Mitcham Eastfields railway station

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Mitcham Eastfields
Location
Place Eastfields and Mitcham
Local authority London Borough of Merton
Operations
Station code MTC
Managed by Southern
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Transport for London
Zone 3[1]
History
Key dates Opened 2 June 2008
Transport for London
List of London stations: Underground | National Rail

Mitcham Eastfields railway station[1] is a new station in London, United Kingdom which opened on 2 June 2008 at 4pm.[2]

The station is at Eastfields Road level crossing[3], in an area poorly served by public transport. The nearest station was Mitcham Junction station, which along with Mitcham tram stop was over a mile from the district[4].

[edit] 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[5]. 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. However, on 20 May 2008 the station reopening was postponed as Network Rail did not feel the station would be ready to open until early June.[6]. The station was planned to open in the morning of Monday 2 June but opened later in the afternoon due to delays involving safety inspections. The station opened at 16:00 with the first train arriving at 16:11. The station cost £6m, and is the first to be built to a modular design developed by Network Rail, which will be used at Corby railway station.[7] 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.

Mitcham Eastfields station is served by Southern services from Victoria and First Capital Connect services (Monday to Saturday only) on the Sutton Loop of Thameslink[1][3]. The current journey time on this line between Mitcham Junction station and Streatham is six minutes. Victoria can be reached within 20 minutes.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c London Connections map. ATOC (2008-02-01). Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
  2. ^ Mitcham Eastfields station to open today - LATEST. Southern Railway. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
  3. ^ a b c London Borough of Merton (2007-08-24). "Merton Council gives green light to Eastfields railway station". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
  4. ^ Eastfields Station. TFL (2006-03-11). Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
  5. ^ London Borough of Merton (2007-07-17). "Residents' questions answered on new Eastfields station". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
  6. ^ ""First Capital Connect - Mitcham Eastfields station"". Retrieved on 2008-05-20. 
  7. ^ "Modular station opens this month", Railway Gazette International, 2008-05-01. Retrieved on 2008-05-02. 

[edit] External links


  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Balham   Southern
Sutton & Mole Valley Lines		   Mitcham Junction
Streatham   Southern
Sutton & Mole Valley Lines
Mondays-Fridays only		  
Streatham   First Capital Connect
Sutton Loop
Mondays-Saturdays only		   Mitcham Junction

Coordinates: 51°24′27.81″N 0°9′17.15″W / 51.407725, -0.1547639

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