Merton Park (MOP)

Merton Park was a junction in South West London between Wimbledon and Merton Abbey or Morden Road. It has now been replaced by the Croydon Tramlink.

Merton Park in it's heyday, the main station building can be seen on the left (KD collection)

Information
Type:	National Rail (West Croydon-Wimbledon Line & Tooting, Merton & Wimbledon Railway)
Station code:	MOP
Opened:	1868
Closed:	1997
Platforms:	3

The station was opened in 1868 by the Tooting, Merton & Wimbledon Railway as Lower Merton. The station was at a junction with the West Croydon-Wimbledon Line with a platform serving that line (opening in 1870) and the two other platforms the line to Tooting Junction via Merton Abbey. The station was renamed Merton Park in 1887.

The line to Tooting Junction was closed during the First World War as an economy measure but was closed for good in 1929 [1]. The station continued to serve the West Croydon-Wimbledon Line until the station was closed in 1997 when the line was closed for conversion to Tramlink. A tram stop now stands on the site of the former station. The original station building survived the station closure [2] is now a private dwelling.

Merton Park in 1957, only one platform is still in use (KD collection)

[1] John C. Gillham, Wimbledon to Beckenham before Tramlink (Middleton Press, 2001) Fig. 13

[2] Ibid. Fig. 14