Banstead railway station

Banstead National Rail
Banstead
Location of Banstead in Surrey
Location Banstead
Local authority Borough of Reigate and Banstead
Managed by Southern
Station code BAD
DfT category F1
Number of platforms 1
Fare zone 6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2012–13 Increase 0.135 million[1]
2013–14 Decrease 0.131 million[1]
2014–15 Increase 0.139 million[1]
2015–16 Increase 0.164 million[1]
2016–17 Decrease 0.142 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Pre-grouping London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Key dates
22 May 1865 Opened as Banstead
1 June 1898 Renamed Banstead and Burgh Heath
August 1928 Renamed Banstead
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WGS84 51°19′45.1″N 0°12′47.5″W / 51.329194°N 0.213194°W / 51.329194; -0.213194Coordinates: 51°19′45.1″N 0°12′47.5″W / 51.329194°N 0.213194°W / 51.329194; -0.213194
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Banstead railway station serves the village of Banstead in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey. Its wider definition of Banstead Village and Nork wards is relevant here as both are equally well served by it, as it lies narrowly in the latter. The station and all trains are operated by Southern, and it is on the Epsom Downs line, part of the Sutton & Mole Valley Line services. It is between Belmont and Epsom Downs, 17 miles 40 chains (28.16 km) down the line from London Bridge, measured via West Croydon.[2]

Housing and gardens in Banstead in this area border Greater London 500m away to the north, accordingly since January 2006 the station has been included in Travelcard Zone 6. The station lies some distance to the north-west of the High Street, on the edge of Banstead Downs.

Station buildings

The station in 1961

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, as part of the Epsom Downs branch line, on 22 May 1865. The branch was originally laid as double track because of the race traffic, and was electrified on 17 June 1928. In the 1940s the station's name was painted in large letters on the roof, in order to help as a navigation tool for pilots coming into Croydon Airport. Due to the destruction by fire of the Epsom Downs signal box in November 1981, the branch was singled for most of its length in October 1982, and trains stopping at Banstead now use only the Down platform, where there is a shelter, although the Up platform still exists. (It now has been taken down and no longer exists, and the track has been covered up, there is now concrete covering where the tracks used to be)

Train services

All services at the station are operated by Southern using Class 377 and Class 455 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service (Monday to Saturday) from the station is:[3]

Sunday Service:

There is an electronic display showing arrivals and departures. A ticket machine was installed in October 2011 replacing a Permit to Travel machine and there are also 2 Oystercard readers.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. ↑ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald, ed. Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 22. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
  3. ↑ https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/timetabling/electronic-national-rail-timetable/ (Timetable No. 172, May 2018)
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Belmont   Southern
Epsom Downs Branch		   Epsom Downs
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