Riddlesdown railway station

Riddlesdown
Riddlesdown station eastern entrance and path
Riddlesdown Location of Riddlesdown in Greater London
Location	Riddlesdown
Local authority	London Borough of Croydon
Managed by	Southern
Station code	RDD
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	0.355 million^[1]
2011–12	0.360 million^[1]
2012–13	0.361 million^[1]
2013–14	0.368 million^[1]
2014–15	0.406 million^[1]
Railway companies
Original company	Southern Railway
Key dates
5 June 1927	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°19′56″N 0°05′59″W / 51.3323°N 0.0996°W / 51.3323; -0.0996Coordinates: 51°19′56″N 0°05′59″W / 51.3323°N 0.0996°W / 51.3323; -0.0996
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Riddlesdown railway station serves Riddlesdown in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, on the Oxted line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern, and it is in Travelcard Zone 6.

Platforms

Platform 1 is the platform for trains towards Croydon and London.

Platform 2 is the platform towards East Grinstead.

The station is unusual amongst suburban London stations in that there is no means of crossing between the platforms. The platforms are reached via separate footpaths from Lower Barn Road, either side of the bridge that takes the railway over the road. The ticket office is on Platform 1.

On the London-bound platform 1, there is a manned ticket office (staffed for only part of the day) and waiting room.

There are self-service ticket machines and Oyster scanners on both platforms.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to East Grinstead and two trains per hour to London Victoria. In the morning and evening peak period trains also run to and from London Bridge.

Services between London Bridge and Uckfield pass the station, but stop during weekday morning peak times.

Services from East Grinstead to London Bridge are due to transfer to Thameslink in 2018. Enabling direct services to Bedford and Cambridge.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sanderstead		Southern Oxted Line		Upper Warlingham

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Riddlesdown railway station.

Train times and station information for Riddlesdown railway station from National Rail

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses East London Transit Night Buses Coach Station Cycle Hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground TfL Rail Tramlink Crossrail (under construction) London River Services London Streets London Underground Night Tube Source London Taxi and Private Hire office

Bus operators	Abellio Arriva London CT Plus Go-Ahead London London Sovereign London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Uno

River operators	Bateaux London City Cruises Crown River Cruises Livett's Launches Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company Thames Clippers Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services Westminster Passenger Services Association

Train operators	Arriva Rail London c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Greater Anglia Stansted Express Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Hull Trains London Midland South West Trains Southeastern TfL Rail Virgin Trains (West Coast) Virgin Trains East Coast

Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Port of London Authority

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow Private: Biggin Hill Damyns Hall London Heliport Military: Northolt

Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted

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Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)

Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road

Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

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Commons
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Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southern routes serving this station

Oxted Line	London Bridge via Norwood Junction then East Croydon or London Victoria Clapham Junction East Croydon South Croydon Sanderstead Riddlesdown Upper Warlingham Woldingham Oxted Hurst Green Lingfield Dormans East Grinstead Edenbridge Town Hever Cowden Ashurst Eridge Crowborough Buxted Uckfield

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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