Wimbledon
Station entrance
Wimbledon Location of Wimbledon in Greater London
Location	Wimbledon
Local authority	London Borough of Merton
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code	WIM
DfT category	B
Number of platforms	11 (4 London Underground) (5 National Rail) (2 Tramlink)
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2020	7.04 million[1]
2021	7.06 million[2]
2022	11.52 million[3]
2023	11.22 million[4]
2024	17.40 million[5]
Tramlink annual boardings and alightings
2009–10	2.243 million[6]
2010–11	2.294 million[7]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2020–21	4.433 million[8]
– interchange	0.303 million[8]
2021–22	9.952 million[8]
– interchange	0.652 million[8]
2022–23	11.694 million[8]
– interchange	1.154 million[8]
2023–24	12.581 million[8]
– interchange	1.065 million[8]
2024–25	13.244 million[8]
– interchange	0.917 million[8]
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 side 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)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°25′24″N0°12′15″W / 51.4232°N 0.2043°W /51.4232; -0.2043
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Wimbledon is aninterchange station in the centre ofWimbledon forLondon Underground,London Trams andNational Rail services, and is the only station in London that provides an interchange between the London Underground and Tramlink.

It serves as a junction for services from the Underground'sDistrict line, two National Rail operators (South Western Railway andThameslink), and Tramlink services. The station is inLondon fare zone 3. It is 7 miles 19 chains (11.6 km) fromLondon Waterloo on theSouth West Main Line.

The station has 11 platforms. Platforms 1–4 are for London Underground, platforms 5 and 8 are for inner suburban South Western Railway services, platform 9 is for Thameslink and platforms 10a and 10b are for Tramlink. Platforms 6 and 7 are adjacent to the fast tracks intended for express and outer suburban South Western Railway services, but most of these services only call at Wimbledon during theWimbledon Tennis Championships or on Sundays for outer suburban services. Access to these platforms is via sliding gates through safety fencing installed in March 2014.^[9]

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

On 22 October 1855, theWimbledon and Croydon Railway (W&CR) opened theWest Croydon to Wimbledon Line toWest Croydon viaMitcham and on 1 October 1868 theTooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway (TM&WR) opened a line toStreatham viaTooting Junction (now justTooting). They shared a detached platform slightly to the southwest of the main LSWR station, until the whole station was relocated to the northeast of Wimbledon Bridge for the opening of the District Railway.

On 3 June 1889, theDistrict Railway (DR, nowLondon Underground'sDistrict line) opened the L&SWR-built extension of its line fromPutney Bridge,^[10] making Wimbledon station the new terminus of that branch and providing Wimbledon with a direct connection to the developingLondon Underground system. The station was rebuilt on its current site for the opening of this service.District line steam-hauled services were replaced by electric services from 27 August 1905.

The station was rebuilt again with its currentPortland stone entrance building by theSouthern Railway (SR, the postgrouping successor to the L&SWR) in the late 1920s as part of the SR's construction of the line toSutton. Parliamentary approval for this line had been obtained by theWimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910, but work was delayed byWorld War I.^[11] From the W&SR's inception, the DR was a shareholder of the company and had rights to run trains over the line when built. In the 1920s, theLondon Electric Railway (LER, 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.^[11] The SR objected and an agreement was reached that enabled the C&SLR to extend as far asMorden 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. It opened on 7 July 1929 to South Merton and to Sutton on 5 January 1930.^[11]

On 2 June 1997, theWest Croydon to Wimbledon Line was closed byRailtrack for conversion to operation as part of theTramlink tram operations. Platform 10, originally the down platform for the Wimbledon & Croydon and Wimbledon & Sutton lines, was used for the single track terminus of Tramlink and rail tracks and infrastructure were replaced with those for the tram system. The new service opened on 30 May 2000. The other end of Platform 10 became a terminating bay for trains from the Tooting direction. Platform 9, the W&C and W&S up platform, became a reversible platform for allThameslink services between the Sutton and Tooting lines.

To increase the capacity of Tramlink services, a second platform was built in place of the former Thameslink bay.^[12] The service was suspended between Dundonald Road and Wimbledon from 13 July until November 2015 for the work to be carried out. The original tram platform was renumbered to '10a' with the new part called '10b', opening on 2 November 2015.^[13] As a result, tram frequency increased from 8 per hour to 12 per hour from April 2016.^[14]

Before 14 March 2011, there was a roundabout outside the main entrance of the station to allow for vehicles to drop off passengers. This made the approach to the station somewhat cramped and not ideal during busy times. On 14 March 2011, vehicle access to the station's forecourt was permanently removed and the approach to the station was completely repaved. This made the much larger open space outside the station's entrance more ideal during busy times. These works were completed by June 2011 and the approach was hastily cleared in preparation for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships which would see a large increase in passengers passing through the station.

