Cheam railway station

Cheam
Main building
Cheam Location of Cheam in Greater London
Location	Cheam
Local authority	London Borough of Sutton
Managed by	Southern
Station code	CHE
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes ^[1]
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.661 million^[2]
2005–06	0.705 million^[2]
2006–07	1.000 million^[2]
2007–08	1.110 million^[2]
2008–09	1.080 million^[2]
2009–10	1.053 million^[2]
2010–11	1.052 million^[2]
2011–12	1.074 million^[2]
2012–13	1.071 million^[2]
2013–14	1.111 million^[2]
Key dates
10 May 1847	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°21′22″N 0°12′53″W / 51.356°N 0.2147°W / 51.356; -0.2147

View from the A217 bridge in 1986

Cheam railway station serves Cheam in the London Borough of Sutton. It is located on the Sutton & Mole Valley Lines section from Sutton to Epsom with trains to London Victoria and London Bridge both via Mitcham Junction and West Croydon.

History

In 1844 Cheam was on the planned route for the London to Portsmouth atmospheric railway. The section of line between Croydon and Epsom was part of the London & Croydon Railway company who promoted the Clegg and Samuda atmospheric principle, utilizing a 15 in (380 mm) pipe. This project failed, and Cheam station became part of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 10 May 1847.

The station is almost 16 miles (26 km) from London Bridge station. Over the years Cheam station expanded, and was rebuilt and the rail bed widened in preparation for the installation of AC overhead electric services, which would have included the building of an additional central platform island. Due to the outbreak of the First World War, the full planned expansion was cancelled and was never completed. Nevertheless, the through lines were still in place until the late 1970s when the Bognor Regis and Portsmouth express services were withdrawn from the Sutton and Dorking route to serve an expanding Gatwick Airport. The wide space between the tracks still remains and shows where the fast lines had been laid prior their removal. The brick main buildings are on the down side of the station.

Unfulfilled plans

Plans for the Wimbledon & Sutton Railway, to have been operated by the District Railway, were granted in 1910 and included a penultimate station, just north of Cheam Road, Sutton, which was intended to serve Cheam, to the west. This station was not built when the Southern Railway completed the line in the 1920s.

Services

The typical off-peak service pattern is as follows:

4tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria via Sutton, two of which call only at Sutton and Clapham Junction, the others also calling at Carshalton, Hackbridge, Mitcham Junction, Mitcham Eastfields and Balham.
1tph to London Victoria via Sutton, West Croydon and Norbury
3tph to Epsom
2tph to Dorking 1 extended to Horsham

At peak times, services also run to other destinations including London Bridge and Guildford. After 7pm, services via Norbury are diverted via Crystal Palace.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sutton		Southern Sutton & Mole Valley Lines		Ewell East

Connections

London Buses route 470 serve the station.

References

↑ "Network Map". Southern. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cheam railway station.

Train times and station information for Cheam railway station from National Rail
Southern E-Group's page with pictures

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses East London Transit Night Buses Coach Station Cycle Hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground TfL Rail Tramlink Crossrail (under construction) London River Services London Streets London Underground Night Tube Source London Taxi and Private Hire office

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River operators	Bateaux London City Cruises Crown River Cruises Livett's Launches Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company Thames Clippers Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services Westminster Passenger Services Association

Train operators	Abellio Greater Anglia Stansted Express c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Hull Trains London Midland London Overground Rail Operations South West Trains Southeastern TfL Rail Virgin Trains (West Coast) Virgin Trains East Coast

Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Port of London Authority

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow Private: Biggin Hill Damyns Hall London Heliport Military: Northolt

Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted Proposed: Thames Estuary

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Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)

Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road

Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

Category
Commons
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Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southern routes serving this station

Metro via Sutton	London Victoria Battersea Park Clapham Junction Wandsworth Common Balham Streatham Hill West Norwood Gipsy Hill Crystal Palace London Bridge Norwood Junction Streatham Common Norbury Thornton Heath Selhurst West Croydon Waddon Wallington Carshalton Beeches Mitcham Eastfields Mitcham Junction Hackbridge Carshalton Sutton Belmont Banstead Epsom Downs Cheam Ewell East Epsom Ashtead Leatherhead Bookham Effingham Junction Horsley Clandon London Road (Guildford) Guildford Box Hill & Westhumble Dorking Holmwood Ockley Warnham Horsham

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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