Coulsdon South railway station
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| Coulsdon South | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Coulsdon | ||
| Local authority | London Borough of Croydon | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | CDS | ||
| Managed by | Southern | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.921 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 1.039 million | ||
| Transport for London | |||
| Zone | 6 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1 October 1889 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Coulsdon South from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Coulsdon South railway station serves Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon, and is in Travelcard Zone 6, on the Brighton Main Line. The station is served by Southern and Southeastern.
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[edit] Services
The typical off-peak train service per hour is:
- 2 trains per hour (tph) to London Bridge, calling at Purley, East Croydon and Norwood Junction (Southern and Southeastern)
- 1tph to Horsham calling at Merstham, Redhill, Earlswood (Surrey), Salfords, Horley, Gatwick Airport, Three Bridges, Crawley, Ifield and Littlehaven (Southern)
- 1tph to Tunbridge Wells, calling at Merstham, Redhill, Nutfield, Godstone, Edenbridge, Penshurst, Leigh, Tonbridge and High Brooms (Southeastern)
On Sundays this is reduced to:
- 1tph to London Victoria, calling at Purley, East Croydon and Clapham Junction
- 1tph to Horsham, calling at Merstham, Redhill, Horley and then as above
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Purley | Southern Brighton Main Line |
Merstham | ||
| South Eastern London Bridge to Tunbridge Wells (via Redhill and East Croydon) |
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[edit] History of stations in the Coulsdon area
- The first station in Coulsdon was named Stoat's Nest after a nearby settlement, and lay between the later Coulsdon North and Purley stations. It was in service from July 1841 to December 1856, and was the first station to serve Epsom Downs Racecourse, some eight miles distant.
- Coulsdon South was opened by the South Eastern Railway (SER) on 1 October 1889. The line is on a steep gradient climbing towards Merstham Tunnel. It has two platforms. It was originally called Coulsdon and Cane Hill, referring to the nearby mental hospital: a covered way, supposedly built because of the hospital, has been removed.
- Smitham, named after another nearby settlement, opened in 1893 on the Tattenham Corner Line.
- Coulsdon North opened on 8 November 1899, as a result of infighting between the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) and the SER over the use of Redhill station. This led the LBSCR to construct the "Quarry Line" to bypass Redhill on the way to Brighton. This included the building of this station, initially called Stoats Nest for Coulsdon and Cane Hill. There were originally four platforms, but by the late 1970s it was open only during rush hours. On 3 October 1983 the station closed. Part of the Coulsdon Relief Road now runs through the site in a new cutting.
[edit] Incidents
David Bowie's half-brother, a client at the nearby Cane Hill mental asylum, committed suicide by lying down on the tracks at Coulsdon South station [1].
[edit] Notes and references
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Coulsdon South railway station from National Rail
- Stoats Nest for Coulsdon and Cane Hill - with photograph of that name and other names used by Coulsdon North
- Coulsdon and Cane Hill - with photograph of the name
- Old Coulsdon website - with details of the rail crash of 1910
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