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Originally South Croydon was a terminus next to the through lines of the Brighton Line but without any platforms on them, the end of a 1 mile (1.6 km) extension of the local lines from New Croydon, opened by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway on 1 September 1865. The aim was to provide more space for reversing local trains than could ...
In the 1950s through trains to London ran at peak hours only, with a Sanderstead–Elmers End shuttle at other times, connecting with Hayes–London trains). A closure threat came in 1963, but local pressure (through, for example, the newly formed Croydon Transport Users' Association) brought about a reprieve. Saturday trains were withdrawn in ...
South Croydon station has five platforms, of which only three are accessible for Oxted Line trains; Oxted station has three platforms, one of which is a south-facing bay; all other stations (Sanderstead, Riddlesdown, Upper Warlingham, Woldingham, Hurst Green, Lingfield, Dormans and East Grinstead) have two platforms each. [6]
Croydon: Tramlink: 1 5 Church Street tram stop: Croydon: Tramlink: 1 5 Coombe Lane tram stop: Addington: Tramlink: 2 6 Coulsdon South railway station [1] Coulsdon: Southern: 2 6 Coulsdon Town railway station [2] Coulsdon: Southern: 2 6
Gatwick Airport has seven operational platforms, East Croydon and Purley have six, South Croydon and Three Bridges have five, Purley Oaks, Redhill and Horley have four, and the remaining stations (Coulsdon South, Merstham, Earlswood and Salfords) have two platforms each. [1] [27] Train services that use this section of the Brighton Main Line are:
Fare zone 6 is an outer zone of Transport for London's zonal fare system used for calculating the price of tickets for travel on the London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway, [1] National Rail services (since 2007), [2] and the Elizabeth line within Greater London.
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway: A Mechanical History of the London and Brighton, the London and Croydon, and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railways from 1839 to 1922. London: Ian Allan. OCLC 500637942; Fryer, C.E.J. (1997). A History of Slipping and Slip Carriages. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-514-9
The station was opened on 10 March 1884 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and the South Eastern Railway with their line between South Croydon and East Grinstead. The population was around 300, rising to 534 by 1901. [2] In 1913 the station was set alight in an act of arson. The suffragette Elsie Duval was the main suspect. [3]