Wimbledon Park tube station
{{short description|London Underground station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox London station|symbol=underground
| name = Wimbledon Park
| image_name =Wimbledon Park stn look north2.JPG
| manager = London Underground
| fare_zone = 3
| locale = Wimbledon Park
| borough = London Borough of Merton
| years1 = 3 June 1889
| years2 = 1 July 1889
| years3 = 4 May 1941
| years4 = 1 April 1994
| events1 = Opened (DR)
| events2 = Started (L&SWR)
| events3 = Ended (SR)
| events4 = Transferred to LUL
| platforms = 2
| coordinates = {{coord|51.434|-0.200|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| access = yes
}}
File:Aldershot, Ash, Shalford, Basingstoke, Guildford & Peasmarsh , Wimbledon RJD 4.jpg map of lines around Wimbledon Park railway station.]]
Wimbledon Park is a London Underground station in Wimbledon. The station is on the District line and is between Southfields and Wimbledon stations. The station is located on Arthur Road close to the junction with Melrose Avenue close to the eastern side of Wimbledon Park. It is about {{Convert|200|m||abbr=}} west of Durnsford Road (A218) and is in Travelcard Zone 3.
History
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The station was opened by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) on 3 June 1889 on an extension from {{stl|LUL|Putney Bridge}} to {{stl|LUL|Wimbledon}}. The extension was built by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) which, starting on 1 July 1889, ran its own trains over the line from a connection at East Putney to its {{Stnlnk|Clapham Junction}} to {{Stnlnk|Barnes}} line.
The section of the District line from Putney Bridge to Wimbledon was the last part of the line to be converted from steam operation to electric. Electric trains began running on 27 August 1905.
Main line services through Wimbledon Park ended on 4 May 1941. By then, the station was on a line of the Southern Railway (successor to the L&SWR), although the line remained in British Rail ownership until 1 April 1994 when it was transferred to London Underground. Until the transfer, the station was branded as a British Rail station. The route from Wimbledon to Wandsworth Town (Point Pleasant Junction) is still used by South Western Railway for empty stock movements and occasional service train diversions, as well as three daily South Western Railway services which run to and from Waterloo via the route in the early hours of the morning;[http://www.psul4all.free-online.co.uk/2016.htm "PSUL 2016 - Greater London"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026082230/http://www.psul4all.free-online.co.uk/2016.htm |date=26 October 2017 }} Maund, R; Passenger Train Services over Unusual Lines; retrieved 26 May 2016 so South Western Railway trains pass through Wimbledon Park station on a daily basis, but without stopping. There are very infrequent movements of Network Rail engineering trains and light engine movements through the station as well.
On 18 June 2012, Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard was electrocuted and hit by a London Underground train while trying to escape from police near Wimbledon Park station.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jun/22/tom-maynard-electrocution-police?newsfeed=true |title=Surrey's Tom Maynard died of electrocution, say transport police |work=The Guardian|date=22 June 2012 |access-date=23 June 2012}}{{cite news |title=Cricketer Tom Maynard dies after being hit by London Underground train |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18492564 |work=BBC News |access-date=6 August 2012 |date=18 June 2012 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/surrey-cricketer-tom-maynard-dies-after-being-hit-by-london-underground-train-after-trying-to-escape-police-7858136.html |title=Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard dies after being hit by London Underground train after trying to escape police |date=18 June 2012 |work=The Independent |location=London |access-date=6 August 2012 |first=Robin |last=Scott-Elliott }}
In 2018, it was announced that the station would gain step free access by 2022, as part of a £200m investment to increase the number of accessible stations on the Tube.{{Cite web|url=https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/further-13-stations-to-go-step-free|title=Huge boost for accessibility as further 13 stations to go step-free|website=London City Hall|language=en|access-date=2018-02-02|date=19 January 2018}} Step-free access was achieved in September 2021.{{Cite web|last=White|first=Chloe|date=2021-09-02|title=Wimbledon Park Tube station goes step free with the opening of a brand new lift|url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/09/wimbledon-park-tube-station-goes-step-free-with-the-opening-of-a-brand-new-lift.html|access-date=2021-09-03|website=RailAdvent|language=en-GB}}
Connections
- London Buses route 156 serve the station.
Past plans
Wimbledon Park was a proposed stop on the Chelsea-Hackney Line, now known as Crossrail 2. It was envisioned that the station's District line services would have been replaced by the new line.
References
External links
{{commons category|Wimbledon Park tube station}}
- [https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
- {{LTM archive|2001-15045|Wimbledon Park station with British Rail signage, 1982}}
- {{LTM archive|2001-51899|Wimbledon Park station, 2001}}
{{Adjacent stations|system=London Underground|line=District|left=Wimbledon|right=Southfields|type=Wimbledon|note-mid1=Wimbledon branch}}
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Category:District line stations
Category:Proposed Chelsea-Hackney Line stations
Category:Tube stations in the London Borough of Merton
Category:Former London and South Western Railway stations