Norbury railway station

Norbury

Norbury Location of Norbury in Greater London
Location	Norbury
Local authority	London Borough of Croydon
Managed by	Southern
Station code	NRB
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4 (2 of which are rarely used)
Accessible	Yes ^[1]
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	1.465 million^[2]
2005–06	1.591 million^[2]
2006–07	2.472 million^[2]
2007–08	2.703 million^[2]
2008–09	2.511 million^[2]
2009–10	2.572 million^[2]
2010–11	2.909 million^[2]
2011–12	3.103 million^[2]
2012–13	3.204 million^[2]
2013–14	3.316 million^[2]
2014–15	3.434 million^[2]
Key dates
1878	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°24′41″N 0°07′17″W / 51.4114°N 0.1214°W / 51.4114; -0.1214

Norbury railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London 7.5 miles (12 km) miles from Victoria.^[3] The station is operated by Southern, who also provide the majority of services (the only exceptions being two early morning departures operated by Thameslink^[4]) and is in Travelcard Zone 3.

Ticket barriers are in operation at this station.

Service

The typical off-peak train service per hour is:

6 to London Victoria via Balham
2 to London Bridge via Tulse Hill and Peckham Rye

2 to Caterham via East Croydon
2 to West Croydon
2 to Sutton
1 to South Croydon
1 to Epsom via Sutton
1 to Epsom Downs via Sutton
1 to Milton Keynes Central via Kensington Olympia

^[5]

History

The Balham Hill and East Croydon line was constructed by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) as a short-cut on the Brighton Main Line to London Victoria, avoiding Crystal Palace and Norwood Junction. It was opened on 1 December 1862.^[6] Norbury station was not however opened until January 1878, as the surrounding area was very rural.^[7] The station was rebuilt in 1903 when the lines were quadrupled.^[8] In 1912 the lines were electrified.^[9]

Ticket gates were installed in 2009.

A Victorian racetrack, dating from 1868, held the ‘Streatham Races’ in the fields (which were the sports ground of the National Westminster/NatWest Bank) that formed part of the old Lonesome Farm. The race meetings attracted huge crowds of racegoers, bookies and other notorious characters. The course also included a water jump across the River Graveney. Sadly, this exciting but disreputable period of history came to an end in 1878 when the Racecourse Licensing Act banned racecourses within a radius of 10 miles of London.

Connections

London Buses routes 50, 109 and 255 and night route N109 serve the station.

References

↑ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail Enquiries. National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 March 2009.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ Body, Geoffrey (1989). PSL field guide to the railways of Southern Region. Wellingborough: Patrick stephens Ltd. p. 171. ISBN 1-85260-297-X.
↑ FCC. "First Capital Connect Timetable - Table 3 - Sutton and Wimbledon to London" (PDF).
↑ http://www.southernrailway.com
↑ Turner, John Howard (1978). The London Brighton and South Coast Railway 2 Establishment and Growth. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-1198-8. p. 126-8.
↑ Turner, John Howard (1979). The London Brighton and South Coast Railway 3 Completion and Maturity. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-1389-1. p. 144-8.
↑ Turner (1979), p. 149.
↑ Turner, J.T. Howard (1979) pp.91, 177-8.

External links

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Train times and station information for Norbury railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		Following station
Streatham Common	Southern Brighton Main Line	Thornton Heath
	Southern West London Route
	Southern Sutton & Mole Valley Line
	Southern London Bridge to West Croydon and Beckenham Junction

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

Bus operators	Abellio Arriva East Herts & Essex Arriva London Arriva Southern Counties CT Plus Go-Ahead London London Sovereign London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Uno

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

Major stations

Central area	Bank/Monument Baker Street Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster

Other	Barking Bromley South Canary Wharf Clapham Junction Ealing Broadway East Croydon Finsbury Park Heathrow Stations Highbury & Islington Ilford Lewisham London City Airport Orpington Putney Richmond Romford Stratford Surbiton Sutton Wimbledon

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
WikiProject

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southern routes serving this station

Metro Caterham and Tattenham Corner	London Bridge New Cross Gate Brockley Honor Oak Park Forest Hill Sydenham Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction London Victoria Battersea Park Clapham Junction Wandsworth Common Balham Streatham Common Norbury Thornton Heath Selhurst West Croydon East Croydon South Croydon Purley Oaks Purley Kenley Whyteleafe Whyteleafe South Caterham Reedham (Surrey) Coulsdon Town Woodmansterne Chipstead Kingswood Tadworth Tattenham Corner

Metro via Peckham Rye	London Bridge South Bermondsey Queens Road Peckham Peckham Rye East Dulwich North Dulwich Tulse Hill West Norwood Gipsy Hill Crystal Palace Birkbeck Beckenham Junction Streatham Streatham Common Norbury Thornton Heath Selhurst West Croydon Tooting Haydons Road Wimbledon Wimbledon Chase South Merton Morden South St Helier Sutton Common West Sutton Sutton Carshalton Hackbridge Mitcham Junction Mitcham Eastfields

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

West London Line	Milton Keynes Central Bletchley Leighton Buzzard Tring Berkhamsted Hemel Hempstead Watford Junction Harrow & Wealdstone Wembley Central Shepherd's Bush Kensington (Olympia) West Brompton Imperial Wharf Clapham Junction Wandsworth Common Balham Streatham Common Norbury Thornton Heath Selhurst East Croydon South Croydon

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

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