South Merton train station

You can reach 34 stations directly from South Merton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is London Blackfriars, with 73 trains a day.

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• 34 direct destinations
• 1,642nd busiest in Britain
• Unstaffed
• 2 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from South Merton

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

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Lines serving South Merton

South Merton is on the Sutton Loop Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through South Merton station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside South Merton station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.

How busy South Merton station is

125,436 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,642nd busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between South Merton and Wimbledon than any other pair: 38,752 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Nearest other stations

• Morden South 0.6 miles
• Wimbledon Chase 0.6 miles
• St. Helier 1.0 miles
• Raynes Park 1.1 miles
• Wimbledon 1.3 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of South Merton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

• Morden Road · 0.7 miles
• Merton Park · 0.7 miles
• Merton Abbey · 1.3 miles
• Mitcham railway station, London · 1.5 miles
• Colliers Wood · 1.6 miles
• Beddington Lane · 2.9 miles

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Facilities at South Merton station

South Merton is unstaffed, with step-free access to no part of the station.

Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 11 June 2026.

Getting to South Merton station

South Merton station is in Merton, London, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Thameslink).

The nearest motorway junction is M4 J1 (Chiswick Roundabout), 6.7 miles north-west.

2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being South Merton.

South Merton is inside the London Travelcard area.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

South Merton station elsewhere

• National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
• Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
• Wikipedia the station's history
• OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from

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