South Wimbledon tube station

South Wimbledon
The station entrance
South Wimbledon Location of South Wimbledon in Greater London
Location	South Wimbledon
Local authority	London Borough of Merton
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3 and 4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	3.75 million
2012	3.70 million
2013	3.79 million
2014	4.28 million
Railway companies
Original company	City and South London Railway
Key dates
1926	Opened
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1358037
Added to list	25 June 1987
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
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South Wimbledon is a London Underground station in south-west London. The station is on the Northern line, situated between Colliers Wood and Morden stations. It is located on the corner of Merton High Street (A238) and Morden Road (A219). South Wimbledon is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 3 and Zone 4.

History

The station was opened on 13 September 1926 as part of the Morden extension of the City & South London Railway south from Clapham Common. On the original plan it had the name "Merton Grove". For geographical accuracy, the station was shown as "South Wimbledon (Merton)" on tube maps from 1928, the name was also modified on platform signage, though not on the station building at street level. From the early-1950s, the "(Merton)" part of the name fell out of use.

Along with the other stations on the Morden extension, the building was designed by architect Charles Holden. They were Holden's first major project for the Underground. He was selected by Frank Pick, general manager of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL), to design the stations after he was dissatisfied with designs produced by the UERL's own architect, Stanley Heaps. Built with a shop to each side, the modernist design takes the form of a double-height box clad in white Portland stone with a three-part glazed screen on the front façade divided by columns of which the capitals are three-dimensional versions of the Underground roundel. The central panel of the screen contains a large version of the roundel. The station is a Grade II listed building.

The station is the southernmost station on the London Underground network which has platforms in tunnels (Morden tube station is further south, but is an open cutting rather than tunnels). It is not actually in Wimbledon but was given this name as it was considered an advantage to indicate its proximity to Wimbledon rather than its actual location in Merton.

Connections

London Buses routes 57, 93, 131, 152, 219, 470 and night route N155 serve the station.

Morden Road tram stop on Tramlink Route 3 is within walking distance of the station.

Gallery

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  Northbound platform looking south

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  Southbound platform looking north

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  Station platform roundel

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  One of the two remaining platform roundel that support the old suffix name "Merton"

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • South Wimbledon station, 1926
  • View from roof of station looking north up Morden Road across junction towards Merton Road, 1933
• More pictures of this station

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Morden Terminus		Northern line		Colliers Wood towards Edgware, Mill Hill East or High Barnet