It is 7 miles 19 chains (11.6 km) from London Waterloo on the South West Main Line.

On 3 June 1889, the District Railway (DR, now London Underground's District line) opened the LSWR-built extension of its line from Putney Bridge,[10] making Wimbledon station the new terminus of that branch and providing Wimbledon with a direct connection to the developing London Underground system.

Parliamentary approval for this line had been obtained by the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) in 1910, but work was delayed by World War I.

[11] From the W&SR's inception, the DR was a shareholder of the company and had rights to run trains over the line when built.

To increase the capacity of Tramlink services, a second platform was built in place of the former Thameslink bay.

These works were completed by June 2011 and the approach was hastily cleared in preparation for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships which would see a large increase in passengers passing through the station.

Airedale Terrier "Laddie" was born in September 1948 and started work on Wimbledon Station in 1949, collecting donations on behalf of the Southern Railwaymen's Homes at Woking, via a box strapped to his back.

[15] Wimbledon station presents an unusual procedure with the Oyster card pay-as-you-go electronic ticketing system.

National Rail services at Wimbledon are operated by South Western Railway and Thameslink.

This would provide another set of transport links for the area and direct services to Euston and King's Cross St Pancras.

There is also a proposal for an extension of the Tramlink services running from Wimbledon to Sutton via Morden, St Helier and Rose Hill.