Wimbledon Chase railway station
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 Wimbledon Chase
Location of Wimbledon Chase in Greater London |
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| Location | Wimbledon |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Merton |
| Managed by | First Capital Connect |
| Station code | WBO |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
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| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2004–05 | 70,073[1] |
| 2005–06 | 74,491[1] |
| 2006–07 | 0.392 million[1] |
| 2007–08 | 0.335 million[1] |
| 2008–09 | 0.305 million[1] |
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| 1929 | Opened |
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| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
| External links | Departures • Layout |
| Facilities • Buses | |
| Coordinates: 51°24′34″N 0°12′51″W / 51.4095°N 0.2142°W | |
Wimbledon Chase railway station is in the London Borough of Merton in South London. The station is served by First Capital Connect trains, and is on the Thameslink loop. It is in Travelcard Zone 3 and is arranged as an island 8-car platform, with stairs descending to street level towards the southern end.
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[edit] 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 MDR was a shareholder of the company and had rights to run trains over the line when built. In the 1920s, the London Electric Railway (LER, precursor of London Underground) planned, through its ownership of the MDR, to use part of the route for an extension of 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 LER 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. The station opened on 7 July 1929 when the first section of the line to South Merton came into operation. The route opened to Sutton on 5 January 1930.[2]
[edit] Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is 2 trains per hour to Wimbledon (clockwise around the loop) and 2 trains per hour to Sutton (anticlockwise). The station exit for all southbound trains is adjacent to the third carriage; for northbound trains, it is carriage four for 4-car or six for 8-car services.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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| South Merton | First Capital Connect Sutton Loop |
Wimbledon | ||
[edit] Transport links
London bus routes 152, 163, 164, K5 and school routes 655.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ a b c Jackson, Alan A. (December 1966). "The Wimbledon & Sutton Railway – A late arrival on the South London suburban scene". The Railway Magazine: 675–680. http://www.semgonline.com/RlyMag/WimbledonSuttonRly.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Wimbledon Chase railway station |
- Train times and station information for Wimbledon Chase railway station from National Rail
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