Caterham railway station

Caterham
Caterham Location of Caterham in Surrey
Location	Caterham
Local authority	District of Tandridge
Managed by	Southern
Station code(s)	CAT
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.991 million[2]
2020–21	0.209 million[2]
2021–22	0.480 million[2]
2022–23	0.572 million[2]
2023–24	0.568 million[2]
Key dates
5 August 1856	First station opened
1 January 1900	Second station opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.28250°N 0.07861°W / 51.28250; -0.07861
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A 1905 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Caterham railway station.

Caterham railway station serves the town of Caterham in the Tandridge district of Surrey.

Caterham train drivers depot was opened on Sunday 17 June 1928 as a motorman's depot (the "motor" term being used for electric trains) after electrification on the line was complete in March of that year, and is still a working depot today. The guards depot at Caterham was closed in the late 1980s.^{[citation needed]}

Location

The station is located at the southern terminus of the Caterham Line, which branches from the Brighton Main Line at Purley. It is 19 miles 70 chains (32.0 km) from Charing Cross,^[3] which took the branch over in 1859, three years after its completion.

History

The town's first station was originally opened on 5 August 1856 by the Caterham Railway. It was closed on 1 January 1900 by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, which opened a new station of the same name on an adjacent site that day.^[4] The site of the original station is now occupied by a supermarket and the present station's car park. The line was electrified (on the 660 V DC system) by the Southern Railway in March 1928.^[5]

On 26 June 1945, two motormen were killed, and some passengers injured, when two trains collided. The inquiry found that an inattentive motorman had passed a signal at danger.^[6]

Today the station and all trains serving it are operated by the Southern train operating company. It has a single island platform with a one-storey ticket office dating from just before the turn of the 20th century. There is a carriage siding on the western (Up) side of the station.

Connections

London Buses routes 407, 434 and Metrobus routes 400, 409 and 411 serve the station.^[7]

Services

All services at Caterham are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is 2 semi-fast tph to London Bridge.^[8]

Up until September 2022 there were additional off-peak services to London Bridge via Norbury and Tulse Hill.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Whyteleafe South		Southern Caterham Line		Terminus

References

1. "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
2. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
3. Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 14C. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
4. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
5. "Caterham Railway"John Speller's Web Pages; retrieved 25 May 2016
6. "Accident at Caterham on 26th June 1945" (PDF). Railways Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
7. "Caterham Area Bus Services" (PDF). Surrey County Council. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
8. Table 181 National Rail timetable, May 2022

External links

• Train times and station information for Caterham railway station from National Rail
• Map of line and timetables