The least used station in South London is on the Sutton loop. Morden South opened in 1930, initially as part of an attempt to bring the District line down to Sutton, though it only came about after plans to build a "South Morden" station were sidelined.
It receives around 70,000 passengers annually, and looking around the immediate area, it's not surprising as to why. There aren't many local attractions - Morden Park is very pleasant, admittedly, but not the first place most would think of visiting. The Northern line isn't too far away at Morden, and so Morden South isn't the first port of call for most either.
There is the Royal Mail sorting office, and Merton College down the road, as well, though I reckon the largest mosque in Western Europe is the area's biggest pull. Bait-ul-Futuh Mosque opened in 2003, though was damaged after a fire in 2015; it reopened in 2023. Over 10,000 people can pray there, such is its size - and it's certainly quite surprising to see its minaret peering over the least used train station.
Whilst I didn't take a photo of the mosque's front, I did take some from afar which aptly show just how large it is. One of them is from the Morden tube sidings, which are conveniently close to this underused outpost.
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Not that Morden South is almost disused - an average of 192 people use it each day, which isn't exactly nothing when pitted against the least used UK station, Denton, which sees 0.15 people a day. That isn't enough, however, to displace it from the foot of the South London railway usage table.
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