West Croydon Railway Station

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West Croydon
West Croydon stn entrance.JPG
Main entrance to the train station
Data
Design Through station
Platform tracks 3
abbreviation WCY
opening 1839
location
City / municipality London
London Borough London Borough of Croydon
Part of the country England
Country United Kingdom
Coordinates 51 ° 22 '42 "  N , 0 ° 6' 9"  W Coordinates: 51 ° 22 '42 "  N , 0 ° 6' 9"  W
Railway lines
List of train stations in the United Kingdom
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The West Croydon station is located in the London Borough of Croydon and is listed in Travelcard Zone. 5 Behind East Croydon, it is Croydon's second largest train station. It is owned by Network Rail but is managed by TfL . In addition to the Southern trains , the station is also served by trains from the London Overground ; West Croydon is one of the three southern endpoints of the East London Line . West Croydon is also a transfer point between the railroad and the Tramlink .

history

At the site of the station was a basin of the Croydon Canal between 1809 and 1836 , which, however, had to give way to the railway and was walled up. The harbor basin was developed by the Surrey Iron Railway , whose rail network was the basis for the line to Wimbledon that was later opened. In 1839 the station was opened by the London and Croydon Railway under the name Croydon . The London and Brighton Railway station , now East Croydon , had the same name at the time. The station got its current name in 1851 after the L&CR and L&BR merged to form the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB & SCR) and East Croydon received its current name in 1846. In 1855 the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Company opened a railway line from West Croydon to Wimbledon Station .

In 1930 the previous reception building at the bus stop on Station Road was closed and replaced by the one that exists today on London Road. The former counter hall now functions as a shop. In 1997 the line to Wimbledon was closed, but the end platform 2 used for their trains was retained until 2008. The shutdown took place for the conversion of the route for the tram, the Tramlink went into operation in 2000. However, it does not stop in the train station, but in a shared bus and tram stop on Station Road. It can be reached via a short walk from the train station; there is currently no direct connection to the platforms, but it is to be set up in the medium term in the form of renewed renovations. In 2009 the track system was rebuilt in preparation for the extension of the East London Line, which opened in 2010. While track 1 was retained, the former track 2 had to give way to track 3.

traffic

railroad

Southern

Southern offers the following traffic every hour:

At peak times there are additional trains on the routes London Bridge - Guildford and London Bridge - Dorking

London Overground

West Croydon is one of the four southern terminus and is served every quarter of an hour by the following route:

Tramlink

Tramlink serves West Croydon with all three lines:

  • Line 1: West Croydon - East Croydon - Elmers End
  • Line 2: West Croydon - East Croydon - Beckenham Junction
  • Line 3: Wimbledon - Mitcham Junction - West Croydon - East Croydon - New Addington

Bus transport

There are two bus stops in the immediate vicinity of the train station, on the one hand the direct access point on Station Road and on the other hand the St. Michaels Road stop . Both stations are served by a total of 24 lines, St. Michaels Road also by three night bus lines.

Trivia

  • In 1912 the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor collapsed at the train station as a result of overwork and pneumonia and died a little later at the age of only 37.

Web links

Commons : West Croydon Train Station  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Butt, RVJ (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations.
  2. ↑ http://www.southernrailway.com/your-journey/network-map/?access=on