East Croydon Station Maps

There are to 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). 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.

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

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.

 

Coastway dividers

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.

 

BML

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.

 

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

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,

 

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 is going to happen, the maor change for this part of the route is the Three Bridges train will stop at stations between Purley & Three Bridges (via Redhill).

 

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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