Purley Oaks railway station

Purley Oaks
West side view of the station
Purley Oaks Location of Purley Oaks in Greater London
Location	Sanderstead
Local authority	London Borough of Croydon
Managed by	Southern
Station code(s)	PUO
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	4 (2 in use)
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.641 million[1]
2020–21	0.130 million[1]
2021–22	0.299 million[1]
2022–23	0.430 million[1]
2023–24	0.463 million[1]
Key dates
5 November 1899	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.347°N 0.099°W / 51.347; -0.099
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Purley Oaks railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, on the Brighton Main Line 12 miles 34 chains (20.0 km) measured from London Bridge.^[2] All trains serving it are operated by Southern and it is in London Travelcard Zone 6. The station has four platforms: a side platform on the up fast line, an island platform with a face on the down fast line and an eastern face used by up trains, and a side platform on the eastern side used by down trains. There is also a pay-and-display car park at the station.

The ticket office (staffed for part of the day) is on the island platform with two self-service ticket machines in the subway beneath the station.

A short walk away from Purley Oaks is Sanderstead railway station, also in Zone 6, with services to Victoria and East Grinstead.

History

A 1905 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Purley Oaks.

The station was opened by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway on 5 November 1899 as part of the improvements to the main line and the opening of the Quarry Line.

Platform 1 was gutted by fire in 1989, destroying Croydon Model Railway Society's clubrooms.^[3]

Services

Southbound train calls at platform

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

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[4]

• 2 tph to London Bridge (non-stop from Norwood Junction)
• 2 tph to Caterham and Tattenham Corner, dividing and attaching at Purley

There is one morning service from Gatwick Airport, which runs to London Victoria.

On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service between London Bridge and Caterham only. Passengers for Tattenham Corner have to change at Purley.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
South Croydon		Southern Brighton Main Line Stopping Services		Purley

References

1. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. 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.
3. "Croydon Model Rail Society: About Us". Croydon Model Rail Society. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
4. Table 181 National Rail timetable, May 2022

External links

• Train times and station information for Purley Oaks railway station from National Rail