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.

Haydons Road
Haydons Road Location of Haydons Road in Greater London
Location	Summerstown
Local authority	London Borough of Merton
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code(s)	HYR
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.370 million[1]
2020–21	0.109 million[1]
2021–22	0.221 million[1]
2022–23	0.265 million[1]
2023–24	0.291 million[1]
Key dates
1 October 1868	Opened (Haydens Lane)
1 October 1889	Renamed Haydons Road
1 January 1917	Closed
27 August 1923	Reopened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.4255°N 0.188°W / 51.4255; -0.188
London transport portal

A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Haydons Road railway station.

The station is served by Thameslink trains on the Sutton Loop Line and is in Travelcard Zone 3.

History

It was opened, originally as Haydens Lane, by the Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway (itself jointly owned by the London and South Western Railway and the London, Brighton and South Coast 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.

Services

All services at Haydons Road are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[2]

• 2 tph to St Albans City
• 2 tph to Sutton via Wimbledon

A small number of late evening services are extended beyond St Albans City to Bedford and daytime services on Sundays are extended to Luton.

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.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tooting		Thameslink Sutton Loop Line		Wimbledon
	Historical railways
Tooting Junction		Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway 1868–94		Wimbledon

Connections

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