Morden (London Underground)
Morden is an above-ground London Underground station in the London Borough of Merton . It is the southern terminus of the Northern Line and is located in the Travelcard tariff zone 4. This station on the London Underground, located at the southernmost point, was used by 7.70 million passengers in 2013.
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In contrast to the other stations on the southern branch of the Northern Line, Morden is not in the tunnel, but in a wide cut. The portal of the tunnel is about two hundred meters further north. The tunnel leads via Bank to East Finchley and with a length of 17 miles is the longest of the London Underground - for a few years it was even the longest in the world. The station has one side and two middle platforms, all of which are covered.
About half a kilometer south of the station, next to the storage hall, is the main workshop of the Northern Line, where most of the maintenance work on the trains is carried out (further workshops and depots are located at Golders Green and Highgate ).
history
The station opened on September 13, 1926 as part of the southern extension of the City and South London Railway (C & SLR), which ran here from Clapham Common . At that time, Morden was still a rural area and the station was built on land that had recently been used for agriculture. As a result, architect Charles Holden had much more space available than at the other stations on the new route. Shopping arcades were created on both sides of the spacious station building. The building had been planned in such a way that further floors could easily be added later. However, this only happened in the 1960s when an office tower was built.
From the beginning, Morden served as a starting point for numerous bus routes to the south of London and to the north of Surrey . A few years before construction began on the line to Morden, the Underground Group planned to continue the line to Sutton , on an above-ground route planned by the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910 . The First World War had prevented the construction work. The Underground Group gained control of the Metropolitan Railway , the main shareholder of W & SCR , after the war . She received permission to use the route herself.
But the Southern Railway (SR) feared competition from the London Underground in its catchment area. The Underground and the SR concluded an agreement that enabled the extension of the C & SLR after murders, at the same time the W&SR route was transferred to the SR. The railway line from Wimbledon to Sutton was built and opened on January 5, 1930 as the last London suburban railway ever. A new workshop was built south of the Morden station and there was no connection to the railway line (less than 200 meters).
Web links
- Aerial view of the center of Morden, after the opening of the underground (in a largely rural area)
- The Morden station in 1936 (the suburban development can be clearly seen)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 annual entries and exits. (Excel, 228 kB) Transport for London, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
- ^ Northern Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 23, 2013 .
- ↑ The London Gazette, August 3, 1923, Issue No. 32850, p. 5322
- ^ Alan A. Jackson: The Wimbledon & Sutton Railway - A late arrival on the South London suburban scene. (PDF; 3.0 MB) The Railway Magazine, December 1966, pp. 675–680 , accessed on January 23, 2013 (English).
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Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 8.1 " N , 0 ° 11 ′ 41.4" W.