Haydons Road railway station

Haydons Road railway station is in the north-east of the London Borough of Merton in South London. It is the nearest station to the Plough Lane stadium, the home ground of AFC Wimbledon.
The station is served by Thameslink trains on the Sutton Loop Line and is in London fare zone 3.

History

It was opened, originally as Haydens Lane, by the Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway on 1 October 1868. The ticket office is on the up side of the station; the original station buildings were redeveloped by British Rail during 1991 and 1992 when land adjacent to the up platform was redeveloped for housing. Until the advent of Thameslink it was served by the London Bridge loop trains via Wimbledon.

All services at Haydons Road are operated by Thameslink using EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

A small number of late evening services are extended beyond St Albans City to and daytime services on Sundays are extended to.
Previously, peak time Southern services to London Bridge station was also run, but this was cut due to no new rolling stock coming in to replace the Class 455s which previously ran the service.

London Buses route 200 serves the station, connection to 156, 493 and N87 at Plough Lane is within walking distance of the station.