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Wimbledon railway station

Wimbledon London Underground Tramlink National Rail
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Wimbledon is located in Greater London
Wimbledon
Wimbledon
Location of Wimbledon in Greater London
Location Wimbledon
Local authority London Borough of Merton
Managed by South West Trains
Station code WIM
DfT category B
Number of platforms 11
Fare zone 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012 Increase 11.95 million
2013 Increase 14.20 million
2014 Increase 15.30 million
2015 Increase 15.63 million
Tramlink annual boardings and alightings
2009–10  2.243 million
2010–11 Increase 2.294 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12 Increase 18.24 million
2012–13 Increase 18.902 million
– interchange  1.37 million
2013–14 Increase 19.302 million
– interchange  Decrease 1.329 million
2014–15 Increase 19.527 million
– interchange  Increase 1.405 million
2015–16 Increase 20.439 million
– interchange  Decrease 1.336 million
Key dates
21 May 1838 Opened (Wimbledon and Merton) with opening of the L&SWR main line
22 October 1855 Opened (W&CR to Croydon)
1 October 1868 Opened (TM&WR to Tooting)
21 November 1881 Resited on the opposite site of Wimbledon Bridge
3 June 1889 Opened (L&SWR/District to Putney)
1 June 1909 Renamed (Wimbledon)
7 July 1929 Opened (SR to South Merton)
2 June 1997 Closed (Railtrack to West Croydon)
30 May 2000 Reopened (Tramlink to Croydon)
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WGS84 51°25′24″N 0°12′15″W / 51.4232°N 0.2043°W / 51.4232; -0.2043Coordinates: 51°25′24″N 0°12′15″W / 51.4232°N 0.2043°W / 51.4232; -0.2043
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Wimbledon is a National Rail, London Underground, and Tramlink station located in Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton, and is the only London station that provides an interchange between rail, Underground, and Tramlink services. The station serves as a junction for services from London Underground's District line and National Rail operators (South West Trains and Thameslink), as well as Tramlink route 3. Some early morning services on the Thameslink route are provided by Southern. The station is in Travelcard Zone 3.

The station has 11 platforms. Platforms 1–4 are for London Underground, Platforms 5 and 8 are for inner suburban services, Platform 9 is for Thameslink and platforms 10a and 10b for Tramlink. Platforms 6 and 7 are adjacent to the fast tracks intended for express and outer suburban services, but most of these services only call at Wimbledon during the lawn tennis championships. Because long distance trains very rarely make scheduled stops at the station, access to these platforms is via sliding gates through safety fencing installed in 2014.

The first railway station in Wimbledon was opened on 21 May 1838, when the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) opened its line from its terminus at Nine Elms in Battersea to Woking. The original station was to the south of the current station on the opposite side of the Wimbledon Bridge.

On 22 October 1855, the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway (W&CR) opened the West Croydon to Wimbledon Line to West Croydon via Mitcham and on 1 October 1868 the Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway (TM&WR) opened a line to Tooting Junction (now just Tooting station).


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