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

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
2016–17	1.008 million[2]
2017–18	1.012 million[2]
2018–19	1.027 million[2]
2019–20	0.991 million[2]
2020–21	0.209 million[2]
Key dates
5 August 1856	First station opened
1 January 1900	Second station opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.28250°N 0.07861°W / 51.28250; -0.07861
London transport portal

Caterham train drivers depot was opened on Sunday 17 June 1928 as a motormans depot ( The "Motor" term being used for electric trains ) after electrification on the line was complete in March of that year, and is still a working depot today. The guards depot at Caterham was closed in the late 1980s.^{[citation needed]}

Location

The station is located at the southern terminus of the Caterham Line, which branches from the Brighton Main Line at Purley. It is 19 miles 70 chains (32.0 km) from Charing Cross,[3] which took the branch over in 1859, three years after its completion.

History

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.[4] 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 660 V DC system) by the Southern Railway in March 1928.[5]

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

The station is served by the following bus services:[6]

• London Buses route 407 to Purley, Croydon and Sutton
• Metrobus route 400 to Redhill, Gatwick Airport, Crawley and East Grinstead
• Southdown PSV routes 409 and 411 to Selsdon, Warlingham, East Grinstead, Redhill and Reigate
• Buses 4U route 540 to Woldingham

Services

All services at Caterham are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[7]

• 2 tph to London Bridge (semi-fast)

On Sundays, the service is reduced to 2 tph and the service to London Bridge calls at all stations via Forest Hill.

References

External links

• 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

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