South Wimbledon tube station
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South Wimbledon is a London Underground station in South Wimbledon, a suburb of Wimbledon in south-west London. It is on the Northern line, between Colliers Wood and Morden stations. The station is located on the corner of Merton High Street (A238) and Morden Road (A219). It is on the boundary between London fare zone 3 and 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.<ref name="day">Template:Cite book</ref> On the original plan it had the name "Merton Grove".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> For geographical accuracy, the station was shown as "South Wimbledon (Merton)" on tube maps from 1928,<ref name="rose">Template:Cite book</ref> the name was also modified on platform signage, though not on the station building at street level. From the early-1950s, the "(Merton)" parenthetical fell out of use.<ref group="note">"(Merton)" appears on the 1949 tube map, but not on the 1951 map.</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name="eh_1358037"/><ref group="note"> Holden's other stations on the Morden extension at Template:Stl, Template:Stl, Template:Stl, Template:Stl and Template:Stl are also listed Grade II.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite report</ref></ref>
The station is the southernmost station on the London Underground network which has platforms in tunnels (Morden is in an open cut).
Connections
The station is served by a number of day and nighttime London Buses routes. The Tramlink at Morden Road tram stop is within walking distance of the station.<ref>Template:Cite map/Standard Tube Map</ref>
Future
A planned new line to the Tramlink light rail or a separate bus rapid transit (BRT) system called the Sutton Link will create a new tram or BRT/tube interchange with new platforms built at South Wimbledon somewhere close to the current station as part of Option 1, offering services to Sutton via St Helier.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Notes and references
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External links
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- Northern line stations
- Tube stations in the London Borough of Merton
- Former City and South London Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1926
- Charles Holden railway stations
- Art Deco architecture in London
- Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Merton
- Grade II listed railway stations
- London Underground Night Tube stations