Purley railway station

Purley National Rail
Purley is located in Greater London
Purley
Purley
Location of Purley in Greater London
LocationPurley
Local authorityLondon Borough of Croydon
Managed bySouthern
Station code(s)PUR
DfT categoryC2
Number of platforms6
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone6
Toilet facilitiesYes
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Decrease 3.004 million[2]
– interchange Increase 0.848 million[2]
2019–20Decrease 2.962 million[2]
– interchange Decrease 0.829 million[2]
2020–21Decrease 0.808 million[2]
– interchange Decrease 0.140 million[2]
2021–22Increase 1.864 million[2]
– interchange  Increase 0.331 million[2]
2022–23Increase 2.348 million[2]
– interchange Increase 0.549 million[2]
Railway companies
Original companyLondon & Brighton Railway
Pre-groupingLondon, Brighton & South Coast Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
12 July 1841Opened as Godstone Road
1 October 1847Closed
5 August 1856Reopened as Caterham Junction
1 October 1888Renamed Purley
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°20′16″N 0°06′49″W / 51.3377°N 0.1135°W / 51.3377; -0.1135
London transport portal
A 1905 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Purley railway station.

Purley railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon on the Brighton Main Line, 13 miles 29 chains (21.50 km) measured from London Bridge (15 miles 13 chains (24.40 km) from Charing Cross),[3] in Travelcard Zone 6. It is a junction, with branches to Caterham and Tattenham Corner.

  1. ^ "Network Map". Southern. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 14C. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.