Morden Road is a

Tramlink London Trams, previously Tramlink and Croydon Tramlink, is a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South London, England. It began operation in 2000, the first tram system in the London region since 1952. It is manage ...

stop in the

London Borough of Merton The London Borough of Merton () is a borough in Southwest London, England. The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton ...

. It is on the site of the former

Morden Road railway station Morden Road railway station was a station in Merton, on the West Croydon to Wimbledon Line. History The West Croydon to Wimbledon Line was opened on 22 October 1855, and the station opened on the same day or 1857, originally being named ''M ...

on the Wimbledon-West Croydon line, which closed to rail traffic in 1997. The tram stop consists of two platforms on either side of the double track, linked by pedestrian

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s. Immediately to the east of the station is a single-track section which reaches as far as

Phipps Bridge tram stop Phipps Bridge tram stop is a stop on the Tramlink service in the London Borough of Merton. The stop is named after Phipps Bridge Road, an adjacent residential street. The tram stop consists of a single island platform. Immediately to the west o ...

. The eastbound platform is directly linked by ramp and stairway to Morden Road. The town centre of

Morden Morden is a district and town in south London, England, within the London Borough of Merton, in the ceremonial county of Greater London. It adjoins Merton Park and Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Sutton to the south and Worcester Pa ...

lies to the south. A pedestrian entrance to the

National Trust The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and ...

Morden Hall Park Morden Hall Park is a National Trust park on the banks of the Wandle in Morden, south London. Its several buildings and associated parking included, it is of predominantly parkland. Hinting at the former mill leats the river here splits int ...

is on Morden Road just to the south of the stop. The stop is interlinked as an out of station interchange (OSI) with

South Wimbledon South Wimbledon is an area of Wimbledon in south-west London in the London Borough of Merton, England. History Toponymy It is marked on an Ordnance Survey map of 1876 as New Wimbledon and on a 1907 map as South Wimbledon. The name is derived fr ...

on the

London Underground The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent ceremonial counties of England, counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and He ...

Northern line The Northern line is a London Underground line that runs from North London to South London. It is printed in black on the Tube map. The Northern line is unique on the Underground network in having two different routes through central London, two ...

. The two stations are classed as an interchange for ticketing purposes but both managed separately.

Connections

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routes 93, 470 and night route N155 serve the tram stop.

Future

A planned new line to the

light rail or a separate

bus rapid transit Bus rapid transit (BRT), also called a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability and other quality features than a conventional bus system. Typically, a BRT system includes ...

(BRT) system called the

Sutton Link The Sutton Link is a planned new Tramlink line or separate bus rapid transit (BRT) in London, between Wimbledon or Colliers Wood via St Helier to Sutton. As of 2020, it is the only Tramlink extension actively being pursued by the Mayor of Lon ...

will create a new tram or BRT with existing tram services for interchange with new platforms built at Morden Road somewhere close to the current tram stop, offering services to

Sutton Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Stu-Sz#Su, location * S ...

via

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via Morden Road.

Gallery

File:Morden map 1944.jpg, A 1944

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of Morden area showing the location of the former station, now a tram stop File:Tramlink-Tram2536-05.jpg, Tramlink tram 2536 approaches Morden Road tram stop with an eastbound route 2 service to Beckenham Junction station, 2006 File:Morden Road tram stop sign.jpg, A sign directing passengers to Morden Road tram stop, or

Morden tube station Morden is a London Underground station in Morden in the London Borough of Merton. The station is the southern terminus for the Northern line and is ironically the most southerly station on the Underground network, despite being on the Norther ...

References

Tramlink stops in the London Borough of Merton Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2000 {{UK-tram-stub