Tattenham Corner railway station

Tattenham Corner
Tattenham Corner Location of Tattenham Corner in Surrey
Location	Tattenham Corner
Local authority	Borough of Reigate and Banstead
Managed by	Southern
Station code	TAT
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	3
Accessible	Yes [1]
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.173 million[2]
2005–06	0.190 million[2]
2006–07	0.212 million[2]
2007–08	0.230 million[2]
2008–09	0.248 million[2]
2009–10	0.240 million[2]
2010–11	0.244 million[2]
2011–12	0.279 million[2]
2012–13	0.293 million[2]
2013–14	0.308 million[2]
Railway companies
Original company	South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
4 June 1901	Opened
September 1914	closed
25 March 1928	reopened
Other information
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WGS84	51°18′33″N 0°14′34″W / 51.3093°N 0.2427°W / 51.3093; -0.2427Coordinates: 51°18′33″N 0°14′34″W / 51.3093°N 0.2427°W / 51.3093; -0.2427
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Tattenham Corner railway station is in Surrey, in England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern, and it is the terminus of the Tattenham Corner Line. London-bound trains head south to neighbouring Tadworth, then turn east and finally north-east.

It lies on the outskirts of Epsom and is the closest station for Epsom Downs Racecourse, where the Derby is held and the British monarch traditionally alights from the British Royal Train in those years when attending the Derby. The line serving it was opened (as the Chipstead Valley Railway) in stages between 1897 and 1901, with the commissioning of the final section coinciding with the opening of the station on 4 June that year (by which time the SER had absorbed the independent company). The station closed in September 1914 and was used occasionally for race specials from 1920 until full public service restored (upon electrification) on 25 March 1928.^[3] In its heyday, the station had seven platforms (to handle the sizeable amounts of racecourse traffic)^[4] but today only three remain in use.

Epsom Downs station is nearby as the terminus of the Epsom Downs branch line from Sutton, also served by Southern services.

Accidents and Incidents

On 1 December 1993, an approaching train (the 06.16 from Victoria) failed to brake in time to stop in the platform and overran the buffer stops; the leading vehicle ended up mounting the concourse and becoming embedded in the wooden station booking office (which subsequently had to be demolished). No passengers were injured in the crash, though the train driver & a member of station staff were hospitalised. The driver was later found to be intoxicated on duty and jailed for nine months.^[5]

Services

The typical off-peak service (weekends included) is two trains an hour to London Bridge via East Croydon and Norwood Junction. On weekday evenings the trains run to London Victoria, which is also served by some morning and evening peak services.^[6]

From 2018, when the Thameslink Programme is completed, it is proposed that the services will be operated with larger 12 car trains offering all day direct services to Cambridge via London Blackfriars.^[7]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tadworth		Southern Tattenham Corner Line		Terminus

References

External links

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• Train times and station information for Tattenham Corner railway station from National Rail

Borough of Reigate and Banstead
Towns, villages, neighbourhoods and hamlets	Banstead Banstead Nork Woodmansterne Coulsdon Chipstead Hooley Netherne-on-the-Hill Epsom Tattenham Corner Horley Horley Redhill Earlswood Meadvale Merstham New Merstham St John's Salfords Redhill Whitebushes Reigate Flanchford Reigate Skimmington Sidlow South Park Woodhatch Tadworth Burgh Heath Kingswood Margery Mogador Mugswell Tadworth Walton-on-the-Hill
Most notable parks	Chipstead Downs Colley Hill Priory or Reigate Park
Places of worship	Church of Jesus Christ and the Wisdom of God, Kingswood St John the Evangelist's Church, Earlswood
Education	Aberdour School The Beacon School Chinthurst School Dunottar School for Girls East Surrey College Oakwood School Priory Preparatory School Reigate College Reigate Grammar School Reigate School The Royal Alexandra and Albert School St. Bede's School The Warwick School
Transport	Railway stations Banstead Chipstead Earlswood Horley Kingswood Merstham Redhill Reigate Salfords Tattenham Corner Woodmansterne Roads M25 M23 A23 A25 A217 A240
Buildings and structures	Archway Theatre East Surrey Hospital Netherne Hospital Redhill Aerodrome Reigate Heath Windmill Royal Earlswood Hospital The Children's Trust, Tadworth
Sport	Banstead Athletic F.C. Chipstead F.C. Horley Town F.C. Merstham F.C. Redhill F.C. Reigate Priory F.C. South Park F.C.
Politics and Administration	Crispin Blunt Reigate Constituency Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Places listed are articles notable as settlements, arranged by post town The two principal towns are emboldened The M23 motorway follows approximately a boundary and is chiefly included for its regional importance.