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{{Short description|Railway station in South London}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox London station
 | name = Wimbledon Chase
 | image_name = Wimbledon Chase railway station, London (geograph 3292657).jpg
 | railcode = WBO
 | manager = [[Govia Thameslink Railway|Thameslink]]
 | fare_zone = 3
 | locale = [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]]
 | borough = [[London Borough of Merton]]
 | years1 = 7 July 1929
 | events1 = Opened|symbol=rail
 | platforms = 2
 | dft_category = F1
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'''Wimbledon Chase railway station''' is in the [[London Borough of Merton]] in [[South London]]. The station is served by [[Govia Thameslink Railway|Thameslink]] trains on the [[Sutton Loop Line]]. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 3]] and is arranged as an island eight-car platform, with stairs descending to street level towards the southern end.

==History==
Parliamentary approval for a line from [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]] to [[Sutton, London|Sutton]] had been obtained by the [[Wimbledon and Sutton Railway]] (W&SR) in 1910 but work had been delayed by [[World War I]].{{sfn|Jackson|1966|p=677}} 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 [[London Electric Railway]] (LER, precursor of [[London Underground]]) planned, through its ownership of the DR, to use part of the route for an extension of the [[City and South London Railway]] (C&SLR, now the [[Northern line]]) to Sutton.{{sfn|Jackson|1966|p=678}} The [[Southern Railway (UK)|SR]] objected and an agreement was reached that enabled the C&SLR to extend as far as [[Morden tube station|Morden]] in exchange for the LER 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.{{sfn|Jackson|1966|p=678}}

Wimbledon Chase station was not included in the original 1910 permission, stations at [[Elm Grove tube station|Elm Grove]] to the north and [[Cannon Hill tube station|Cannon Hill]] to the south were planned, but were not constructed.{{sfn|Jackson|1966|p=677}}{{sfn|Wilson|2008|p=12}} The station opened on 7 July 1929 when the first section of the line to [[South Merton railway station|South Merton]] came into operation. The route opened to Sutton on 5 January 1930.{{sfn|Jackson|1966|p=679}}

==Services==
All services at Wimbledon Chase 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}}

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}}.

{{adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system1=National Rail
|note-row1=
{{s-rail-national|previous=Wimbledon|next=South Merton|toc=Thameslink|route={{smalldiv|[[Sutton Loop Line]]}}}}
|header2=Abandoned plans
|system3=London Underground
|line3=District|left3=Merton Park|right3=Elm Grove|to-left3=Sutton|to-right3=Barking or Edgware Road|note-mid3=[[Wimbledon and Sutton Railway|Wimbledon & Sutton Railway]]
}}

==Connections==
[[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 152|152]], [[London Buses route 163|163]], [[London Buses route 164|164]], [[London Buses route K5|K5]] and [[London Buses route 655|655]] serve the station.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite magazine |last=Jackson|first=Alan A.|date=December 1966|title=The Wimbledon & Sutton Railway &ndash; A late arrival on the South London suburban scene |magazine=The Railway Magazine|pages=675–680 |url=https://sremg.org.uk/RlyMag/WimbledonSuttonRly.pdf |access-date=4 June 2017 }}
*{{cite journal|last=Wilson|first=Geoffrey|date=September 2008|title=The Wimbledon & Sutton Railway|journal=Merton Historical Society: Bulletin 167|pages=10–13|url=http://mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/BULL167X.pdf|access-date=2 December 2017}}

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