Selhurst railway station is in the

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in south London, along the line from . It is operated by Southern, which also provides all the train services. The station is in Travelcard Zone 4.

History

The Balham Hill and East Croydon line was constructed by the

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(LB&SCR) as a short-cut on the

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, avoiding Crystal Palace and Norwood Junction. It was opened on 1 December 1862. However, Selhurst station was not opened until 1 May 1865. The lines were quadrupled in 1903. In 1912, the lines were electrified via Norwood Junction to provide access for the carriage sheds and repair depot for the LB&SCR

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scheme. In 1925, the lines from Victoria via

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were electrified.

Services

All services at Selhurst are operated by Southern using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to via * 2 tph to * 1 tph to via * 3 tph to * 2 tph to During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly service between London Victoria and . At very early morning and late at night, trains will start/terminate here from Selhurst Depot. Some additional fast services from London Victoria and East Croydon occasionally stop at platforms 3 & 4 during events at

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, or engineering works. Electronic ticket barriers were installed at the station in spring 2010.

Connections

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routes 75 and 157 serve the station.

Selhurst Railway Depot

Selhurst Depot is located to the east of Selhurst station, and occupies a triangle of land bordered on one side by the Victoria lines and on another by the London Bridge lines. It was built on the site of the former Croydon Common Athletic Ground, where Crystal Palace F.C. played Football League matches between 1920 and 1924. The depot is operated by the Southern train operating company, and units serviced there include classes 171, 377,

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plus numerous departmental units and a Class 09 shunter. Within the main office building is located Selhurst traincrew depot, where many drivers and conductors are based. The depot has extensive stabling sidings, the three main groups of which are known as: Chalk, AC (which were so named because that was where the trains of the former AC system were stabled) and North. There is a large maintenance shed, an AC test rig (for dual voltage units equipped with pantographs), a train wash plant, and a cleaning shed. At the north-east corner of the site, near Norwood Junction station, is the smaller Norwood drivers' depot, and beside it the diesel fuelling point. Selhurst is unusual in that the maximum speed within the depot is 15 mph rather than the usual 5 mph, and signalled train movements are permissive.

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