Oxted railway station

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oxted
Location
Place	Oxted
Local authority	Tandridge
Operations
Managed by	Southern
Platforms in use
Annual entry/exit 02/03	1.19 million *
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* based on sales of tickets in 2002/03 financial year which end or originate at Oxted. Disclaimer (PDF)

Oxted railway station serves Oxted in Surrey, in England. Train services from the station are provided by Southern.

Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 See Also 4 External links

[edit] History

Oxted was built as a joint London, Brighton and South Coast Railway/South Eastern Railway station when the South Croydon to East Grinstead line was opened on 10 March 1884. The main station buildings are on the Up side at street level; access to the Down side is by subway.

There are tunnels at each end of the station:

• Oxted Tunnel [1 mile 66 chains (2.7 km)] at the London end
• Limpsfield Tunnel [551 yd (501 m)] at the country end

[edit] Services

The typical off-peak service is:

• 2tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria
• 1tph to London Bridge
• 2tph to East Grinstead
• 1tph to Uckfield

[edit] See Also

• Oxted Line

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Oxted railway station from National Rail
• Map and aerial photo of Oxted railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Woldingham		Southern Oxted Line		Hurst Green