Purley Oaks railway station is 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; ...

in south

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, on the

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measured from . All trains serving it are operated by

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and it is in London

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. The station has four platforms: a disused side platform on the up fast line, an island platform with a disused face on the down fast line and an eastern face used by up trains, and a side platform on the eastern side used by down trains. There is also a pay-and-display car park at the station. The ticket office (staffed for part of the day) is on the island platform with two self-service

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s in the subway beneath the station. A short walk away from Purley Oaks is

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, also in Zone 6, with services to

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History

The station was opened by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway on 5 November 1899 as part of the improvements to the main line and the opening of the

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. Platform 1 was gutted by fire in 1989, destroying Croydon Model Railway Society's clubrooms. On Saturday 4 March 1989, it was affected by the

Purley station rail crash The Purley station rail crash was a train collision that occurred just to the north of Purley railway station in the London Borough of Croydon on Saturday 4 March 1989, leaving five dead and 88 injured. The collision was caused by the driver of o ...

Services

All services at Purley Oaks are operated by

using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to (non-stop from ) * 2 tph to and , dividing and attaching at There is one morning service from

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, which runs to

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. On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service between London Bridge and Caterham only. Passengers for Tattenham Corner have to change at Purley.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Purley Oaks Railway Station Railway stations in the London Borough of Croydon Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1899 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway