West Sutton railway station

West Sutton railway station is in the London Borough of Sutton in South London, England. The station is served by Thameslink trains on the Sutton Loop Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 5. It is close to Gander Green Lane, the home ground of Sutton United.

West Sutton
West Sutton Location of West Sutton in Greater London
Location	Sutton
Local authority	London Borough of Sutton
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code(s)	WSU
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.327 million[1]
2019–20	0.335 million[1]
2020–21	86,148[1]
2021–22	0.184 million[1]
2022–23	0.225 million[1]
Key dates
5 January 1930	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51.3659°N 0.2052°W / 51.3659; -0.2052
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History

Parliamentary approval for a line from Wimbledon to Sutton was obtained by the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910 but work was delayed by the First World War.^[2] 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 it was built. In the 1920s, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL, 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.^[2] The Southern Railway (SR) objected, and an agreement was reached that enabled the C&SLR to extend as far as Morden 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. West Sutton station replaced the UERL's planned Cheam station on Cheam Road to the south. The station opened on 5 January 1930 when full services on the line were extended from South Merton.^[2]

Services

All services at West Sutton are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3]

• 2 tph to St Albans City
• 2 tph to Sutton

A small number of late evening services are extended beyond St Albans City to Bedford, and daytime services on Sundays are extended to Luton.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sutton Common		Thameslink Sutton Loop Line		Sutton

Connections

London Buses route 413 serve the station.

References

1. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. 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. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
3. Table 173, 179 National Rail timetable, May 2022

External links

• Train times and station information for West Sutton railway station from National Rail