Wimbledon railway station
Wimbledon   
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 Wimbledon
Location of Wimbledon in Greater London
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| 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 |
 11.95 million |
| 2013 |
14.20 million |
| 2014 |
15.30 million |
| 2015 |
15.63 million |
| Tramlink annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2009–10 | 2.243 million |
| 2010–11 |
2.294 million |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
18.24 million |
| 2012–13 |
18.902 million |
| – interchange | 1.37 million |
| 2013–14 |
19.302 million |
| – interchange |
 1.329 million |
| 2014–15 |
19.527 million |
| – interchange |
1.405 million |
| 2015–16 |
20.439 million |
| – interchange |
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°WCoordinates: 51°25′24″N 0°12′15″W / 51.4232°N 0.2043°W |
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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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