Caterham railway station

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Caterham

Location

Place

Caterham

Local authority

Tandridge

Operations

Station code

CAT

Managed by

Southern

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.640 million

2005/06 *

0.685 million

Transport for London

Zone

History

Key dates

Opened 5 August 1856

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 Caterham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

UK Railways Portal

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

The station is the southern terminus of the Caterham Line, which branches from the London to Brighton main line at Purley. It lies 32 km (19.9 miles) by rail from Charing Cross: the London headquarters of the former South Eastern Railway Company which took the branch over in 1859, three years after its completion.

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.

[edit] Services

The typical off-peak train service per hour is:

4 to East Croydon, calling at Whyteleafe South, Whyteleafe, Kenley, Purley, Purley Oaks and South Croydon, of which:
- 2 continue to London Victoria, calling at Selhurst, Thornton Heath, Norbury, Streatham Common, Balham, Wandsworth Common and Clapham Junction
- 2 continue to London Bridge, calling at Norwood Junction, Sydenham, Forest Hill, Honor Oak Park, Brockley and New Cross Gate - later evening, and Sunday services also call at Anerley railway station and Penge West railway station between Norwood Junction and Sydenham, and after London Bridge calling at London Waterloo East and London Charing Cross

On Sundays this is reduced to one train per hour to London Charing Cross, calling at all stations to London Bridge as described above and then London Waterloo East.