Tooting railway station

This article is about the current Tooting station formerly known as Tooting Junction. For the original Tooting Junction station, see Tooting Junction railway station (1868-1894).

Tooting
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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
2004–05	0.629 million
2005–06	0.645 million
2006–07	1.052 million
2007–08	1.177 million
2008–09	1.112 million
2009–10	0.945 million
2010–11	1.001 million
2011–12	1.065 million
2012–13	1.083 million
2013–14	1.318 million
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
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portal

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

Tooting is a railway station in the London Borough of Merton, south London; it is within Travelcard Zone 3. The station is served by Thameslink and (occasional) Southern trains, and is on the Sutton Loop Line.

The station opened in 1894 as Tooting Junction, replacing an earlier station of the same name but slightly further east that 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 off-peak service from the station is 2 trains per hour to St Albans via Herne Hill and London Blackfriars (clockwise around the loop) and 2 trains per hour to Sutton via Wimbledon (anticlockwise), run by Thameslink. Additionally, Southern runs between 3 and 5 services per day between Wimbledon and London Bridge.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Streatham		Thameslink Sutton Loop		Haydons Road
		Southern Sutton Loop Peak hours only

Connections

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

External links

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