Tooting railway station

Tooting is a railway station serving Tooting in South London; it is within Travelcard Zone 3. Although Tooting is in the London Borough of Wandsworth, the station is located just across the borough boundary in the neighbouring London Borough of Merton. The station is on the Sutton Loop Line and is served by Thameslink trains and by a limited number of Southern services during the morning and evening peak.

Tooting
Tooting Location of Tooting in Greater London
Location	Tooting
Local authority	London Borough of Merton
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	TOO
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2015–16	1.223 million[1]
2016–17	1.028 million[1]
2017–18	1.051 million[1]
2018–19	0.943 million[1]
2019–20	1.045 million[1]
Key dates
12 August 1894	Opened as resited Tooting Junction
1 January 1917	Temporarily closed
27 August 1923	Reopened
1 March 1938	Renamed Tooting
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.4196°N 0.1603°W
London transport portal

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Tooting station.

History

The station opened in 1894 as Tooting Junction, replacing an earlier station of the same name, which was located a few hundred yards west and had opened in 1868. It was renamed Tooting in 1938, following the closure of the branch line from Tooting to Merton Park to passenger traffic in 1929.

Services

The typical service pattern operated by Thameslink is 2 trains per hour to St Albans City via Herne Hill and London Blackfriars (clockwise around the loop) and 2 trains per hour to Sutton via Wimbledon (anticlockwise). Some late evening services to St Albans City are extended to Bedford. On Sundays, daytime services are extended to Luton.

On weekdays there are also peak time services operated by Southern. In the morning peak Southern services operate anticlockwise around the loop to Sutton via Wimbledon; and in the evening peak services run clockwise to London Bridge via Tulse Hill.

Connections

London Buses routes 44, 77, 264, 270, 280 and 355 and night route N44 serve the station.

References

1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

External links

• Train times and station information for Tooting railway station from National Rail