South Wimbledon tube station

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South Wimbledon
Location
Place	Wimbledon
Local authority	London Borough of Merton
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Transport for London
Zone	3 and 4
Annual entry/exit	3.119 million †
History
1926	Opened (C&SLR)
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

South Wimbledon tube station is a London Underground station in South London. The station is on the Northern Line, between Colliers Wood and Morden stations. It is located on the corner of Merton High Street (A238) and Morden Road (A219). It is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 3 and Zone 4.

1 History
2 Transport connections
3 See also
4 External link
5 Further reading

[edit] History

The station was designed by Charles Holden and was opened on 13 September 1926 as part of the Morden Extension of the City & South London Railway (now part of the Northern Line).

South Wimbledon station is not actually in Wimbledon but was given this name as it was thought that Wimbledon had a higher social standing than its actual location of Merton. For geographical accuracy, the station was originally named South Wimbledon (Merton) and it appeared as such on early underground maps and on the original station platform signage (although not on the station building at street level). The "(Merton)" part of the name gradually fell out of use.