Editing London Borough of Sutton (section)

==Transport==
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===Rail===
Sutton has rail services to central London stations, including [[London Victoria railway station|London Victoria]], [[London Bridge railway station|London Bridge]] and [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras International]]. Sutton borough has access to the [[London Underground]] with the [[Northern line]] in neighbouring Merton borough reachable by bus. The [[London Overground]] network, completed c. 2010, is 5 to 10 minutes away from Sutton at [[West Croydon railway station|West Croydon station]].

The [[Sutton & Mole Valley Lines]] [[Rail transport in Great Britain|railway route]] south from Sutton links the borough to Sussex and Surrey to the south, and to central London to the north, providing regular, direct services to stations including [[Clapham Junction railway station|Clapham Junction]], London Victoria, [[Dorking railway station|Dorking]], [[Epsom railway station|Epsom]], [[Horsham railway station|Horsham]], [[Wimbledon railway station|Wimbledon]] and [[West Croydon railway station|West Croydon]]. Also running through Sutton is the [[Sutton Loop Line]] which links [[St Albans City railway station|St Albans]] and St Pancras International directly with the stations on the loop. The main station for all these services is [[Sutton railway station, London|Sutton railway station]] to the south of the town. The station is the largest and busiest in Sutton. Passenger rail services through Croydon are provided by [[Govia Thameslink Railway]] under the [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]] and Thameslink brands.<ref>[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/SUO.aspx Sutton] National Rail</ref>

===Tram===

The [[Tramlink]] service runs to the north of the borough and a short part of the line falls within it, including two stops: [[Therapia Lane tram stop|Therapia Lane]] and [[Beddington Lane tram stop|Beddington Lane]]. [[Transport for London]] spent several years developing plans for a [[Sutton Link]], which would connect the service to Sutton town centre; however, in July 2020, it announced that plans had been 'paused' following financial negotiations with the Government in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/18615136.kick-teeth---tfl-pause-tram-extension-sutton/|title = TFL 'fails to deliver' as tram extension to Sutton put on hold}}</ref>

===Bus===
[[File:Bus reflection - geograph.org.uk - 1724629.jpg|thumb|Bus by Carshalton ponds]]
A sizeable bus infrastructure which is part of the [[London Buses]] network operates from a main hub on the Sutton one-way system.<ref>[http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/sutton-120915.pdf Sutton Bus Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306005931/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/sutton-120915.pdf |date=6 March 2016 }} Transport for London</ref> Services are operated under contract by [[London General]], [[London United Busways|London United]], [[Metrobus (South East England)|Metrobus]] and Transport UK London Bus. [[London Buses route SL7|Route SL7]] is the longest route in London, operating from Croydon to [[Heathrow Central bus station|Heathrow Airport]] via [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames|Kingston]].

===Road===
Sutton is linked into the national motorway network via the [[A217 road|A217]] and [[M25 motorway|M25]] orbital motorway at Junction 8. The M25 skirts the south of the borough, linking Sutton with other parts of London and the surrounding counties. The [[A24 road (England)|A24]] passes through the northwestern part of the borough, through North Cheam and onto Epsom, Dorking, Horsham, Worthing, Bognor Regis and Chichester. This follows, in part, the course of [[Stane Street]], an old Roman road linking London and Chichester. The [[A232 road|A232]] links Sutton with other towns in the borough, also the boroughs of Kingston, Croydon and Bromley.

===Air===
Sutton is located about {{convert|15|mi|km}} from both [[Heathrow Airport]] and [[Gatwick Airport]]. Heathrow is served by [[London Buses route SL7]] and Gatwick by the [[National Express Coaches]] A3 route, which stops outside Sutton railway station. [[Luton Airport]], about {{convert|40|mi|km}} to the north, is connected to Sutton by [[Govia Thameslink Railway|a direct train]]. [[Croydon Airport]] which was partly in the borough of Sutton served as London's main airport in the years prior to [[World War II]] but closed in the 1950s.

===Cycling===
[[File:Cyclists in Cheam VilIage IMG 0830.jpg|thumb|Cyclists in Cheam Village]]
Although hilly, Sutton is compact and has few major trunk roads running through it. It is on one of the [[National Cycle Network]] routes running around [[South London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sRegion=London&map.x=-0.190751345688503&map.y=51.3519798680984&bLarge=&nZoom=3 |title=Areas to cycle in Sutton |year=2008 |access-date=24 May 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The nearby [[North Downs]] to the south, part of which falls within the borough boundary, is an area of outstanding natural beauty popular with both on and off-road cyclists.

===Travel to work===
In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 33.1% of all residents aged 16–74; train, 6.6%; bus, minibus or coach, 6.6%; on foot, 5.6%; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 3.9%; work mainly at or from home, 3.1%; passenger in a car or van, 2.0%; cycling 1.5%.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census: QS701EW Method of travel to work, local authorities in England and Wales|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-qs701ew.xls|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=23 November 2013}} Percentages are of all residents aged 16–74 including those not in employment. Respondents could only pick one mode, specified as the journey's longest part by distance.</ref> Data from the 2011 Census states that the cycle mode share for people cycling to work had fallen from 2.1% since 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roads Task Force - Technical Note 4|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/technical-note-04-how-has-cycling-grown-in-london.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805161459/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/technical-note-04-how-has-cycling-grown-in-london.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-05 |url-status=live|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref>