Mitcham Eastfields railway station

Mitcham Eastfields
Station building, to the north of the level crossing on Eastfields Road (platforms staggered)
Mitcham Eastfields Location of Mitcham Eastfields in Greater London
Location	Eastfields and Mitcham
Local authority	London Borough of Merton
Managed by	Southern
Station code	MTC
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes ^[1]
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2008–09	0.199 million^[2]
2009–10	0.302 million^[2]
2010–11	0.443 million^[2]
2011–12	0.620 million^[2]
2012–13	0.751 million^[2]
2013–14	0.862 million^[2]
Railway companies
Original company	Network Rail
Key dates
2 June 2008	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°24′28″N 0°09′17″W / 51.4077°N 0.1547°W / 51.4077; -0.1547

Mitcham Eastfields (initially known as Eastfields during planning and construction)^[3] is a railway station in London, United Kingdom, which opened on 2 June 2008.^[4] The station is located at Eastfields Road level crossing,^[3] in an area previously poorly served by public transport. The nearest station was Mitcham Junction, which along with Mitcham tram stop, was over 1 mile (1.6 km) from the district.^[5] It is in fare zone 3.^[6]

History

Proposals for the station have apparently existed since the 1930s.^[3] Planning permission was granted by the London Borough of Merton in August 2007.^[7] Construction started in October 2007. Following consultation, there were hopes to have the station open by December 2007.

The opening was originally scheduled for 19 May 2008 but that date was subsequently put back because Network Rail did not feel the station would be ready until early June.^[8] The opening was then planned for the morning of Monday 2 June, but in the event it was delayed till the afternoon by safety inspections. It finally opened at 16:00 and the first train arrived at 16:11.

Design

The station cost £6m, and was the second station to be built to a modular design developed by Network Rail, which is also used at Corby railway station and Greenhithe railway station which was the first to be constructed.^[9] The platforms are 170 m long, with a building on the up (northbound) platform. The platforms are arranged so that each is situated beyond the level crossing in the direction of travel, allowing the crossing to be reopened while trains are stopped at the station, minimising the disruption to road traffic. However this means that passengers must cross Eastfields Road (no controlled crossing at present) if they wish to purchase a ticket on the northbound side and then travel southbound. The footbridge on the southbound side only allows safe movement over the railway and not the road.

Services

Mitcham Eastfields station is served by Southern trains to and from Victoria, and by Thameslink trains on the Sutton Loop Line.^[3]^[6] The current journey time on this line between Mitcham Junction station and Streatham is six minutes. London Victoria can be reached in approximately 19 minutes.

The typical off-peak train service per hour is:

2tph (trains per hour) to St Albans via Herne Hill and London Blackfriars (On Sundays, this service terminates at London Blackfriars)
2tph to London Victoria via Clapham Junction
2tph to Wimbledon via Sutton
2tph to Epsom via Hackbridge and Sutton

During the peak hours trains from Mitcham Eastfields also travel to Dorking and Horsham.

Preceding station		Following station
Balham	Southern Sutton & Mole Valley Lines	Mitcham Junction
Streatham	Southern Sutton & Mole Valley Lines	Mitcham Junction
Streatham	Thameslink Sutton Loop	Mitcham Junction

Connections

London Buses routes 152 and 463 serve the station.

References

↑ "Network Map". Southern. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
1 2 3 4 "Merton Council gives green light to Eastfields railway station" (Press release). London Borough of Merton. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
↑ "Mitcham Eastfields station to open today - LATEST". Southern Railway. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
↑ "Eastfields Station". TFL. 11 March 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
1 2 "London Connections map" (PDF). ATOC. 1 February 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
↑ "Residents' questions answered on new Eastfields station" (Press release). London Borough of Merton. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
↑ "First Capital Connect - Mitcham Eastfields station". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
↑ "Modular station opens this month". Railway Gazette International. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2008.

External links

Eastfields station plan (3.47 MiB)
A photo of the station under construction from Railway Gazette International.

Gallery

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mitcham Eastfields railway station.

Northbound platform and station building viewed from southbound platform
Southbound platform viewed from northbound platform
Southbound platform viewed from northbound platform, with level crossing closed
Southbound platform (staggered) looking south
Northbound platform (staggered) looking north
Signage on station building, adjacent to northbound platform, with Southern branding.

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses East London Transit Night Buses Coach Station Cycle Hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground TfL Rail Tramlink Crossrail (under construction) London River Services London Streets London Underground Night Tube Source London Taxi and Private Hire office

Bus operators	Abellio Arriva East Herts & Essex Arriva London Arriva Southern Counties CT Plus Go-Ahead London London Sovereign London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Uno

River operators	Bateaux London City Cruises Crown River Cruises Livett's Launches Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company Thames Clippers Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services Westminster Passenger Services Association

Train operators	Abellio Greater Anglia Stansted Express c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Hull Trains London Midland London Overground Rail Operations South West Trains Southeastern TfL Rail Virgin Trains (West Coast) Virgin Trains East Coast

Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Port of London Authority

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow Private: Biggin Hill Damyns Hall London Heliport Military: Northolt

Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted Proposed: Thames Estuary

Major stations

Central area	Bank/Monument Baker Street Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster

Other	Barking Bromley South Canary Wharf Clapham Junction Ealing Broadway East Croydon Finsbury Park Heathrow Stations Highbury & Islington Ilford Lewisham London City Airport Orpington Putney Richmond Romford Stratford Surbiton Sutton Wimbledon

Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)

Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road

Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

Category
Commons
WikiProject

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Thameslink and Great Northern routes serving this station

Thameslink Wimbledon Loop	Luton Luton Airport Parkway Harpenden St Albans City Radlett Elstree & Borehamwood Mill Hill Broadway Hendon (Brent Cross Thameslink planned) Cricklewood West Hampstead Thameslink Kentish Town St Pancras International Farringdon City Thameslink London Blackfriars Elephant & Castle Loughborough Junction Herne Hill Tulse Hill Streatham Tooting Haydons Road Wimbledon Wimbledon Chase South Merton Morden South St Helier Sutton Common West Sutton Sutton Carshalton Hackbridge Mitcham Junction Mitcham Eastfields

Southern routes serving this station

Metro via Peckham Rye	London Bridge South Bermondsey Queens Road Peckham Peckham Rye East Dulwich North Dulwich Tulse Hill West Norwood Gipsy Hill Crystal Palace Birkbeck Beckenham Junction Streatham Streatham Common Norbury Thornton Heath Selhurst West Croydon Tooting Haydons Road Wimbledon Wimbledon Chase South Merton Morden South St Helier Sutton Common West Sutton Sutton Carshalton Hackbridge Mitcham Junction Mitcham Eastfields

Metro via Sutton	London Victoria Battersea Park Clapham Junction Wandsworth Common Balham Streatham Hill West Norwood Gipsy Hill Crystal Palace London Bridge Norwood Junction Streatham Common Norbury Thornton Heath Selhurst West Croydon Waddon Wallington Carshalton Beeches Mitcham Eastfields Mitcham Junction Hackbridge Carshalton Sutton Belmont Banstead Epsom Downs Cheam Ewell East Epsom Ashtead Leatherhead Bookham Effingham Junction Horsley Clandon London Road (Guildford) Guildford Box Hill & Westhumble Dorking Holmwood Ockley Warnham Horsham

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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