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Sutton Loop Line
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<h2 id="stations">Stations</h2> <p>In a clockwise direction round the loop, the stations are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sutton_railway_station_(London)/lJhMJEl3">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/West_Sutton_railway_station/vxMLUvLr">West Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sutton_Common_railway_station/73hmet0g">Sutton Common</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/St_Helier_railway_station/6agMcITW">St Helier</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Morden_South_railway_station/DEo5DFtg">Morden South</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/South_Merton_railway_station/MNuPmLCQ">South Merton</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wimbledon_Chase_railway_station/UxzDpgj4">Wimbledon Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wimbledon_railway_station/n9lAR8zr">Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Haydons_Road_railway_station/zbDAt3dj">Haydons Road</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tooting_railway_station/1pk4FD2U">Tooting</a></li></ul> <h2 id="infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2> <p>Traction current is supplied at 750 volts DC via the <a href="/facts/Third_rail/CN6dydQI">third rail</a>. The supply for this is overseen by Selhurst Electrical Control Room.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Signalling is <a href="/facts/Track_circuit/Txl75Un6">Track Circuit</a> <a href="/facts/Signalling_block_system/kmEQ9k0K">Block</a> with multiple aspect colour light signals, controlled from <a href="/facts/Three_Bridges_rail_operating_centre/4Ngv1WFD">Three Bridges rail operating centre</a>. The line is double track throughout, except where a short bi-directionally signalled single line section passes through <a href="/facts/Wimbledon_railway_station/n9lAR8zr">Wimbledon station</a> platform 9. Originally the Down St Helier Line used platform 10 at Wimbledon, but this is now used for the <a href="/facts/Tramlink/tBkEKEhq">Tramlink</a> terminus which currently comprises a single platform at the southern end, split into two sections so two trams can be held at the same time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p class="note">Further information: <a href="/facts/Wimbledon_and_Sutton_Railway/VXbefu9o">Wimbledon and Sutton Railway</a> and <a href="/facts/Tooting%2c_Merton_and_Wimbledon_Railway/EY3JX8DR">Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway</a></p> <h2 id="services">Services</h2> <h3>Thameslink</h3> <p>Thameslink runs services from <a href="/facts/St_Albans_City_railway_station/b96DaCDp">St Albans</a>, via <a href="/facts/Blackfriars_railway_station/MYREue3M">Blackfriars</a> round the loop. Clockwise services are described as "Sutton via Mitcham Junction" and anti-clockwise as "Sutton via Wimbledon". Occasionally, during service disruption or when the core section of the <a href="/facts/Thameslink_(route)/IN5SY03S">Thameslink route</a> is closed, Sutton Loop services start and end at <a href="/facts/London_Blackfriars_railway_station/MYREue3M">London Blackfriars</a>. </p><p>Recent proposals were to increase the frequency of the Thameslink service by terminating at Blackfriars. This would have allowed the trains through the core section to be replaced with longer trains which could not use the loop, but this did not proceed due to objections from loop passengers about the withdrawal of their through service.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Southern Appendix. Vol. Module SO. Network Rail. April 2001. p. 1/272. A0260A03. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Government safeguards future of the Wimbledon Loop" (Press release). Department of Transport. 21 January 2013. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-safeguards-future-of-the-wimbledon-loop" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-safeguards-future-of-the-wimbledon-loop</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Southern Appendix. Vol. Module SO. Network Rail. April 2001. p. 1/272. A0260A03. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Quail Map 5 - England South & London Underground [page 22] September 2002. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Southern Appendix. Vol. Module SO. Network Rail. April 2001. p. 1/272. A0260A03. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Wimbledon to Croydon tram link - Transport for London". www.tfl.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140328153428/http://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/wimbledon-to-croydon-tram-link" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140328153428/http://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/wimbledon-to-croydon-tram-link</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Herne Hill website http://www.hernehill.org.uk/direct-trains-may-end-thameslink-programme <a href="http://www.hernehill.org.uk/direct-trains-may-end-thameslink-programme" target="_blank">http://www.hernehill.org.uk/direct-trains-may-end-thameslink-programme</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>