Chipstead railway station

Chipstead National Rail
Chipstead
Location of Chipstead in Surrey
Location Chipstead
Local authority Borough of Reigate and Banstead
Managed by Southern
Station code CHP
DfT category E
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2012–13 Increase 0.156 million[1]
2013–14 Increase 0.161 million[1]
2014–15 Increase 0.166 million[1]
2015–16 Increase 0.179 million[1]
2016–17 Decrease 0.153 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company Chipstead Valley Railway
Pre-grouping South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Key dates
2 November 1897 [2][3] Opened
Other information
Lists of stations
External links
WGS84 51°18′32″N 0°10′08″W / 51.309°N 0.169°W / 51.309; -0.169Coordinates: 51°18′32″N 0°10′08″W / 51.309°N 0.169°W / 51.309; -0.169
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Chipstead railway station serves the village of Chipstead in Surrey. It is a late-Victorian station on the Tattenham Corner Line and was opened in 1897. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern. It is in Travelcard Zone 6, 18 miles 41 chains (29.8 km) from Charing Cross.

The station buildings are no longer used by Southern, having been sold off and converted for private use in the mid-late 1990s, and a small ticket office is in a pre-fabricated building on the Up platform.

Services

Typical off-peak train service per hour (including weekends):

Additional services run to /from London Victoria in the weekday business peaks, whilst Victoria is also the destination for weekday evening trains.[4]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Woodmansterne   Southern
Tattenham Corner Line		   Kingswood

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. ↑ Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley page 50
  3. ↑ Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark page 69
  4. ↑ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 181
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