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{{short description|Railway station in South London}}
{{about|the current Tooting station formerly known as Tooting Junction|the original Tooting Junction station|Tooting Junction railway station (1868-18941868–1894)}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox London station
| name = Tooting
| image_name = Tooting railway station, Greater London (geograph building4249325).JPGjpg
| manager = [[Thameslink and Great Northern|Thameslink]]
| fare_zone = 3
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| railcode = TOO
| coordinates = {{coord|51.4196|-0.1603|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
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[[File:Streatham & Tulse Hill Hastings & St Leonards RJD 100.jpg|thumb|right|A 1908 [[Railway Clearing House]] map of lines around Tooting station.]]
 
'''Tooting''' is a railway station serving [[Tooting]] in [[South London]]; it is within [[Travelcard Zone 3]]. AlthoughThe Tootingstation is located in the [[London Borough of WandsworthMerton]], thebut stationfronts is located just acrossonto the borough boundary in the neighbouring [[London Borough of MertonWandsworth]]. Thewhere stationTooting is servedactually bylocated. [[Thameslink and Great Northern|Thameslink]] and (occasional) [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]] trains, and is on the [[Sutton Loop Line]].
The station is served by [[Thameslink and Great Northern|Thameslink]] trains on the [[Sutton Loop Line]].
 
==History==
The station opened in 1894 as '''Tooting Junction''', replacing an earlier [[Tooting Junction railway station (1868-18941868–1894)|station of the same name]], which was located a few hundred yards west whichand had opened in 1868. It was renamed Tooting in 1938, following the closure of the branch line from Tooting to [[Merton Park railway station|Merton Park]] to passenger traffic in 1929.
 
Prior to the introduction of Thameslink services it was served by the [[London Bridge station|London Bridge]] loop trains via Wimbledon.
 
Two lifts offering step-free access to the two platforms will be added in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/work-starting-on-adding-step-free-access-to-tooting-station-62101/|title=Work starting on adding step-free access to Tooting station|website=ianVisits|date=21 April 2023 }}</ref>
 
==Services==
All services at Tooting are operated by [[Govia Thameslink Railway|Thameslink]] using {{brc|700}} [[Electric multiple unit|EMUs]].
 
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2022|173, 179}}</ref>
* 2 tph to {{stnlnk|St Albans City}}
* 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Sutton|London}} via {{stn|Wimbledon}}
 
A small number of late evening services are extended beyond St Albans City to {{stnlnk|Bedford}} and daytime services on Sundays are extended to {{stnlnk|Luton}}.
The typical off-peak service from the station is 2 trains per hour to [[Luton railway station|Luton]] via [[Herne Hill]] and [[Blackfriars station|London Blackfriars]] (clockwise around the loop) and 2 trains per hour to [[Sutton railway station (London)|Sutton]] via [[Wimbledon station|Wimbledon]] (anticlockwise), run by [[Thameslink and Great Northern|Thameslink]]. Additionally, [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]] runs between 3 and 5 services per day between [[Wimbledon station|Wimbledon]] and [[London Bridge station|London Bridge]].
 
{{rail start}}
{{s-rail-national|previous=Streatham|next=Haydons Road|toc=Thameslink|route={{smalldiv|[[Sutton Loop Line]]}}}}
{{rail line two routes|previous=[[Streatham railway station|Streatham]]|route1=[[Thameslink and Great Northern|Thameslink]]<br><small>[[Thameslink (route)|Thameslink]]</small> |col1={{TL colour}}|next=[[Haydons Road railway station|Haydons Road]] |route2=[[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]]<br /><small>[[Sutton & Mole Valley Lines]]<br />Peak hours only</small> |col2={{Southern colour}} }}
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==Connections==
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[[Category:Railway stations in the London Borough of Merton]]
[[Category:Former Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1894]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1923]]
[[Category:Thameslink railwayRailway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway]]
[[Category:Tooting|Railway station]]
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