Mitcham Junction station

Mitcham Junction
Mitcham Junction Location of Mitcham Junction in Greater London
Location	Mitcham
Local authority	London Borough of Merton
Managed by	Southern
Station code	MIJ
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes [1]
Fare zone	4
Tramlink annual boardings and alightings
2009–10	0.524 million[2]
2010–11	0.555 million[3]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.174 million[4]
2005–06	0.175 million[4]
2006–07	0.278 million[4]
2007–08	0.324 million[4]
2008–09	0.316 million[4]
2009–10	0.298 million[4]
2010–11	0.331 million[4]
2011–12	0.387 million[4]
2012–13	0.400 million[4]
2013–14	0.459 million[4]
Key dates
1 October 1868	Opened
31 May 1997	West Croydon to Wimbledon Line Closed
2000	Tramlink opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°23′35″N 0°09′27″W / 51.393°N 0.1576°W

Mitcham Junction is a National Rail station served by Southern and Thameslink trains, and a Tramlink stop. It is in the London Borough of Merton and is in Travelcard Zone 4.

The station opened on 1 October 1868.^[5] Despite its name, Mitcham Junction no longer has a junction: one of the two lines that crossed here (the West Croydon to Wimbledon Line) has become a grade-separated Tramlink route. The other line is used by services between Sutton and London Victoria, or London Blackfriars and beyond. This line still has sharp curves at either end of the station where the junctions were located and speed is limited to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h). or 20 miles per hour (32 km/h).

Mitcham Junction is not in the centre of Mitcham but is near the historic Cricket Green Conservation Area, across Mitcham Common. The nearest main line railway station to the commercial centre of Mitcham is Mitcham Eastfields located between Mitcham Junction and Streatham which opened on 2 June 2008.

As part of a programme of improvements being run by Southern, the office and yard which were once adjacent to the northern platform were levelled in early 2010. In addition, the station is now open for about 19 hours per day. Work continues on the improvement of the station buildings.

Services

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

The typical off-peak tram service per hour is:

• 12tph to Wimbledon
• 12tph to New Addington

Connections

London Buses routes 127 and S1 serve the station and tram stop.

Layout

Tram stop

Side Platform
Eastbound	Route 3 towards New Addington
Westbound	Route 3 towards Wimbledon
Side Platform

References

1. "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail Enquiries. National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 March 2009.
2. "Tram Stop Usage 2009-10 (FOI)" (XLS). Tramlink annual passenger performance 2009-2010. Transport for London. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
3. "Tramlink numbers 2010-2011" (PDF). Tramlink annual passenger performance 2010-2011. Transport for London. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
4. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
5. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 161. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

Gallery

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  Main line station looking west (actually northbound here)

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  Tram stop looking east

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  Main line station platform signage

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  Tram stop signage