Wimbledon Park tube station
Wimbledon Park  | |
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  Wimbledon Park Location of Wimbledon Park in Greater London | |
| Location | Wimbledon Park |
| Local authority | London Borough of Merton |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2011 |
 2.00 million[1] |
| 2012 |
 2.11 million[1] |
| 2013 |
2.13 million[1] |
| 2014 |
 1.81 million[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 3 June 1889 | Opened (DR) |
| 1 July 1889 | Started (L&SWR) |
| 1941 | Ended (SR) |
| 1994 | Transferred to LUL |
| Other information | |
| Lists of stations | |
| London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°26′02″N 0°12′00″W / 51.434°N 0.200°W | |
Wimbledon Park is a London Underground station in Wimbledon. The station is on the District line and is between Southfields and Wimbledon stations. The station is located on Arthur Road close to the junction with Melrose Avenue close to the eastern side of Wimbledon Park. It is about 200 m west of Durnsford Road (A218) and is in Travelcard Zone 3.
History
The station was opened by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) on 3 June 1889 on an extension from Putney Bridge to Wimbledon. The extension was built by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) which, starting on 1 July 1889, ran its own trains over the line from a connection at East Putney to its Clapham Junction to Barnes line.
The section of the District line from Putney Bridge to Wimbledon was the last part of the line to be converted from steam operation to electric. Electric trains began running on 27 August 1905.
Main line services through Wimbledon Park were ended by the Southern Railway (successor to the L&SWR) on 4 May 1941, although the line remained in British Rail ownership until 1 April 1994 when it was transferred to London Underground. Until the transfer, the station was branded as a British Rail station.
On 18 June 2012, Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard was hit and killed by a London Underground train while trying to escape from police near Wimbledon Park station.[2][3]
Connections
London Buses route 156 serve the station.
Past plans
Wimbledon Park was a proposed stop on the Chelsea-Hackney Line, now known as Crossrail 2. It was envisioned that the station's District line services would have been replaced by the new line.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "Cricketer Tom Maynard dies after being hit by London Underground train". BBC News. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ Scott-Elliott, Robin (18 June 2012). "Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard dies after being hit by London Underground train after trying to escape police". The Independent (London). Retrieved 6 August 2012.
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| Preceding station | London Underground |
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Terminus | District line |
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