Caterham railway station

Caterham
Caterham Location of Caterham in Surrey
Location	Caterham
Local authority	District of Tandridge
Managed by	Southern
Station code	CAT
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes [1]
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	0.967 million[2]
2011–12	1.024 million[2]
2012–13	1.028 million[2]
2013–14	1.056 million[2]
2014–15	1.065 million[2]
Key dates
5 August 1856	First station opened
1 January 1900	Second station opened
Other information
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WGS84	51°16′57″N 0°04′43″W / 51.2825°N 0.0786°W / 51.2825; -0.0786Coordinates: 51°16′57″N 0°04′43″W / 51.2825°N 0.0786°W / 51.2825; -0.0786
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A 1905 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Caterham railway station.

Caterham railway station serves the town of Caterham in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England.

The station is located at the southern terminus of the Caterham Line, which branches from the London to Brighton main line at Purley. It lies 32 km (20 mi) by rail from Charing Cross: the London headquarters of the former South Eastern Railway Company which took the branch over in 1859, three years after its completion.

The town's first station was originally opened on 5 August 1856 by the Caterham Railway. It was closed on 1 January 1900 by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, which opened a new station of the same name on an adjacent site that day.^[3] The site of the original station is now occupied by a supermarket and the present station's car park. The line was electrified (on the 660V DC system) by the Southern Railway in March 1928.^[4]

Today the station and all trains serving it are operated by the Southern train operating company. It has a single island platform with a one-storey ticket office dating from just before the turn of the 20th century. There is a carriage siding on the western (Up) side of the station.

Other transport links

Metrobus routes 400, 409 and 540 and TfL route 407 stop outside the station.

Services

The typical off-peak train service per hour is:^[5]

• 4 to East Croydon, calling at Whyteleafe South, Whyteleafe, Kenley, Purley, Purley Oaks and South Croydon, of which:
  • 2 continue to London Victoria, calling at Selhurst, Thornton Heath, Norbury, Streatham Common, Balham, Wandsworth Common, Clapham Junction and Battersea Park;
  • 2 continue to London Bridge, calling at Norwood Junction, Anerley, Penge West, Sydenham, Forest Hill, Honor Oak Park, Brockley and New Cross Gate.

On weekday evenings, only the service to/from London Bridge runs (though both Victoria & London Bridge are served on Saturday evenings). On Sundays there is a half-hourly service to/from Victoria.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caterham railway station.

• Train times and station information for Caterham railway station from National Rail
• Map of line and timetables

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Whyteleafe South		Southern Caterham Line		Terminus

A Class 455 train standing at Caterham railway station in 2008.

A 4 EPB on the Southern Region standing at Caterham railway station in 1984.

District of Tandridge
Settlements (grouped by associated post town)	Caterham Caterham on the Hill Caterham Valley Chaldon Whyteleafe Woldingham Godstone Godstone East Grinstead Felbridge Felcourt Horley Horne Burstow Lingfield Crowhurst Dormansland Lingfield Newchapel Smallfield Oxted Hurst Green Limpsfield Limpsfield Chart Oxted Tandridge Titsey Redhill Bletchingley Nutfield Warlingham Chelsham Farleigh Fickleshole Hamsey Green (part) Warlingham Westerham Tatsfield
Places of worship	All Saints Church, Oxted Church of St John the Baptist, Outwood London England Temple (Mormon or LDS Church) List of places of worship in Tandridge (district) Sacred Heart Church, Caterham
Education	Caterham School De Stafford School Hazelwood School Lingfield Notre Dame School Oakhyrst Grange School Oxted School Warlingham School Woldingham School
Transport	Railway stations Caterham Dormans Godstone Hurst Green Lingfield Nutfield Oxted Upper Warlingham Whytleafe Roads A22 A25 M23 M25 Other North Downs Way/Pilgrims' Way Greensand Way
Buildings and structures	Heritage buildings and grounds Bletchingley Castle Titsey Place Spectator sports Lingfield Park Racecourse Theatre Orpheus Centre, Godstone Lakes, watersports and wildlife Hedgecourt Lake Nature Reserve, Felbridge Wire Mill Recreational Lake, Felbridge Mercers Park Country Park, Nutfield Marsh
Sport	Football Farleigh Rovers F.C. Lingfield F.C. Warlingham F.C. Whyteleafe F.C. Cricket Caterham Cricket Club
The administrative centre is Oxted. The largest town is Caterham. Three of the post towns have urban centres Caterham, Godstone and Oxted. Lingfield and Warlingham are major villages which have post town status. The others are outside the area.