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
Location St Helier
Local authority London Borough of Merton
Managed by Thameslink
Station code SIH
DfT category F1
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19 Decrease 0.170 million
2019–20 Increase 0.190 million
2020–21 Decrease 70,548
2021–22 Increase 0.129 million
2022–23 Increase 0.140 million
Key dates
5 January 1930 Opened
Other information
External links
WGS84 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 had been obtained by the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910 but work was delayed by World War I. 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. 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.

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:

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 S4 serve the station.