Whyteleafe South railway station

Whyteleafe South
Whyteleafe South
	Whyteleafe South Location of Whyteleafe South in Surrey
Location	Whyteleafe
Local authority	District of Tandridge
Managed by	Southern
Station code	WHS
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2014–15	0.135 million[2]
2015–16	0.158 million[2]
2016–17	0.144 million[2]
2017–18	0.138 million[2]
2018–19	0.134 million[2]
Key dates
5 August 1856	Opened as Warlingham
11 June 1956	renamed Whyteleafe South
Other information
External links	Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;
WGS84	51.303417°N 0.076833°W
	London transport portal

Whyteleafe South railway station serves part of the suburban village of Whyteleafe in the district of Tandridge, Surrey, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern, and it is on the Caterham Line 18 miles 18 chains (29.3 km) from Charing Cross.

A 1905 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Whyteleafe South railway station.

There are three railway stations in the village, the others being Whyteleafe, and Upper Warlingham on the Oxted Line. This station was named Warlingham until 11 June 1956; its single-storey main buildings are on the Down side. The narrow gabled station house still exists.

On the Caterham-bound platform 2 is a manned ticket office (staffed for only part of the day) and a self-service passenger-operated ticket machine. There is a second self-service passenger-operated ticket machine on London-bound Platform 1.

Services

As of December 2019, the typical off peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

4 tph to London Bridge (2 of these run fast from East Croydon and 2 are stopping services via Peckham Rye)
4 tph to Caterham

There are also trains to London Victoria during the peak hours.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to 2 tph and the service to London Bridge calls at all stations via Forest Hill.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Whyteleafe		Southern Caterham line		Caterham

References

"London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
"Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
"Timetable 32: London - Caterham" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.

External links

Train times and station information for Whyteleafe South railway station from National Rail
History of the branch line

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[1] "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-2] "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[3] "Timetable 32: London - Caterham" (PDF). Southern, December 2019.