| Nutfield | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Nutfield, Tandridge |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.227°N -0.133°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | Southern |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | NUF |
| Classification: | DfT category F2 |
| Original: | South Eastern Railway |
| Pregroup: | South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
| Postgroup: | Southern Railway |
| Years: | 1 January 1884 |
| Events: | Opened |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Nutfield railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Nutfield, Surrey, England. It is about a mile south of Nutfield itself, located in South Nutfield, a settlement which did not exist before the coming of the railway. It is measured from via .
Since 2008 the station, and all trains serving it, have been operated by Southern, following the ending of the previous Southeastern service.[1]
The railway line between and was opened by the South Eastern Railway on 26 May 1842.[2] Nutfield station opened on that line on 1 January 1884,[3] although a public siding named 'Mid Street' had been provided here from an early date.[4] The station buildings were similar in style to those at Sandling Junction, although no footbridge was provided at Nutfield. The buildings were demolished in the late 1960s.[5] Until electrification all passengers crossed the lines at rail level at the Western end of platforms, close to the signal box.[4]
For many years a private siding from Nutfield station served the chemical works of the Nutfield Manufacturing Company, situated Southwest of the station on the site of a former brickworks.[4]
Goods facilities were withdrawn in January 1966, and coal traffic ceased in November of that year. Full-time staffing ended on 5 November 1967 but staff was frequently provided at morning commuter peak hours until around 1990. The signal box remained in use until 10 May 1970.[4]
In 1993 the line was electrified and services started to run through to London rather than being an extension of the Reading to Tonbridge North Downs Line service.[6]
The two platforms are linked by a footbridge.
Trains heading to Tonbridge have an information board displaying the next train details, and in May 2011 an information board was installed on Platform 1 which heads to Redhill and London.
In 2008, a PERTIS machine was installed at this station at the entrance to the Redhill-bound platform.
All services at Nutfield are operated by Southern using EMUs.
The typical off-peak weekend service is one train per hour in each direction between and .
In December 2023 the number of units used for the Monday to Friday service was reduced from 3 units to 2.[7] As a result the train service was reduced from hourly off peak and half hourly at peak times to an irregular service without consistent departure times part the hour[8]
In early 2024 Network Rail created a research paper looking into options to increase rail use between Kent and Gatwick Airport. Five options are being looked are:[9]