Morden South railway station

Morden South

Morden South Location of Morden South in Greater London
Location	Morden
Local authority	London Borough of Merton
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	MDS
DfT category	F2
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	23,496^[1]
2005–06	27,263^[1]
2006–07	71,888^[1]
2007–08	80,439^[1]
2008–09	72,322^[1]
2009–10	69,990^[1]
2010–11	79,772^[1]
2011–12	85,238^[1]
2012–13	87,638^[1]
2013–14	0.107 million^[1]
Key dates
1930	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°23′47″N 0°11′56″W / 51.3965°N 0.199°W / 51.3965; -0.199Coordinates: 51°23′47″N 0°11′56″W / 51.3965°N 0.199°W / 51.3965; -0.199
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Morden South railway station is in Morden in the London Borough of Merton. The station is served by Thameslink trains on the Sutton Loop Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 4.

The station is very close to the Bait-ul-Futuh Mosque.

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 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.^[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 5 January 1930 when full services on the line were extended from South Merton.^[2]

Formerly, a siding served an Express Dairies bottling plant adjacent to the station. Until closure in 1992 milk trains delivered milk to the plant for bottling and distribution. The station staff were responsible for handling the switching points to enable these trains to depart from the main line. Shunting was latterly undertaken by Hunslet Engine Company "Yardmaster" locomotive No.HE5308/60 named David.^[3] The bottling plant closed in 1992.^[4]

Connections

London Buses routes 80, 93 and 154 serve the station.

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).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
St. Helier		Thameslink Wimbledon Loop		South Merton
St. Helier		Southern Sutton Loop Line Peak hours only		South Merton

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
1 2 3 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 2009-05-07.
↑ http://www.flickr.com/photos/28083135@N06/5373989780/
↑ "News in Brief - Northern Foods to axe 400 jobs". The Guardian: 13. 15 April 1992. Retrieved 2009-05-18.

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Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

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Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Thameslink and Great Northern routes serving this station

Thameslink Wimbledon Loop	Luton Luton Airport Parkway Harpenden St Albans City Radlett Elstree & Borehamwood Mill Hill Broadway Hendon (Brent Cross Thameslink planned) Cricklewood West Hampstead Thameslink Kentish Town St Pancras International Farringdon City Thameslink London Blackfriars Elephant & Castle Loughborough Junction Herne Hill Tulse Hill Streatham Tooting Haydons Road Wimbledon Wimbledon Chase South Merton Morden South St Helier Sutton Common West Sutton Sutton Carshalton Hackbridge Mitcham Junction Mitcham Eastfields

Southern routes serving this station

Metro via Peckham Rye	London Bridge South Bermondsey Queens Road Peckham Peckham Rye East Dulwich North Dulwich Tulse Hill West Norwood Gipsy Hill Crystal Palace Birkbeck Beckenham Junction Streatham Streatham Common Norbury Thornton Heath Selhurst West Croydon Tooting Haydons Road Wimbledon Wimbledon Chase South Merton Morden South St Helier Sutton Common West Sutton Sutton Carshalton Hackbridge Mitcham Junction Mitcham Eastfields

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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