Wimbledon railway station
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Wimbledon station is a National Rail, London Underground and Tramlink station located in Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton.
The station is currently served by the London Underground District Line and National Rail operators South West Trains, Thameslink, Southern and also Tramlink Route 1. The station is in Travelcard Zone 3. Adjacent to the station is Wimbledon's Centre Court Shopping Centre.
From Wimbledon services to Central London, west London, the City and Midlands can be obtained traveling northbound while southbound trains provide services to the South West (Bournemouth, etc.) and Sutton.
There used to be a rail line from Wimbledon to West Croydon; this line was taken over during the construction of Tramlink and converted to light rail. In the past this station was also able to provide services to Tooting Junction station via Merton Abbey station, another way to get into the City. Part of the Tramlink line follows the course of the world's first public railway to be given parliamentary approval. A bill for the Surrey Iron Railway, which ran near Mitcham, was presented to parliament on 27 February 1801, received Royal Assent on 21 May 1801 and began service on 26 July 1803.
If or when Crossrail 2 is built, one of the route options involves taking over the Wimbledon branch of the District Line as far as Parsons Green, and routeing trains via Chelsea, London and central London to Hackney and on to Leytonstone tube station and beyond. This will provide another set of transport links for the area.
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