West Sutton railway station
West Sutton | |
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  West Sutton Location of West Sutton in Greater London | |
| Location | Sutton |
| Local authority | London Borough of Sutton |
| Managed by | Thameslink |
| Station code(s) | WSU |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 5 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2018–19 |  0.327 million[1] |
| 2019–20 |  0.335 million[1] |
| 2020–21 | 86,148[1] |
| 2021–22 | 0.184 million[1] |
| 2022–23 | 0.225 million[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 5 January 1930 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°21′57″N0°12′19″W/ 51.3659°N 0.2052°W |
 London transport portal | |
West Sutton railway stationis in theLondon Borough of SuttoninSouth London,England. The station is served byThameslinktrains on theSutton Loop Line.It is inTravelcard Zone 5.It is close toGander Green Lane,the home ground ofSutton United.
History
[edit]Parliamentary approval for a line fromWimbledontoSuttonhad been obtained by theWimbledon and Sutton Railway(W&SR) in 1910 but work had been delayed byWorld War I.[2]From the W&SR's inception, theDistrict Railway(DR) was a shareholder of the company and had rights to run trains over the line when built. In the 1920s, theUnderground Electric Railways Company of London(UERL, precursor ofLondon Underground) planned, through its ownership of the DR, to use part of the route for an extension of theCity and South London Railway(C&SLR, now theNorthern line) to Sutton.[2]The SR objected and an agreement was reached that enabled the C&SLR to extend as far asMordenin exchange for the UERL 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. West Sutton station replaced the UERL's plannedCheamstation on Cheam Road to the south. The station opened on 5 January 1930 when full services on the line were extended fromSouth Merton.[2]
Services
[edit]All services at West Sutton are operated byThameslinkusingClass 700EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
- 2 tph toSt Albans City
- 2 tph toSutton
A small number of late evening services are extended beyond St Albans City toBedfordand daytime services on Sundays are extended toLuton.
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Following station | ||
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Connections
[edit]London Buses route 413serve the station.
References
[edit]- ^abcde"Estimates of station usage".Rail statistics.Office of Rail Regulation.Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^abcJackson, Alan A. (December 1966)."The Wimbledon & Sutton Railway – A late arrival on the South London suburban scene"(PDF).The Railway Magazine.pp. 675–680.Retrieved7 May2009.
- ^Table 173, 179National Railtimetable, May 2022
External links
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- Train timesandstation informationfor West Sutton railway station fromNational Rail
