ^[2] It was completed in February 2025. ^[3]

Services

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

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: ^[4]

• 2 tph to St Albans City
• 2 tph to Sutton via Wimbledon

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
Streatham		Thameslink Sutton Loop Line		Haydons Road

Connections

London Buses routes 44, 77, 264, 270, 280 and 355 and night route N44 serve the station.

References

1. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. "Work starting on adding step-free access to Tooting station". ianVisits. 21 April 2023.
3. "Works complete at Tooting Station with improved facilities for passengers". Wandsworth Times. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
4. Table 173, 179 National Rail timetable, May 2022

External links

• Train times and station information for Tooting railway station from National Rail