Riddlesdown railway station

Riddlesdown

Riddlesdown station eastern entrance and path
Riddlesdown Location of Riddlesdown in Greater London
Location	Riddlesdown
Local authority	London Borough of Croydon
Managed by	Southern
Station code	RDD
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.227 million[1]
2005–06	0.221 million[1]
2006–07	0.334 million[1]
2007–08	0.345 million[1]
5 June 1927	Opened
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portal

Riddlesdown railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, on the Oxted line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern, and it is in Travelcard Zone 6.

Contents 1 Platforms 2 Services 3 References 4 External links

Platforms

Platform 1 is the platform for trains towards Croydon and London.

Platform 2 is the platform towards East Grinstead.

The station is unusual amongst suburban London stations in that there is no means of crossing between the platforms. The platforms are reached via separate footpaths from Lower Barn Road, either side of the bridge that takes the railway over the road. The ticket office is on Platform 1.

On the London-bound platform 1, there is a manned ticket office (staffed for only part of the day) and waiting room.

There are self-service ticket machines and Oyster scanners on both platforms.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to East Grinstead and two trains per hour to London Victoria. In the morning and evening peak period trains also run to and from London Bridge.

Change at Oxted for trains to Uckfield.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sanderstead		Southern Oxted Line		Upper Warlingham

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Riddlesdown railway station from National Rail

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