East Croydon Station

There are two Train companies from this station first is:

Southern

West London Line:

This line uses the West London Line to get from the BML to the WCML.

On the BML this train serves all stations from South Croydon - Clapham Junction.

During the peaks this is extended to/from Coulsdon Town/Purley.

On the West London Line this train serves all stops to Shepherds Bush, after that joins the WCML.

Once on the WCML it stops at Wembley Central, Harrow & Wealdstone and Watford Junction. Then slightly slower than the semi-fast (London Midland (Northampton service) by stopping at Tring.

This service has an hourly frequency.

 

BML (Victoria):

All Services that stop at East Croydon going towards London Victoria stop at Clapham Junction & London Victoria (fast services roughly every 10 minutes (From December 2015 frequency will increase with diversions & alterations to Rehill branch services (See below)). Also slow services every half-hour serve all stations.

 

BML (London Bridge):

A mixture of fast, semi-fast and slow services serve London Bridge.

A half-hourly slow service calls at all stations.

Four semi-fast trains per hour serve Norwood Junction & London Bridge (From December 2015 only two of these will serve these stations due to diversion & altered timetable for Redhill Branch services (see later posts).

Two slightly slower semi-fast trains call at Norwood Junction, New Cross Gate & London Bridge.

Three fast trains call at London Bridge only.

Two of these trains are Thameslink, these keep the old Thameslink connection to London Bridge, whilst the line to Blackfriars gets upgraded and kept separate from Charing Cross trains proving major bottleneck and restricts services. Also, during these works other Thameslink services are diverted after Norwood Junction (via Herne Hill).

The other one is a Southern from Uckfield.

 

West Coastway

Prior to December 2015:

This is the first of trains that run to the west coastway via the Arun Valley Line. This line has trains terminating at Horsham, Bognor Regis & Southampton Central or Portsmouth Harbour (which divides at Horsham).

The Horsham service provides a stopping service on the Redhill & upper part of the Arun Valley Line. This service is provided half-hourly.

The Bognor Regis & Southampton Central service is the slightly faster to Horsham before splitting by calling at: Redhill, Gatwick Airport, Three Bridges, Crawley & Horsham.

Once divided the Southampton Central runs semi-fast calling at: Barnham, Chichester, Southbourne, Emsworth, Havant, Cosham,Portchester, Fareham, Swanwick & Southampton Central. During the peak the service varies by stopping at more stops or skipping some.

This Bognor Regis portion calls at all stations.

The Portsmouth Harbour & Bognor Regis is slightly slower to Horsham by also calling at Horley between Redhill & Gatwick Airport.

Once divided at Horsham the Portsmouth Harbour portion is limited stop by calling only at: Barnham, Chichester, Havant, Fratton, Portsmouth & Southsea & Portsmouth Harbour. During the peak there are additional stops along the route.

The other Bognor Regis is a semi-fast service calling at: Billingshurst, Pulborough, Arundel & all stations to Bognor Regis.

 

From December 2015:

The change of timetable timetable is as follows:

All off peak Portsmouth & Bognor will no longer serve Redhill & Horley, also, all off peak Southampton & Bognor Regis will no longer call at Redhill (other BML, Thameslink & altered Redhill branch services will fill in). Horsham trains calling pattern remain the same but retimed.

 

Coastway dividers

Prior to December 2015:

These routes serve coatway stations on both the east & the west dividing at Haywards Heath calling at Gatwick Airport inbetween. Both the West Coastways go to Littlehampton & the East Coastway to Ore or Eastbourne.

Once split the Ore portion calls at: Plumpton (Southbound only), Lewes, Polegate, Eastbourne (reverses here), Hampden Park, Pevensey & Westham, Cooden Beach, then all stations to Ore. During peak also stops at the skipped stops. Normans & Pevensey Bay are served by a few trains a day.

The attached Littlehampton calls at: Hove, Shoreham-By-Sea, Lancing, Worthing & all stations to Littlehampton.

The Eastbourne portion calls at: Wivelsfield, Plumpton (Northbound only), Lewes, Polegate, Hampden Park & Eastbourne. During peak trains serve more stations inbetween, also services to/from London Bridge as well as Victoria. Cooksbridge has a couple of trains a day.

The other Littlehampton portion calls at: Burgess Hill, Preston Park, Hove, Portslade, Shoreham-By-Sea, Worthing & all stations to Littlehampton.

 

From December 2015

The Littlehampton changes are:

The one attached to the Eastbourne portion, now calls at: Burgess Hill, Hove, Shoreham, Worthing & all stations to Littlehampton after splitting at Haywards Heath.

