South Merton railway station
South Merton 
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 South Merton
Location of South Merton in Greater London
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| Local authority | London Borough of Merton |
| Managed by | Thameslink |
| Station code | SMO |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.157 million |
| 2012–13 |
0.158 million |
| 2013–14 |
0.183 million |
| 2014–15 |
0.194 million |
| 2015–16 |
 0.140 million |
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| 1929 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°24′11″N 0°12′22″W / 51.403°N 0.2062°WCoordinates: 51°24′11″N 0°12′22″W / 51.403°N 0.2062°W |
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South Merton railway station serves the southern parts of the London Borough of Merton in South London. The station is served by Thameslink trains on the Sutton Loop Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 4.
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 as the temporary terminus of the line when the first section opened from Wimbledon on 7 July 1929. The remainder of the line to Sutton opened on 5 January 1930.
The typical off-peak service from the station is 2 trains per hour to Luton (clockwise around the loop) and 2 trains per hour to Sutton (anticlockwise). Services to Sutton then continue on to St Albans via Mitcham Junction.
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