Sutton Common railway station

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.{{cite magazine |last=Jackson |first=Alan A. |date=December 1966 |title=The Wimbledon & Sutton Railway – A late arrival on the South London suburban scene |magazine=The Railway Magazine |pages=675–680 |url=https://sremg.org.uk/RlyMag/WimbledonSuttonRly.pdf |access-date=2009-05-07}} 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 another of its lines, the City and South London Railway (C&SLR, now the Northern line), to Sutton. 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.

In the original 1910 proposals, the next station to the north was to be at Elm Farm and the next station to the south at Collingwood Road. In the 1920s W&SR and UERL proposals, Elm Farm and Collingwood Road stations were omitted, the next station to the north being South Morden and the next to the south being Cheam. When the line was built by the SR, Morden South was constructed in a different location from that planned for South Morden, and Cheam station was omitted. West Sutton was added. Sutton Common station opened on 5 January 1930 when full services on the line were extended from South Merton.

In recent years{{when|date=May 2025}} the small shed-like station building has been completely demolished. The platforms are directly accessed from the street via the stairs, with a ticket machine at street level.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

All services at Sutton Common are operated by Thameslink using {{brc|700}} EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:{{NRtimes|May 2022|173, 179}}

• 2 tph to {{stnlnk|St Albans City}}
• 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Sutton|London}}

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

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London Buses route S3 serves the station.

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Category:Railway stations in the London Borough of Sutton

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