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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]]. Although Tooting is in the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]], the station is located just across the borough boundary in the neighbouring [[London Borough of Merton]]. The station
==History==
The station opened in 1894 as '''Tooting Junction''', replacing an earlier [[Tooting Junction railway station (1868–1894)|station of the same name]], which was located a few hundred yards west and 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.
==Services==
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