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	Topics South Merton railway station Topic Home South Merton railway station is in the London Borough of MertonLondon Borough of Merton The London Borough of Merton is a London borough in south west London.... in South LondonSouth London South London is the area of London south of the River Thames.... . The station is served by First Capital ConnectFirst Capital Connect First Capital Connect is a train operating company in England that began its passenger operations on the National Rail netwo... trains, and is on the Thameslink loop. It is in Travelcard Zone 4Travelcard Zone 4 Travelcard Zone 4 is the fourth outward zone of Transport for London's zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-... . History Parliamentary approval to construct a railway line from WimbledonFacts About Wimbledon, London Wimbledonis a suburb of London, part of the London Borough of Merton and located seven miles south west of Charing Cross.... to SuttonSutton, London Sutton is the principal town in the London Borough of Sutton.... through what were then undeveloped rural areas had been obtained by the Wimbledon and Sutton RailwayWimbledon and Sutton Railway he Wimbledon and Sutton Railway was a railway company established by an Act of Parliament in 1910 to build a railway line i... (W&SR) in 1910. The main supporters of the scheme were the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR), the London and South Western RailwayLondon and South Western Railway The London and South Western Railway was a railway company in England from 1840 to 1923.... (L&SWR) and the Metropolitan District RailwayMetropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways Summary The Metropolitan Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway were the first two of the series of underground railway... (MDR, now London UndergroundLondon Underground This article is about the British underground transport system.... 's District LineDistrict Line The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map.... ). All held shares in the company and had rights to run trains over the line when built. World War IWorld War I World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War and "The War to End All Wars" was a global m... prevented any work taking place and by the early 1920s1920s The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the "Jazz Age" or the "Roaring Twenties," usually applied to America.... continuing financial support from the MDR meant that it had effectively taken control of the company. Through its ownership of the MDR, the London Electric RailwayUnderground Electric Railways Company The Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited was the holding company, for three of the new deep-level "tube" ... (LER, precursor of London Underground) was able to obtain approval to use part of the route for an extension of the City and South London Railway (C&SLR, now the Northern LineNorthern Line Summary The Northern Line is a deep-level tube line of the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map.... ) from Clapham CommonClapham Common tube station Clapham Common tube station is a station on London Underground's Northern Line.... through MordenMorden tube station Morden station is a London Underground station in Morden in the London Borough of Merton.... to Sutton. The route would have seen Underground Northern Line trains running on surface tracks from Morden past the nearby Underground depot and on to the Network RailNetwork Rail Network Rail is a British "not for dividend" company limited by guarantee that owns the fixed assets of the railway system t... alignment close to Morden SouthMorden South railway station Overview Morden South railway station is in Morden in the London Borough of Merton.... . The Southern Railway (SR, successor of the L&SWR and the LB&SCR after the 1923 GroupingRailways Act 1921 The Railways Act of 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd Ge... of railways) objected to this encroachment into its area of operation and the loss of its passenger traffic to a more direct route. The two companies reached an agreement that enabled the C&SLR to extend as far as Morden 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 5 January 1930. Services The typical off-peak service from the station is 2 trains per hour to WimbledonWimbledon station Wimbledon station is a National Rail, London Underground, and Tramlink station located in Wimbledon in the London Borough of... (clockwise around the loop) and 2 trains per hour to SuttonSutton railway station Sutton railway station is the main station for Sutton in South London.... (anticlockwise). External links