The one attached to the Ore portion, now calls at; Preston Park, Hove, Portslade, Shoreham, Lancing, Worthing & all stations to Littlehampton after splitting at Haywards Heath.

 

The Plumpton changes are:

The Ore portion no longer calls at Plumpton (Southbound). Therefore losing a direct connection from stations east of Pevensey. A change of platform is required at Hampden Park for stations to Ore (Brighton - Ore service).

The Eastbourne portion now calls at Plumpton (Southbound as well as Northbound. This removes the need to circulate locally with direct trains at both ends.

 

BML

Prior to December 2015:

There are three Southern trains per hour to Brighton with two fast trains & one semi-fast per hour.

The semi-fast service stops at Gatwick Airport, Burgess Hill, Hassocks & Brighton.

The Fast train runs non-stop to Brighton.

 

From December 2015

These changes are the withdrawl of the non-stop and replaced by two semi-fast trains.

The first calls at: Horley, Burgess Hill & Brighton (stopping at Horley to replace altered Arun Valley/west coastway trains).

The second calls at: Gatwick Airport, Hassocks & Brighton.

 

Metro

There are two branches of the metro that run south of East Croydon to Caterham & Tattenham Corner.

There are four trains an hour to Caterham calling at all stations.

On the Tattenham Corner branch there are two trains an hour which call at: Purley & all stations to Tattenham Corner.

During the peak these trains combine and stop at all stations splitting at Purley.

 

Oxted Lines:

On this route there are also two branches, One for East Grinstead the other for Uckfield.

The East Grinstead stops at Saunderstead and then all stations to East Grinstead.

The Uckfield Branch stops at Oxted and all stations to Uckfield.

During the peak East Grinstead call additionally at South Croydon.

Also, on the Uckfield branch there are semi-fast services to speed up journey times further down the line.

 

Redhill Branches

Prior to Decwmber 2015:

Again at this junction there are two junctions one for North Downs line (Reigate services) & the other for Tonbridge.

The Reigate train stops at Purley, then all stations to Reigate

The Tonbridge train stops at Purley, Coulsdon South, Redhill & all stations to Tonbridge.

During the peak these trains combine together or form a service with the Horsham train splitting at Redhill. Also, stop at additional stations,

 

From December 2015:

The changes on this route is both only stop at Redhill. Then the Reigate services serves Reigate only. The Tonbridge service calls at all stations via Edenbridge.

 

Thameslink:

North

On the Northern part of the Thameslink there are two routes, one serving London Bridge only (will be re-extended after Thameslink Programme), the other goes to Bedford (via diverted route to London Blackfriars via Herne Hill (put back via London Bridge after Thameslink Programme).

There are two trains per hour to London Bridge only.

There are four trains an hour to Bedford all call at: London Blackfrairs, City Thameslink, Fatringdon, St. Pancras International, St Albans & all stations to Bedford. Two also call at West Hampstead Thameslink.

Other trains during peak, early morning or late evening stop at stations between Tulse Hill & London Blackfriars, also stations between St. Pancras International & St. Albans.

 

BML (South)

Before December 2015:

There are two trains an hour to Three Bridges calling at Gatwick Airport & Three Bridges (these operate via the Rehill Line as opposed to the Quarry Line (non-stop from Purley to Horley (avoiding Redhill))). This is for route training for future services after December 2015 (mentioned below).

Four trains an hour serve Brighton.

Two are semi-fast calling at: Gatwick Airport, Three Bridges, Haywards Heath & Brighton.

Two are two stopping services calling at: Gstwick Airport & all stations to Brighton.

 

After December 2015 - 2018? (completion of Thameslink Programme)

A complete recast of the timetable for this part of the route is the Three Bridges train will now stop at stations between Purley & Redhill. This is linked to the Thameslink programme which in the future will enable trains to travel via SEML & BML & their branches to both ECML & EML & their branches via central London.

 

2018? completion of Thameslink Programme

The routes aren't completly in stone yet but, information recieved is on the metro it will serve Tattenham Corner & Caterham Lines all day.

Also the Three Bridges service mentioned above (extended to Littlehampton in the peak) runs all day.

Horsham & Brighton service will remain the same as present.

Also, during peak trains will serve station to East Grinstead.

This all subject to change with other possible routes off the BML (will keep updating).

 

Arun Valley Line:

Same as present (Southern service).

This is a peak extension from Three Bridges, calling pattern unknown.

 

West Coastway:

 

There is also a separate station just outside the main entrance for:

Croydon Tramlink

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