Woodmansterne railway station explained

Woodmansterne
Manager:Southern
Fare Zone:6
Locale:Coulsdon
Borough:London Borough of Croydon
Events1:Opened
Years1:17 July 1932
Platforms:2
Railexits0405:0.248
Railexits0506: 0.269
Railexits0607: 0.344
Railexits0708: 0.364
Railexits0809: 0.367
Railexits0910: 0.359
Railexits1011: 0.378
Railexits1112: 0.372
Railexits1213: 0.366
Railexits1314: 0.358
Railexits1415: 0.373
Railexits1516: 0.322
Railexits1617: 0.301
Railexits1718: 0.295 -->
Railexits1819: 0.282
Railexits1920: 0.256
Raillowexits2021: 37,704
Raillowexits2122: 88,790
Railexits2223: 0.115
Original:Southern Railway
Railcode:WME
Coordinates:51.3192°N -0.1539°W
Dft Category:E
Symbol:rail

Woodmansterne railway station is a railway station which primarily serves the western areas of Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon, England. Situated on the Tattenham Corner line, it is 17chain40chain from . For ticketing purposes the station is in London Travelcard Zone 6. The station has a single island platform, which can be reached by a footbridge, and there is a ticket office on the platform.

All trains serving Woodmansterne are operated by Southern, which also manages the station.

Despite its name, the station is not located in Woodmansterne itself, which actually lies just under 2miles northwest of the station and is on the other side of the Greater London boundary in Surrey.

Services

All services at Woodmansterne are operated by Southern using EMUs.

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

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly and runs between Tattenham Corner and only. Passengers for London Bridge have to change at Purley.

It was initially proposed that from 2018, when the Thameslink Programme is completed, services on this line would be operated with longer, 12-car trains offering all-day direct services to/from via .[1] However, in September 2016, these proposals were dropped; instead, services on the Tattenham Corner line are to "remain as Southern South London Metro services with increased capacity as compared to today".[2]

Connections

London Buses route 166 and non-TfL route 866 serve the station on Chipstead Valley Road to the south. A hail-and-ride section of London Buses route 463 runs along St Andrew's Road to the north of the station.

Notes and References

  1. http://assets.goaheadbus.com/media/cms_page_media/1254/Proposed%202018%20Thameslink%20service%20pattern.pdf Proposed Thameslink services from 2018
  2. http://www.thameslinkrailway.com/your-journey/timetable-consultation/ Timetable consultation