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  Mitcham Junction Location of Mitcham Junction in Greater London | |
| Location | Mitcham |
| Local authority | London Borough of Merton |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Station code(s) | MIJ |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| Tramlink annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2009–10 | 0.524 million[2] |
| 2010–11 | 0.555 million[3] |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2019–20 |  0.473 million[4] |
| 2020–21 | 0.168 million[4] |
| 2021–22 |  0.324 million[4] |
| 2022–23 | 0.350 million[4] |
| 2023–24 | 0.379 million[4] |
| Key dates | |
| 1 October 1868 | Opened |
| 3 March 1929 | Electrified to Epsom |
| 31 May 1997 | West Croydon to Wimbledon Line Closed |
| 30 May 2000 | Tramlink opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°23′35″N 0°09′27″W / 51.393°N 0.1576°W |
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Mitcham Junction is a National Rail station served by Southern and Thameslink trains. It also has a Tramlink stop.[5] It is in the London Borough of Merton and is in Travelcard Zone 4.
The station opened on 1 October 1868[6] 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 (the W&CR) has become a grade-separated tramline, the Croydon Tramlink. Only the Portsmouth Line remains, used by services from Sutton and beyond to London Victoria, and from Sutton to London Blackfriars and beyond. The line still has sharp curves at either end of the station where the junctions were located and speed is limited to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h).[7]
The platforms can accommodate 7 coaches. For longer trains selective door opening is used.
- ^ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
- ^ "Tram Stop Usage 2009-10 (FOI)" (XLS). Tramlink annual passenger performance 2009-2010. Transport for London. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ "Tramlink numbers 2010-2011" (PDF). Tramlink annual passenger performance 2010-2011. Transport for London. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ Bloomfield, Ruth (28 July 2016). "Get in quick: property prices are quietly soaring in London's top 10 Tramlink hotspots". Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Butt, RVJ (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. p. 161. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Network Rail. "Sectional Appendix". Network Rail. Retrieved 8 May 2020.