Station code WSU Fare zone 5 Number of platforms 2 | DfT category E 2011–12 0.301 million Owner Network Rail | |
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Similar Sutton Common railway st, St Helier railway station, Morden South railway st, Wimbledon Chase railway st, South Merton railway st | ||
West Sutton railway station is in the London Borough of Sutton in South London. The station is served by Thameslink trains on the Sutton Loop Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 5. It is a few minutes walk away from Gander Green Lane, the home ground of Sutton United.
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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. 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 London Electric Railway (LER, precursor of London Underground) planned, through its ownership of the DR, to use part of the route for an extension of the City and South London Railway (C&SLR, now the Northern line) to Sutton. 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 5 January 1930 when full services on the line were extended from South Merton.
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). Most trains continue to London Blackfriars and beyond while the peak-only Southern services terminate at London Bridge.
Connections
London Buses route 413 serve the station.