The station entrance

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History

Redhill station began its days in conflict. The two main-line railways leaving London in a southwards direction - the London and Brighton Railway (and its successor, the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) and the South Eastern Railway (SER) - had, by parliamentary decree, to travel on the same route from London to Redhill. The inevitable conflict led eventually to building by the LB&SCR of a line avoiding Redhill station altogether, known as the Quarry Line, still in use by fast trains today. There are thus few trains on the Main Line calling here today. The London and Brighton Railway (L&B) was incorporated in 1837. ... The LB&SCRs coat of arms, displayed above the entrance to Gipsy Hill railway station. ... 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). ...

There were originally two stations at separate sites, inconvenient for passengers changing trains; both, and the new station north of the junction opened on 15 April 1844, were named Reigate (that place being the main town in the vicinity at the time). The station was rebuilt in 1858, when the present buildings on the Down side were constructed.

Today the station is operated by Southern Railway, which is the chief train operator serving Redhill.

The station

The station has three platforms; 1 and 2 are an island on the up side and 3 is on the down side. There are two through roads between the platform 2 and 3 roads. All platforms are subdivided 'a' (north end) and 'b' (south end). All platforms are of 12 car lengths. All platforms have access to all routes, though there is no access from either through road to or from the Reigate line; any non-stop ECS or freight traffic in this direction must use a platform road.

Platforms are linked by a subway (and an out-of use parcels/staff bridge). There are lifts from the platforms to the subway and a level entrance from the platform 3 exit, but no level entrance at the main (up side) entrance, which is at street level, and opposite Redhill bus station. The ticket office has four windows, and two Shere self-service ticket machines. There are four automatic ticket barriers. There is a newsagent in the ticket office area and a Puccino's coffee shop on platforms 1/2. Toilets are located on all platforms.

Services

Trains serving Redhill are as follows:

General off-peak pattern:

• 2tph (trains per hour) on the London Victoria to Chichester/Portsmouth Harbour (via Horsham) service, which run non-stop to/from East Croydon
• 2tph to/from London Bridge, which call at local stations Purley to Merstham. One of these runs to/from Tonbridge, another to/from Horsham calling all stations. A Tonbridge - Horsham hourly service also runs, reversing at Redhill, which, combined with the London trains, provides a half-hourly service from Redhill to both Tonbridge and Horsham lines
• 1tph in each direction on the Reading to Gatwick Airport via Guildford (the North Downs Line) service; this train reverses at Redhill
• Two-hourly stopping services, starting at Redhill, to and from Reading.

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External links

• Southern Railway station information page

• Train times and station information for Redhill railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Redhill railway station from Multimap.com