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Sutton
Sutton
	Station entrance
Location	Sutton
Local authority	London Borough of Sutton
Managed by	Southern
Station code(s)	SUO
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	4.716 million
2005–06	4.750 million
2006–07	6.042 million
2007–08	6.411 million
2008–09	6.059 million
2009–10	5.687 million
2010–11	5.769 million
2011–12	6.065 million
Key dates
1847	Opened (LB&SCR)
1865	Start (Epsom line)
1868	Start (Mitcham Junction line)
1930	Start (Wimbledon line)
Other information
External links	Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;
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Sutton railway station is in the London Borough of Sutton in south London. It is the main station for Sutton town. It is served by First Capital Connect and Southern trains. It is in Travelcard Zone 5.^[3]

The four platforms at Sutton station are numbered 1 to 4 from north to south. Platforms 1 and 2 are on the lines to Wimbledon, Epsom, Leatherhead, Dorking, and Horsham. Platforms 3 and 4 are on the Epsom Downs Line, which becomes single track about half a mile south of the station. Platforms 1 and 3 are used by services from outer termini to Central London. Trains from Central London use platforms 2 and 4. Terminating trains which return to central London generally use platform 4.

Platforms 1 and 2 can accommodate 12-coach trains and were used by the express services to Bognor and Portsmouth until they were diverted in the early 1980s to serve Gatwick Airport. Nowadays all trains calling at Sutton are formed of ten coaches or fewer. At the London end of platform 1 there are the remains of a fifth platform which was a bay for local services via Mitcham Junction.

Two waiting rooms serve the station: one has its own cafe; the other has a Starbucks kiosk adjacent.

Three lifts serve all platforms - one each for platforms one, two/three and four.

History

Sutton station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) on 10 May 1847 when the railway opened its line from West Croydon to Epsom. A branch to Epsom Downs was opened on 22 May 1865 followed by a line to Mitcham Junction on 1 October 1868. The final change to the station came when the branch to Wimbledon opened on 5 January 1930. Until the early 1980s, it was possible to catch a direct express train to the coast from here to Bognor Regis, Chichester and Portsmouth. This service, until its withdrawal, also gave Sutton the fastest ever journey time of 17 minutes to London Victoria. Since the 1980s, these express services are routed via East Croydon to serve Gatwick Airport and passengers from Sutton for the south coast now have to change at Horsham or travel to West Croydon and walk, take the bus or use Croydon's Tramlink service to get to East Croydon.

Today, the service to London Victoria now takes over 25 minutes on the direct route via Hackbridge.

Wimbledon branch

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.^[4] 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.^[4] 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 line opened on 5 January 1930 when full services on the line were extended from South Merton.^[4]

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

10tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria
2tph to St Albans
3tph to Epsom
1tph to Epsom Downs
2tph to Luton
2tph to Dorking, of which one continues to Horsham

On a Sunday the service from this station is:

8tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria
2tph to Luton
2tph to Blackfriars
2tph to Epsom
2tph to Dorking

Preceding station		Following station
Carshalton	Southern Sutton & Mole Valley Lines	Cheam
Carshalton Beeches	Southern Sutton & Mole Valley Lines	Belmont Mondays-Saturdays only: Terminates at Sutton on Sundays
Carshalton Beeches	Southern London Victoria to Sutton via Crystal Palace or Norbury	Terminus
Carshalton	First Capital Connect Sutton Loop	West Sutton
Carshalton	Southern Sutton Loop Peak hours only	West Sutton

Transport links

London bus routes 80, 164, 280, 470, S1, S3, S4 and night route N44.
Non London bus routes 420

Gallery

Looking west from platform 1 (Epsom main line), with a Class 455 unit awaiting departure from platform 4 (Epsom Downs branch, though through services normally use adjacent platform 3).
Looking east from platform 2 (Epsom main line)
Looking west from platform 2 towards the junction with the Wimbledon branch heading northwards.
View from platform 4, looking west towards the rear of the main station building on the overbridge.

References

^ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ "London's Rail & Tube services" (PDF). Retrieved 15 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jackson, Alan A. (December 1966). "The Wimbledon & Sutton Railway – A late arrival on the South London suburban scene" (PDF). The Railway Magazine: 675–680. Retrieved 7 May 2009.

External links

Train times and station information for Sutton railway station (London) from National Rail

[1] "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[3] "London's Rail & Tube services" (PDF). Retrieved 15 September 2011.

[RailwayMag-4] Jackson, Alan A. (December 1966). "The Wimbledon & Sutton Railway – A late arrival on the South London suburban scene" (PDF). The Railway Magazine: 675–680. Retrieved 7 May 2009.

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 The four platforms at Sutton station are numbered 1 to 4 from north to south. Platforms 1 and 2 are on the lines to [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], [[Epsom]], [[Leatherhead]], [[Dorking]], and [[Horsham]]. Platforms 3 and 4 are on the [[Epsom Downs railway line|Epsom Downs Line]], which becomes single track about half a mile south of the station. Platforms 1 and 3 are used by services from outer termini to Central London. Trains from Central London use platforms 2 and 4. Terminating trains which return to central London generally use platform 4.
-Platforms 1 and 2 can accommodate 12-coach trains and were used by the express services to Bognor and Portsmouth until they were diverted in the early 1980s to serve Gatwick Airport. Nowadays all trains calling at Sutton are formed of eight coaches or fewer. At the London end of platform 1 there are the remains of a fifth platform which was a bay for local services via [[Mitcham Junction station|Mitcham Junction]].
+Platforms 1 and 2 can accommodate 12-coach trains and were used by the express services to Bognor and Portsmouth until they were diverted in the early 1980s to serve Gatwick Airport. Nowadays all trains calling at Sutton are formed of ten coaches or fewer. At the London end of platform 1 there are the remains of a fifth platform which was a bay for local services via [[Mitcham Junction station|Mitcham Junction]].
 Two waiting rooms serve the station: one has its own cafe; the other has a [[Starbucks]] kiosk adjacent.