St Helier railway station explained

St Helier
Railcode:SIH
Fare Zone:4
Years1:5 January 1930
Events1:Opened
Platforms:2
Dft Category:F1
Raillowexits0405:48,645
Raillowexits0506: 53,088
Railexits0607: 0.111
Railexits0708: 0.171
Railexits0809: 0.141
Railexits0910: 0.120
Railexits1011: 0.151
Railexits1112: 0.178
Railexits1213: 0.192
Railexits1314: 0.225
Railexits1415: 0.234
Railexits1516: 0.227
Railexits1617: 0.183
Railexits1718: 0.185 -->
Railexits1819: 0.170
Railexits1920: 0.190
Raillowexits2021: 70,548
Railexits2122: 0.129
Railexits2223: 0.140
Coordinates:51.3901°N -0.1985°W
Symbol:rail

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 had been obtained by the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910 but work was delayed by World War I.[1] 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 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.[1] 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.[1]

The original concrete station building has been demolished.

Services

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

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

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

Connections

London Buses routes 154 and S2 serve the station.

Notes and References

  1. Jackson. Alan A.. December 1966. The Wimbledon & Sutton Railway  - A late arrival on the South London suburban scene . The Railway Magazine. 675–680 . 7 May 2009.