Purley Oaks railway station is in the

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in south

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measured from . All trains serving it are operated by Southern and it is in London

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. The station has four platforms: a side platform on the up fast line, an island platform with a 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 Quarry Line. Platform 1 was gutted by fire in 1989, destroying Croydon Model Railway Society's clubrooms.

Services

All services at Purley Oaks are operated by Southern 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