Purley Oaks railway station

Purley Oaks
Purley Oaks Location of Purley Oaks in Greater London
Location	Sanderstead
Local authority	London Borough of Croydon
Managed by	Southern
Station code	PUO
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	4 (2 in use)
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.411 million
2005–06	0.401 million
2006–07	0.603 million
2007–08	0.645 million
2008–09	0.556 million
2009–10	0.547 million
2010–11	0.588 million
2011–12	0.601 million
2012–13	0.607 million
2013–14	0.641 million
2014–15	0.651 million
Key dates
5 November 1899	Opened
Other information
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Purley Oaks railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, on the Brighton Main Line between Croydon and Redhill. All trains serving it are operated by Southern and it is in London Travelcard Zone 6. The station has four platforms: a disused side platform on the up fast line, an island platform with a disused face on the down fast line and an eastern face used by up trains, and a side platform on the eastern side used by down trains.

The ticket office (staffed for part of the day) is on the island platform with a self-service ticket machine in the subway beneath the station and another inside the entrance of the Brighton Road side of the station. There is no self-service PERTIS (permit to travel) ticket machine.

The illustration to the right shows the station from the west. The staircase to the right of the entrance is unused and leads to the up (northbound) fast line platform.

A short walk away from Purley Oaks is Sanderstead railway station, also in Zone 6, with services to Victoria and London Bridge and East Grinstead and Uckfield.

History

The station was opened by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway on 5 November 1899 as part of the improvements to the main line and the opening of the Quarry Line.

Until 1983: Platform 1 served up trains to London Victoria from Coulsdon North, calling at South and East Croydon and stations to Victoria); Platform 2 down trains from Victoria to Purley and Coulsdon North; Platform 3 up trains to London Bridge and Charing Cross from Caterham/Tattenham Corner, calling at South and East Croydon, New Cross Gate, London Bridge and Waterloo East; Platform 4 down trains from Charing Cross to Purley, the front portion all stations to Caterham, the rear portion all stations to Tattenham Corner.

Platform 1 was gutted by fire in 1989, destroying Croydon Model Railway Society's clubrooms.

Southbound train calls at platform

Station platforms looking north - fast lines on far left

Services

A 1905 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Purley Oaks.

The typical off-peak train service per hour is:

• 2 to London Victoria via East Croydon and Norbury
• 2 to London Bridge via East Croydon and Forest Hill
• 4 to Caterham

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
South Croydon		Southern Brighton Main Line		Purley

Connections

London Buses routes 60, 166, 407 and 466 and night route N68 serve the station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Purley Oaks railway station from National Rail