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.

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 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 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.

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