Morden South | |
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  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 | |
| 2020–21 |  31,864[1] |
| 2021–22 |  54,746[1] |
| 2022–23 | 60,938[1] |
| 2023–24 | 69,862[1] |
| 2024–25 | 75,948[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 5 January 1930 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°23′47″N0°11′56″W / 51.3965°N 0.199°W /51.3965; -0.199 |
 London transport portal | |
Morden South railway station is inMorden in theLondon Borough of Merton. The station is served byThameslink trains on theSutton Loop Line. It is inLondon fare zone 4.
The station is very close to theBait-ul-Futuh Mosque.
Parliamentary approval for a line fromWimbledon toSutton was obtained by theWimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910 but work was delayed by theFirst World War.[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 it was built. In the 1920s, theUnderground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL, precursor ofLondon Underground) planned, through its ownership of the DR and theCity and South London Railway (C&SLR, now theNorthern line), to use part of the W&SR's route for an extension of the C&SLR to Sutton.[2] TheSouthern Railway (SR) objected, and an agreement was reached that enabled the C&SLR to extend as far asMorden in 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. The station opened on 5 January 1930 when full services on the line were extended fromSouth Merton.[2]
In the original 1910 proposals, which predated the plans for the C&SLR extension and theLondon County Council's plan for the development of theSt Helier estate, adifferent Morden station was to be built closer to the original centre of Morden village on the south side of Central Road. In the 1920s W&SR and UERL proposals, that station was renamed "South Morden".[2] When the Wimbledon-to-Sutton line was built by the SR, the planned W&SR station was replaced by Morden South andSt Helier stations.
Formerly, a siding served anExpress Dairies bottling plant adjacent to the station. Until 1978,milk trains delivered milk to the plant for bottling and distribution. Shunting was latterly undertaken byHunslet Engine Company "Yardmaster" locomotive No.HE5308/60 namedDavid.[3] The bottling plant closed in 1992.[4]
In 1946, a proposal to extend the Northern line toNorth Cheam would have included an interchange at Morden South. This was not proceeded with.[5]
All services at Morden South are operated byThameslink usingClass 700EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6]
A small number of late evening services are extended beyond St Albans City toBedford, and daytime services on Sundays are extended toLuton.
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London Buses routes80,93 and154 serve the station.