Wimbledon station was also the haunt of a 'Railway Collection Dog'. Airedale Terrier "Laddie" was born in September 1948 and started work on Wimbledon Station in 1949, collecting donations on behalf of the Southern Railwaymen's Homes at Woking, via a box strapped to his back. He retired in 1956, having collected over £5,000 and spent the rest of his days with the residents at the Home.Upon his death, in 1960, he was stuffed and returned to Wimbledon station. He continued to collect for the Homes, in a glass case situated on Platforms 7/8, until 1990, when he retired once more and became part of the National Railway Collection.^[15]

• On 12 October 1972, a freight train ran into the rear of anelectric multiple unit that was standing at platform 10. Twelve people were injured. The accident was due to inattentiveness by the driver of the freight train.^[16]
• On 6 November 2017, a passenger train formed of twoClass 450 electric multiple units derailed near Wimbledon.^[17] Four people were injured and over 300 passengers were evacuated from the train.^[18]

Wimbledon station presents an unusual procedure with theOyster card pay-as-you-go electronic ticketing system.^[19]Ordinarily,London Underground and National Rail passengers with Oyster cards must "touch in" at the start of their journey and "touch out" at the end: those who fail to "touch out" will be charged the maximum possible fare from their starting point. However, Tramlink passengers starting a journey at Wimbledon, after passing through the entry gates, will not be able to "touch out" at the end of their tram journey, since tram stops provide no facility to do so; instead they must "touch in" a second time on the tram platform at Wimbledon, after passing through the ticket barrier, and the system will then recognise that no train or tube journey has been made.^[20]

A similar issue arises for passengers arriving at Wimbledon by tram. Normally tram users do not touch out, but at Wimbledon they must do so to leave the station: touching out at the regular turnstile accomplishes this. If, however, a passenger touches their card at a standalone Oyster reader (such as the one by the manual gates), the system will see this as starting a new journey rather than ending one, and will deduct a maximum fare from the card.

Wimbledon station
Legend
South West Main Line toLondon Waterloo Earlsfield District line toUpminster viaEarl's Court Wimbledon Park Wimbledon depot Flyover: slow, up line (pale) Sutton Loop Line toStreatham Haydons Road Wimbledon[21] Dundonald Road Tramlink lines 3 & 4 toWest Croydon Wimbledon Chase Sutton Loop Line toSutton Raynes Park South West Main Line towardsWoking

National Rail services at Wimbledon are operated bySouth Western Railway andThameslink.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[22]

• 14 tph toLondon Waterloo
• 2 tph toSt Albans City viaHerne Hill
• 2 tph toSutton
• 2 tph toChessington South
• 2 tph toShepperton viaKingston
• 2 tph toTeddington via Kingston, returning to London Waterloo viaRichmond
• 2 tph toHampton Court
• 1 tph toDorking viaEpsom
• 3 tph toGuildford (1 of these runs via Epsom and 2 run viaCobham)
• 2 tph toWoking viaWeybridge

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours. In addition, during theWimbledon Tennis Championships, longer distance South Western Railway services often make additional calls at the station.

The typical off-peakLondon Underground service on theDistrict Line in trains per hour is:^[23]

• 6 tph toTower Hill of which 3 continue toBarking
• 6 tph toEdgware Road

Additional services, including trains to and fromDagenham East andUpminster call at the station during the peak hours.

The typical off-peakTramlink service in trams per hour is:^[24]

• 6 tph toBeckenham Junction
• 6 tph toElmers End

A limited number of early morning and late evening trams to and fromNew Addington also run to and from Wimbledon.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Earlsfield		South Western Railway South West Main Line		Raynes Park orSurbiton
Haydons Road		Thameslink Sutton Loop Line		Wimbledon Chase
Preceding station		LUL		Following station
Terminus		District line		Wimbledon Park towardsUpminster orEdgware Road
Preceding station		Tramlink		Following station
Terminus		Tramlink Wimbledon to Beckenham Junction		Dundonald Road towardsBeckenham Junction
		Tramlink Wimbledon to Elmers End		Dundonald Road towardsElmers End
	Disused railways
Terminus		Southern Railway Merton Branch		Merton Park
		Connex South Central West Croydon to Wimbledon Line
	Abandoned Plans
Preceding station		LUL		Following station
Elm Grove towardsSutton		District line Wimbledon & Sutton Railway		Wimbledon Park towardsBarking orEdgware Road

IfCrossrail 2 is built, new tunnels will be dug between Wimbledon andRaynes Park, calling at Wimbledon in tunnel and routing trains viaChelsea and central London toHackney and beyond to eitherAlexandra Palace (in tunnel the whole way) orHertford East (surfacing beforeTottenham Hale, taking over theWest Anglia Main Line north of there). This would provide another set of transport links for the area and direct services toEuston andKing's Cross St Pancras.

There is also a proposal for an extension of theTramlink services running fromWimbledon toSutton viaMorden,St Helier andRose Hill.^{[citation needed]}

• London Buses routes57,93,131,156,163,164,200,219 and493 and night routeN87 serve the station.
• During the annualWimbledon Championships there is a dedicated bus service between Wimbledon station and theLawn Tennis grounds in Church Road.

• Wimbledon TMD – located a little to the north of the station, on the west side of the main line tracks.

• Jackson, 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 May 2009.
• Rose, Douglas (1999).The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport.ISBN 1-85414-219-4.

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