Carshalton Beeches railway station

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Carshalton Beeches
Location
Place Carshalton
Local authority London Borough of Sutton
Operations
Station code CSB
Managed by Southern
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.577 million
2005/06 * 0.504 million
Transport for London
Zone 5
History
Key dates Opened 1 October 1906
Transport for London
List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Carshalton Beeches from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Platforms at Carshalton Beeches, looking from the western end.
Platforms at Carshalton Beeches, looking from the western end.

Carshalton Beeches railway station is at Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton in south London. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southern, and is in Travelcard Zone 5.

[edit] Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

Peak Services (Mon - Fri, 07.00 - 09.00)

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Wallington   Southern
Sutton & Mole Valley Lines
  Sutton

[edit] History

The railway in Carshalton Beeches has been around since 1847 when track was laid between Epsom, Sutton and West Croydon but it was not until 1906 that a halt was opened in the small settlement, at the north end of Beeches Avenue (at the time called Beechnut Tree Walk). That same year a tram service between Sutton and Croydon opened. Beeches Halt was served by steam rail-motors (early multiple units) running between West Croydon and Epsom Downs.

As residential development continued, demand increased and the Sutton to London line was electrified in 1925 using 6600V, 25 Hz AC, Overhead electrification (OLE), replacing passenger steam traction. At that time the halt was upgraded, a new station built, renamed Carshalton Beeches and the road bridge was rebuilt. The OLE was replaced by the Southern standard of 650V DC third rail in 1930.

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