Sanderstead railway station

Sanderstead railway station is on the Oxted Line in the London Borough of Croydon, 1 mile (1.6 km) from Sanderstead village. It is in Travelcard Zone 6, 12 miles 23 chains (19.77 km) from London Bridge. The station is managed by Southern.

Sanderstead
Sanderstead Station
Sanderstead
Location of Sanderstead in Greater London
LocationSanderstead
Local authorityLondon Borough of Croydon
Managed bySouthern
Station codeSNR
DfT categoryD
Number of platforms2
Fare zone6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2014–15 1.226 million[1]
2015–16 1.102 million[1]
2016–17 1.009 million[1]
2017–18 1.107 million[1]
2018–19 1.123 million[1]
Key dates
10 March 1884Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451.3484°N 0.094°W / 51.3484; -0.094
London transport portal

On the up (London-bound) platform is a ticket office, staffed for most of the day, and a self-service ticket machine is outside the station on the up side: there is no PERTIS (Permit to travel) machine. Purley Oaks, also in Travelcard Zone 6, is nearby.

History

Sanderstead station looking north from the bridge carrying Sanderstead Road over the line.

The station was opened on 10 March 1884 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and the South Eastern Railway with their line between South Croydon and East Grinstead. The population was around 300, rising to 534 by 1901.[2] In 1913 the station was set alight. The suffragette Elsie Duval was the main suspect.[3] In the mid-1920s, the Southern Heights Light Railway was proposed, which would have left the Oxted line south east of the station and finished at Orpington.[4] An extensive bookstall was on the up platform, and a signal box on the down platform.

The building was weather-boarded, cheap to construct but requiring regular maintenance. It was destroyed by fire in June 1986 and a new brick building opened in September 1987.[5] The signal box closed on 2 November 1985 and was demolished in August 1987.[6] The line from Selsdon to Sanderstead was electrified on 30 September 1935, and electrification of the South Croydon-Selsdon and Sanderstead-East Grinstead sections of line was approved by BR in the early 1980s: South Croydon-Selsdon was electrified in 1984 using some redundant materials from the closed Woodside-Selsdon line.[7] Electrification to East Grinstead was completed in October 1987.

Electric trains on the Woodside and South Croydon Railway via Selsdon to Elmers End ran from 1935 until the line closed in 1983; at that time, fewer than 150 people were using the service per day, which ran on weekdays at peak hours to Elmers End.[8]

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

In peak period trains run to and from London Bridge, calling at South Croydon, the next station north.

Services normally use Class 377 Electrostars, with Class 700 in the peaks.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
South Croydon   Southern
Oxted Line
  Riddlesdown
  Thameslink
Oxted Line
Peak hours only
 
Disused railways
Selsdon   British Rail
Southern Region

Woodside and South Croydon Railway
  Terminus

Facilities

The station is staffed until five minutes after the last train.[9] There is a small tea bar at one end of the station which has recently been re-opened during morning peak hours. There is a footbridge between the platforms. The station has been selling second hand books for charity since 2009 and a certificate on display shows how much has been raised. A children's table and chairs have recently been installed.

Connections

London Buses route 403 serves the station.[10]

References

  1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (March 1995). Croydon (Woodside) to East Grinstead (Country Railway Routes). Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. p. Plate 30. ISBN 1-873793-48-0.
  3. "chertsey museum". chertseymuseum.org. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. "Southern Heights Railway". The Times (45098). London. 11 January 1929. col D, p. 9.
  5. Mitchell, V. and Smith, K., plate 39.
  6. Mitchell, V. and Smith, K., plate 35.
  7. Mitchell, V. and Smith, K., plate 55
  8. Mitchell, V. and Smith, K., plate 38.
  9. .
  10. "Buses from Purley Oaks and Sanderstead" (PDF). TfL. January 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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