Purley Station viewed from Whitecliffe Road South

Purley railway station serves Purley in the London Borough of Croydon, on the main London to Brighton line, in Travelcard Zone 6. It is a junction with the branches to Caterham and Tattenham Corner. There are also sidings used by the Day and Son gravel company, part of whose installation has been given a visual treatment intended to resemble a signal box. Trains of aggregates from Cliffe are dealt with here. Purley is a place in, and a suburb of London (population ca. ... Croydon is a large suburban town and commercial centre to the south of London and forms part of the Greater London conurbation. ... The Brighton Main Line is the railway line from London Victoria and London Bridge to Brighton. ... Travelcard Zone 6 is the sixth outward zone of the Transport for London zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ... The Tattenham Corner Line is a railway line in Southern England. ... A traditional signal box A signal box or signal cabin (interlocking tower in US) is a building from which railway signals and points may be controlled. ...

The station was originally opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) on 12 July 1841: it was then called Godstone Road, which was seven miles from that village: it was closed on 1 October 1847. On 5 August 1856 the Caterham branch was opened, joining the main line at the site of the old station. At the time there was intense rivalry between the South Eastern Railway (SER), in whose territory the new branch stood, and the LBSCR for the use of the main line. The Caterham Railway had to sue the LBSCR to get the junction station reopened: this it did, three months later. Caterham Junction became Purley on 1 October 1888. Early days The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway or LB&SCR was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1923. ... The London and Greenwich Railway (LGR), together with the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway (CWR) in East Kent were the earliest railways to serve the then county of Kent: eventually both became parts of the South Eastern Railway (SER). ...

The Purley Station rail crash on 4 March 1989 occurred just to the north of the station, and left 5 dead and 94 injured. A train accident occurred just to the north of Purley railway station in the London Borough of Croydon on 4 March 1989, leaving six dead and 94 injured. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Purley Oaks station lies to the north of Purley on the Brighton main line.

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

• 2tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria via East Croydon and Norbury
• 6tph to London Bridge via East Croydon
• 2tph to London Charing Cross
• 4tph to Caterham
• 4tph to Smitham, two of which continue to Tattenham Corner
• 1tph to Tunbridge Wells via Tonbridge
• 1tph to Horsham via Gatwick Airport

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External links

• Train times (http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=PUR) for Purley railway station from National Rail
• Street map (http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?client=public&lang=&advanced=&quicksearch=CR82AP) and aerial photo (http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&lang=&pc=CR82AP) of Purley railway station from Multimap.com

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