Sanderstead | |
|---|---|
 Sanderstead Station | |
  Sanderstead Location of Sanderstead in Greater London | |
| Location | Sanderstead |
| Local authority | London Borough of Croydon |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Station code | SNR |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 6 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2020–21 |  0.212 million[1] |
| 2021–22 |  0.508 million[1] |
| 2022–23 | 0.624 million[1] |
| 2023–24 | 0.780 million[1] |
| 2024–25 | 0.844 million[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 10 March 1884 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°20′54″N0°05′38″W / 51.3484°N 0.094°W /51.3484; -0.094 |
 London transport portal | |
Sanderstead railway station is on theOxted Line in theLondon Borough of Croydon, 1 mile (1.6 km) from Sanderstead village. It is inLondon fare zone 6, 12 miles 23 chains (12.29 miles, 19.77 km) fromLondon Bridge. The station is managed bySouthern.
On the up (London-bound) platform is a ticket office, staffed for most of the day, and a self-serviceticket machine is outside the station on the up side: there is noPERTIS (Permit to travel) machine.Purley Oaks, also inLondon fare zone 6, is nearby.
The station was opened on 10 March 1884 by theLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway and theSouth Eastern Railway with their line betweenSouth Croydon and East Grinstead. The population was around 300, rising to 534 by 1901.[2]
In 1913 the station was set alight in an act of arson. The suffragetteElsie Duval was the main suspect.[3] The replacement building wasweather-boarded, cheap to construct but requiring regular maintenance. An extensive bookstall was on the up platform, and asignal box on the down platform.
In 1928 theSouthern Heights Light Railway was approved, which would have left the Oxted line south east of the station and finished atOrpington.[4] On it would have run a loop service from Charing Cross to Lewisham and then Woodside-Sanderstead-Orpington and back, or vice versa. However, the scheme could not attract investment and was moribund even before electrification of theWoodside and South Croydon Joint Railway as its first stage. This was fromWoodside toSelsdon and over a short section of theOxted Line to Sanderstead, and was completed in 1935.[5] This route terminating at Sanderstead involved the only electric train service at the station until 1984.
These electric trains, on the Woodside and South Croydon Railway via Selsdon toElmers End, ran from 1935 until the line closed in 1983; at that time, fewer than 150 people were using the service per day, which operated only on weekdays at peak hours to Elmers End.[6]
Electrification of the South Croydon-Selsdon and Sanderstead-East Grinstead sections of theOxted Line was approved by BR in the early 1980s: South Croydon-Selsdon was electrified in 1984 using some redundant materials from the closed Woodside-Selsdon line, and a London Bridge to Sanderstead electric train service begun.[7]
The station building was destroyed by fire again in June 1986, and a new brick building opened in September 1987.[8] The signal box closed on 2 November 1985, and was demolished in August 1987.[9]
Electrification to East Grinstead was completed in October 1987.
Off-peak, all services at Sanderstead are operated bySouthern usingClass 377EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[10]
During the middle of the weekday (roughly 11:30-14:30), this service is reduced to one train per hour.
During the peak hours, there are alsoThameslink operated services between East Grinstead,London Bridge andBedford. These services are operated usingClass 700 EMUs.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Croydon or South Croydon | Southern | Riddlesdown | ||
Thameslink
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| Disused railways | ||||
| Selsdon | British Rail Southern Region | Terminus | ||
London Buses route403 serves the station.[11]
