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Riddlesdown railway station is on the
Oxted line The Oxted line is a railway in southern England and part of the Southern franchise. The railway splits into two branches towards the south and has direct trains throughout to London termini. It was opened jointly by the London, Brighton and ...
serving
Riddlesdown Riddlesdown is a place in the London Borough of Croydon, one mile east from the centre of its post town of Purley, London, Purley. The name applies to the residential district and to the green space maintained by the City of London Corporation ...
in the
London Borough of Croydon The London Borough of Croydon () is a London borough in south London, part of Outer London. It covers an area of . It is the southernmost borough of London. At its centre is the historic town of Croydon from which the borough takes its name; ...
, south
London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
. It is in
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, from , although off peak trains run to and from . The station is managed by Southern.


Platforms

Platform 1 is the platform for trains towards Croydon and London. Platform 2 is the platform towards
East Grinstead East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the extreme northeast of the county, the civ ...
. The station is unusual amongst suburban London stations in that there is no means of crossing between the platforms. The platforms are reached via separate footpaths from Lower Barn Road, either side of the bridge that takes the railway over the road. The ticket office is on Platform 1. On the London-bound platform 1, there is a staffed ticket office (open for only part of the day) and waiting room. There are self-service ticket machines and Oyster scanners on both platforms.


Services

Off-peak, all services at Riddlesdown are operated by Southern using
EMUs Emus may refer to: * Emu The emu () (''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is the second-tallest living bird after its ratite relative the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the g ...
. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to * 1 tph to via During the peak hours and on weekends, the service is increased to 2 tph in each direction. During the peak hours, there are also
Thameslink Thameslink is a 24-hour main-line route in the British railway system, running from , , , and via central London to Sutton, , , Rainham, , , , and . The network opened as a through service in 1988, with severe overcrowding by 1998, carrying m ...
operated services between East Grinstead, and . These services are operated using EMUs.


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{{TSGN and SE Stations, Oxted=y, FCC None=y, SE None=y Railway stations in the London Borough of Croydon Former Southern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1927 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway