Mitcham Junction station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox London station Mitcham Junction is a National Rail station served by Southern and Thameslink trains. It also has a Tramlink stop.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is in the London Borough of Merton and is in London fare zone 4.

The station opened on 1 October 1868<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> specifically to provide an interchange between the new "South London & Sutton Junction Railway", later re-branded as part of the Portsmouth Line, and the existing "Wimbledon & Croydon Railway".

Despite its name, Mitcham Junction is no longer a railway junction; one of the lines that crossed here (the W&CR) has become a grade-separated tramline, the Croydon Tramlink. Only the Portsmouth Line remains, used by services from Template:Rws and beyond to Template:Rws, and from Sutton to Template:Rws and beyond. The line still has sharp curves at either end of the station where the junctions were located and speed is limited to Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The platforms can accommodate 7 coaches. For longer trains selective door opening is used.

Location

Mitcham Junction is not near the centre of Mitcham but on Mitcham Common next to Mitcham Golf Club, and not far from the historic Cricket Green Conservation Area. The nearest railway station to the commercial centre of Mitcham is Template:Rws, between Mitcham Junction and Streatham, which opened in June 2008.

Services

National Rail

National Rail services at Mitcham Junction are operated by Southern and Thameslink using Template:Brc and Template:Brc EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref>Template:NRtimes</ref>

• 2 tph to Template:Stn
• 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk via Template:Stnlnk
• 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk
• 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk of which 1 continues to Template:Stnlnk

During the peak hours, additional services between London Victoria and Epsom also call at the station, as well as a single return journey between Sutton and London Bridge.

On Saturday evenings (after approximately 18:45) and on Sundays, there is no service south of Dorking to Horsham.

Tramlink

The typical off-peak service in trams per hour from Mitcham Junction is:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• 6 tph in each direction between Template:Stn and Template:Stn
• 6 tph in each direction between Template:Stn and Wimbledon

Services are operated using Bombardier CR4000 and Stadler Variobahn Trams.

Connections

London Buses routes 127 and S1 serve the station and tram stop.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Mitcham Junction Tram Stop – Timetables and live departures at Transport for London