Haydons Road railway station

Haydons Road
Haydons Road Location of Haydons Road in Greater London
Location	Summerstown
Local authority	London Borough of Merton
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	HYR
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17	0.344 million[1]
2017–18	0.377 million[1]
2018–19	0.340 million[1]
2019–20	0.370 million[1]
2020–21	0.109 million[1]
Key dates
1 October 1868	Opened (Haydens Lane)
1 October 1889	Renamed Haydons Road
1 January 1917	Closed
27 August 1923	Reopened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°25′32″N 0°11′17″W / 51.4255°N 0.188°W / 51.4255; -0.188Coordinates: 51°25′32″N 0°11′17″W / 51.4255°N 0.188°W / 51.4255; -0.188
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A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Haydons Road railway station.

Haydons Road railway station is in the north-east of the London Borough of Merton in South London. It is the nearest station to the Plough Lane stadium, the home ground of AFC Wimbledon.

The station is served by Thameslink trains and by a limited number of Southern services during the morning and evening peak. It is on the Sutton Loop Line and is in Travelcard Zone 3.

History[]

It was opened, originally as Haydens Lane, by the Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway (itself jointly owned by the London and South Western Railway and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway) on 1 October 1868. The ticket office is on the up side of the station; the original station buildings were redeveloped by British Rail during 1991 and 1992 when land adjacent to the up platform was redeveloped for housing. Until the advent of Thameslink it was served by the London Bridge loop trains via Wimbledon.

Services[]

The typical service pattern operated by Thameslink is 2 trains per hour to St Albans City via London Blackfriars (clockwise around the loop) and 2 trains per hour to Sutton via Wimbledon (anticlockwise). Services to Sutton then continue towards Mitcham Junction. Some late evening services to St Albans City are extended to Bedford. On Sundays, daytime services are extended to Luton.

On weekdays there are also peak time services operated by Southern. In the morning peak Southern services operate anticlockwise around the loop to Sutton via Wimbledon; and in the evening peak services run clockwise to London Bridge via Tooting.

Thameslink services are usually operated by Class 700 trains which have replaced the older Class 319 units. Southern services are mainly operated by 8 carriage Class 455 units.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tooting		Thameslink Thameslink		Wimbledon
		Southern Sutton and Mole Valley lines Peak hours only
	Disused railways
Tooting Junction		Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway 1868–94		Wimbledon

Connections[]

London Buses routes 156, 200, 493 and Night bus route N87 serve the station.

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Haydons Road railway station.

• Train times and station information for Haydons Road railway station from National Rail