South Wimbledon tube station
- South Wimbledon tube station
South Wimbledon tube station is a London Underground station in South London. The station is on the Northern Line, between Colliers Wood and Morden stations. It is located on the corner of Merton High Street (A238) and Morden Road (A219). It is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 3 and Zone 4.
History
The station was designed by Charles Holden and was opened on 13 September 1926 as part of the Morden extension of the City & South London Railway (now part of the Northern Line).
South Wimbledon station is not actually in Wimbledon but was given this name as it was thought that Wimbledon had a higher social standing than its actual location of Merton. For geographical accuracy, the station was originally named South Wimbledon (Merton) and it appeared as such on early underground maps and on the original station platform signage (although not on the station building at street level). The "(Merton)" part of the name gradually fell out of use.
Transport connections
The following London Buses routes serve the station (frequencies are for weekday off-peak):
*57 (Kingston-Clapham Park) every 8 minutes
*93 (North Cheam-Putney) every 7-8 minutes
*131 (Kingston-Tooting Broadway) every 8-12 minutes
*152 (New Malden-Pollards Hill) evey 12 minutes
*219 (Wimbledon-Clapham Junction) every 12 minutes
*470 (Epsom-Colliers Wood) every 30 minutes
Several Tramlink route 3 stops are also within walking distance.
ee also
*South Wimbledon
External links
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
**ltmcollection|92/9887192.jpg|South Wimbledon station, 1926
**ltmcollection|8u/i0000b8u.jpg|View from roof of station looking north up Morden Road across junction towards Merton Road, 1933
Further reading
*"Underground Architecture" by David Laurence (Capital Transport)
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