Sutton Common railway station is in Sutton Common in the

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. The station is served by

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and Southern trains on the Sutton Loop Line. It is in

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. It has a single stepped entrance accessible from Sutton Common Road. It is the nearest rail station to the adjoining neighbourhood Benhilton via the footbridge at Angel Hill.

History

Parliamentary approval for a line from Wimbledon to

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had been obtained by the

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(W&SR) in 1910 but work had been delayed by

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. From the W&SR's inception, the

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(DR) was a shareholder of the company and had rights to run trains over the line when built. In the 1920s, the

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(UERL, precursor of

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) planned, through its ownership of the DR, to use part of the route for an extension of another of its lines, the

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(C&SLR, now the

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), to Sutton. The SR objected and an agreement was reached that enabled the C&SLR to extend as far as

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in exchange for the UERL giving up its rights over the W&SR route. The SR subsequently built the line, one of the last to be built in the London area. In the original 1910 proposals the next station to the north was to be at Elm Farm and the next station to the south at Collingwood Road. In the 1920s W&SR and UERL proposals, Elm Farm and Collingwood Road stations were omitted and the next station to the north was South Morden and the next to the south was

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. When constructed by the SR, Morden South was constructed in a different location to South Morden and Cheam station was omitted. West Sutton was added. The station opened on 5 January 1930 when full services on the line were extended from South Merton. In recent years, rebuilding has seen the small shed-like station building completely demolished. The platforms are directly accessed from the street via the stairs, with a ticket machine at street level.

Services

All services at Sutton Common are operated by

using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to * 2 tph to A small number of late evening services are extended beyond St Albans City to and daytime services on Sundays are extended to .

Connections

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routes 470 and S3 serve the station.

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{{Closed London Underground stations Railway stations in the London Borough of Sutton Former Southern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1930 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway Proposed London Underground stations Sutton, London