St Helier railway station

This article is about the station in London. For the former stations on Jersey in the Channel Islands, see St Helier (Weighbridge) railway station and St Helier (Snow Hill) railway station.

St Helier National Rail
St Helier is located in Greater London
St Helier
St Helier
Location of St Helier in Greater London
LocationSt Helier
Local authorityLondon Borough of Merton
Managed byThameslink
Station code(s)SIH
DfT categoryF1
Number of platforms2
Fare zone4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20Increase 0.190 million[1]
2020–21Decrease 70,548[1]
2021–22Increase 0.129 million[1]
2022–23Increase 0.140 million[1]
2023–24Increase 0.146 million[1]
Key dates
5 January 1930Opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°23′24″N 0°11′55″W / 51.3901°N 0.1985°W / 51.3901; -0.1985
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St Helier railway station is in the London Borough of Merton in South London. The station is served by Thameslink, and is on the Sutton Loop Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 4.

History

Parliamentary approval for a line from Wimbledon to Sutton was obtained by the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910 but work was delayed by the First World War.[2] From the W&SR's inception, the District Railway (DR) was a shareholder of the company and had rights to run trains over the line when it was built. In the 1920s, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL, precursor of London Underground) planned, through its ownership of the DR and the City and South London Railway (C&SLR, now the Northern line), to use part of the W&SR's route for an extension of the C&SLR to Sutton.[2] The Southern Railway (SR) objected, and an agreement was reached that enabled the C&SLR to extend as far as Morden in exchange for the UERL giving up its rights over the W&SR route. The SR subsequently built the line, one of the last to be built in the London area. The station opened on 5 January 1930 when full services on the line were extended from South Merton.[2]

The original concrete station building has been demolished.

Services

All services at St Helier are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

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

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Thameslink

Connections

London Buses routes 154 and S2 serve the station.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. ^ a b c Jackson, Alan A. (December 1966). "The Wimbledon & Sutton Railway – A late arrival on the South London suburban scene" (PDF). The Railway Magazine. pp. 675–680. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  3. ^ Table 173, 179 National Rail timetable, May 2022
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