Mitcham Junction station
Mitcham Junction is a National Rail station served by Thameslink Railway)|Southern] and Thameslink trains. It also has a Tramlink stop. It is in the London Borough of Merton and is in London fare zone 4.
The station opened on 1 October 1868 specifically to provide an interchange between the new "South London & Sutton Junction Railway", later re-branded as part of the Portsmouth Line, and the existing "Wimbledon & Croydon Railway".
Despite its name, Mitcham Junction is no longer a railway junction; one of the lines that crossed here has become a grade-separated tramline, the Croydon Tramlink. Only the Portsmouth Line remains, used by services from and beyond to, and from Sutton to and beyond. The line still has sharp curves at either end of the station where the junctions were located and speed is limited to.
The platforms can accommodate 7 coaches. For longer trains selective door opening is used.
Location
Mitcham Junction is not near the centre of Mitcham but on Mitcham Common next to Mitcham Golf Club, and not far from the historic Cricket Green Conservation Area. The nearest railway station to the commercial centre of Mitcham is, between Mitcham Junction and Streatham, which opened in June 2008.Services
National Rail
services at Mitcham Junction are operated by Southern and Thameslink using and EMUs.The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
- 2 tph to
- 2 tph to via
- 2 tph to
- 2 tph to of which 1 continues to
On Saturday evenings and on Sundays, there is no service south of Dorking to Horsham.
Tramlink
The typical off-peak service in trams per hour from Mitcham Junction is:- 6 tph in each direction between and
- 6 tph in each direction between and Wimbledon